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Hey all,

I live in Georgia in a 7b zone, and this is my third year growing VFTs and Sarracenia outdoors. The weather has been super weird this year and it was like 70-80 degrees for a few weeks, so all my VFTs woke up and a few even started flowering and started growing huge leaves.

However, since the beginning of this week, it's been randomly dropping to like 29 degrees at night. It's starting to warm up to around 35 degrees at night now. It's usually around the 50-60's in the daytime.

I've been taking the plants indoors under my growlights at night whenever it drops into the freezing range, but what temperatures can VFTs/Sarracenia resist at night time when they're already out of dormancy?

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I have been doing the same. Watching this thread because I am wondering as well.

I suspect it has to do with will the media/roots experience freezing temperatures.

They can handle temps below freezing, but it depends on the size of your pot. Small pots I would not place outside when the weather is still freezing at night. Larger pots are fine in the 30s, but your petioles and traps will look like wilted lettuce and burn in the sun. All the new growth will be fine. Once the overnight lows are safely above freezing, just place them outside permanently. All the moving back and forth inside and out isn’t good for them either.

I am in the same situation. My cannon lily's and banana trees all have frost burn. but so far i have not noticed any issues with my sarr's flower stalks.

outside plants with frost damage


sarr's flower stalks look OK, i have 2 carts of mostly sundews i have been pulling inside to protect nightly

The main concern is that frost can damage new growth so if the plants are actively growing I would avoid exposing them to freezing temperatures.

Interestingly enough, we had a freak snowstorm last year that buried my plants in April but since it never actually dropped below freezing they were all fine.

I'm in Atlanta and have been covering things with a sheet when I'm concerned low temperatures and haven't lost any buds yet. I do this with my blueberry bushes too, they sometimes bloom or even set fruit and a late frost can damage that easily.

Sounds good, thanks for the advice peeps, and howdy to y'all in Georgia!

I'll just move everything into the garage during night time but keep them outside during the day, since it's now randomly warm again lol. Hopefully we get better weather. I want my plants to start growing, dang it!