Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 08:45:58 -0500 (CDT) From: Susan Ziegler <sziegler@icon-stl.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2387$foo@default> Subject: Re: VFT Question
At 02:45 AM 6/19/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 18 Jun 97 18:54 EDT
>From: dave evans <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU>
>To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
>Subject: Re: vft question
>Message-ID: <199706182302.AA237094935@hplms26.hpl.hp.com>
>
>> My venus fly trap did not really have a "dormancy period" as such this
>> winter.. i kept watering it and it died back a little.. it has since grown a
>> little more, but not in the profusion i was expecting.. i've never had a vft
>> last through the winter before ;) also, most of the newer traps are so
>> little.. 1/3 the size of the previous year's traps.. could anyone out there
>> tell me what is wrong??
>
>Hi Susan,
>
> Are the traps smaller or the petioles shorter? VFT makes a shorter
>flatter rosette through winter, unless it's too cold for growth. Perhaps
>your VFT is in it's winter phase now. If it's the traps themselves
>which are smaller, I'm not sure why.
>
>Dave Evans
>
I was thinking that the traps were smaller.. Now that I look at it, some of
the petioles are quite small.. but there are some branches that are normal
sized, yet have a half inch trap on them.. could the fact that it is an all
green variety have anything to do with it?
Susan
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