Carnivine Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 I am now seeing a good amount of new growth on my Sarracenia, Dionaea and Pinguicula. However, only a very few of my Drosera are sprouting new growth. Is this normal or have I kept them too wet over winter and they have simply rotted away? For example, D Slackii is just a mound of brown dead looking foliage, no new growth at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordovic Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 Hi, What other's are you growing and where? Don't have much experience with D. slackii myself, but I can tell you that in my experience (in an unheated greenhouse) rotundifolia & anglica wake up before Sarracenia, D. filiformis at about the same time and I'm just starting to see the first signs of life from binata (sprouting from the roots I believe, having been killed off by winter chill). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivine Posted April 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 I am growing D Capensis, Aliciae, Filiformis, Binata, all in an unheated greenhouse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 (edited) In my unheated greenhouse, here is my experience with those varieties... D. slackii is only just starting to put on new growth - they didn't die back but stopped growing and rested over winter with some browning leaves. D. binata is starting to take off, growing back from the healthy thick roots after the cold winter killed back the leaves. D. capensis is in full growth now after dying back a bit to a resting crown. D. aliciae is similar to slackii - resting over winter and now putting on new growth. Some flower stalks just starting to emerge on these too. Hope that helps. Remember that slackii, capensis & aliciae come from south Africa and are not as adapted to cold winters as filiformis and some varieties of binata are. Edited April 17, 2012 by Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivine Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 In my unheated greenhouse, here is my experience with those varieties... D. slackii is only just starting to put on new growth - they didn't die back but stopped growing and rested over winter with some browning leaves. D. binata is starting to take off, growing back from the healthy thick roots after the cold winter killed back the leaves. D. capensis is in full growth now after dying back a bit to a resting crown. D. aliciae is similar to slackii - resting over winter and now putting on new growth. Some flower stalks just starting to emerge on these too. Hope that helps. Remember that slackii, capensis & aliciae come from south Africa and are not as adapted to cold winters as filiformis and some varieties of binata are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carnivine Posted April 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 Many thanks - i will not throw them out just yet then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 I used to grow d.filiformis up here (sheffield)but got fed up of it rotting off nearly every winter,or coming out of hibernation early and going mouldy so gave up with it. ada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenofeden Posted April 18, 2012 Report Share Posted April 18, 2012 I agree Ada, they nearly always rot off in late winter up here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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