- Mon Nov 14, 2022 4:24 am
#423752
Hey all!
I think my flytrap is properly going into dormancy now. Despite being a windowsill flytrap, I think it's been subject to the cold from this very thin window pane and a lot of the older traps and some of the others are turning black, but the new growth in the middle seems fine. I've adjusted my watering to scale it back a little at a time, letting the tray dry out longer between waterings.
The only thing is, my flytrap went and had like 2-3 babies earlier in the year, and they are starting to compete for space. But from all the places I read, it sounds like repotting should be done at the start of spring when they start coming out of dormancy.
As long as I gently remove the blackened leaves to free up space and energy, am I OK to wait until then to separate them? Also, when it comes to removing dead leaves, how many am I OK to remove in one go? There are a quite a few there (and more on the way), but I wasn't sure if even removing the dead leaves causes any stress to the plant? Should I just remove a few each week, or am I alright to take off as many as I can when they turn? I may have to leave some on (or parts of some) there regardless, because some of the baby trap petioles are providing a bit of an obstacle course! lol
Thanks for any advice!
I think my flytrap is properly going into dormancy now. Despite being a windowsill flytrap, I think it's been subject to the cold from this very thin window pane and a lot of the older traps and some of the others are turning black, but the new growth in the middle seems fine. I've adjusted my watering to scale it back a little at a time, letting the tray dry out longer between waterings.
The only thing is, my flytrap went and had like 2-3 babies earlier in the year, and they are starting to compete for space. But from all the places I read, it sounds like repotting should be done at the start of spring when they start coming out of dormancy.
As long as I gently remove the blackened leaves to free up space and energy, am I OK to wait until then to separate them? Also, when it comes to removing dead leaves, how many am I OK to remove in one go? There are a quite a few there (and more on the way), but I wasn't sure if even removing the dead leaves causes any stress to the plant? Should I just remove a few each week, or am I alright to take off as many as I can when they turn? I may have to leave some on (or parts of some) there regardless, because some of the baby trap petioles are providing a bit of an obstacle course! lol
Thanks for any advice!
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