10 replies to this topic

[jm82792]

Well I have one but it is still no dormant,
could someone give me some information
on when they should go dormant ?

[Marcel van den Broek]

Both filiformis and x California sunset are still growing in my garden. No signs of rest yet

[jm82792]

Okay I will wait,
Thanks !

[jimscott]

Dormancy is a process, which actually begins when the summer solstice turns the photoperiod the other direction. Light, coupled with decreasing temps will cause temperate plants to head into dormancy. Let nature take its course. And the given species go dormant and differing rates.

[jm82792]

Okay thanks

[Amar]

Have been wondering. All my winter-hardy dews are asleep, except tracyi. And each year, so far, my tracyi has died each winter, I had to buy new plants each year now. Of the two variants of the filiformis dew, this is the one that grows far more south, where it's warmer. I wonder, does it really need a dormancy period? Has anyone tried putting it under lamps during the cold season?
Thanks!

[Zlatokrt]

I have the same problem - lost all my tracyis last year as well, but i gave some seedlings to my friends before and they kept this species growing year round under lights - and their plants survived. So I am going to try it, let my plant grow and hope.
Adam

[Amar]

Adam, I am doing this this year now too, for the first time, can you report how your plants fared in 2012, not having given them a dormancy?
Thanks!

[Dave Evans]

It isn't that they don't go dormant, they just do so for a couple of weeks, instead of a couple months.

If they stay cold for too long, they will die and rot or rot and die.

[Amar]

Indeed Dave, therefore I am curious to see how they'll do without dormancy alltogether!