Weird things that happen on vft

[Harris Azariel]

well here im gonna tell u a thing.if u got a weird problem,post it here.i've been hearing that some of u suffering ur vft getting smaller,the trapping mechanism slowing.this problems cause by "tired Vft".this means u dont give ur plant dormancy or u only give ur plant a short dormancy like 2months bcoz vft needs a dormancy in a period of 3-4months.well just to tell u that.if u have questions,post it here.dormancy is like a sleep for vft.

[caseyhoo]

Harris, welcome to petpitcher. Can you please dont use too many short form when posting? Because some forumer is really dont understand those "short word". (Im 1 of them). Sorry for inconvenience caused.

BTW, may I know what is the intention of the thread... I'm confused.

[allenphoon]

casey, maybe he is trying to tell us about the problem that can happen in venus flytrap about dormancy...maybe he is open a thread so that we can ask what happen of out venus flytrap and bla bla bla that kind of stuff...

[edwardyeeks]

It is noted that many of us staying in Malaysia tend not to give their VFTs dormancy. I'm not sure about that, but one thing that I can guarantee, VFTs given dormancy will live very long naturally. I do not think that lack of dormancy can be the cause of slow traps, smaller traps and various problems. I note that there seems to be a time when VFTs grow smaller traps sometime in the year (myf friend had a VFT since 2008). Eventually it grows big traps again after two months or so. Here's something I found out, water tray is not good for VFTs grown in pure LFS media, it causes root rot or smaller traps.

Harris opened this thread as a thread for people to share similar problems with the VFT. And yes, try not to use so much short form, I can understand but many people here may not. Thanks for bringing out this topic though, I'd like to hear what the experts have to say.

[Hase]

I need to give it dormancy every year, or every 2 years?

[sooxiwei]

Originally Posted by Hase

I need to give it dormancy every year, or every 2 years?

Probably when ur vft shows sign of going into dormancy, other wise don't need to bother as there is a chance of it dormant permanently, not worth taking the risk unless you have bunch of them to experiment with

[rhealk]

Just wondering, esp those in Msia, really do give their VFT dormancy period?

[Harris Azariel]

but sometimes u can force it to dormancy if it already grows more than 12months.it wont die unless u put it immedietly into the fridge.u must gradual it to cold temps atleast for 1month b4 fridge dormancy.u can put it 2weeks in shade and another 2weeks in a cold chamber like Robert make or put it in your aircond room.if it shows signs of dormancy,u can gradual it for just around 2.5weeks for safe