Date: Mon, 24 Feb 97 16:11 EST From: dave evans <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg696$foo@default> Subject: Re: Re: Sarracenia flower removal?
> From: Clarke Brunt <clarke@BRUNT.DEMON.CO.UK>
>
> > tend to drain the plants energy.
>
> My attitude to this is that if I grow a plant (any plant) then I want
> to cultivate all of it - roots, leaves, flowers - and have it look
> and behave as near as possible to what it might to in the wild.
Mee too!
> As for this 'draining the energy': Has anyone done the experiment?
> Take a large batch of plants and remove flowers from half to compare
> the effect. I haven't got the time, energy, or inclination to bother
> doing this.
Yes it does happen, but if the plant is happy, it will not be
set back much. If I where you, I would pollinate the VFT's to
make seed. Even some of seedling will look different from the
parents, when they get big...
Dave Evans
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