Re: VFT Dormancy

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Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:48:09 -0700 (MST)
From: John Walker <jorwa@syspac.com>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: VFT Dormancy

At 06:59 PM 3/9/98 -0800, you wrote:
>I just took out my 8 VFTs from the refrigerator only to find 7 of them
>rotten. I put them in the refrigerator in December. Put them in
>damp sphaghnum moss and sealed them in zip lock bags. I did not trim
>the leaves..just put them in. What did I do wrong? All the plants
>were in one bag and only one plant survived...
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Been there, done that. Two quick suggestions:

1) The moss that you pack the "bulbs" in should be moist not wet. Try
using drier moss.

2) Dust the "bulbs" with a fungicide before storage. I use Benomyle
(sp?) with good results. This fungicide can be purchased from Peter Paul's
Nursery. NOTE: this is the only product I buy from this nursery do to their
purported wild collection of plants.

Hope this helps,
John in Phoenix

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