Four month update!
June 11, 2005.
we had an unbelieveably cool and dry spring..
the entire month of May had daytime highs in the mid-50's, nighttime lows in the 40's, (often high 30's) and not a drop of the rain the entire month..we had frost a few times in early May..I didnt bother to bring the plants inside..(there wasnt physical frost ice on my plants, because they are close to the building, but there was frost on my car and the grass..)
basically my plants didnt grow at all in the 6-weeks they have been outside..
but in the last week we went from those highs in the mid-50's straight to 90 degrees and 90% humidity!
dreadfull weather for me, but delightfull weather for my plants..
so there still isnt a lot going on, but im posting some new pics anyway..
If you compare this pic to the one above from April 17, you'll see that barely anything has happened in TWO MONTHS!
after 4 months of being out of the fridge, I have about 3 sarracenia pitchers open!
Thats Rochester for you...
oh well..the plants are happy and alive, that should be enough.
FINALLY we are getting some summer weather up here, so that should really kick-start the plants.
The mini-bog is doing well!
the VFTs have been doing very well..the Sarrs in the bog are barely there, but they will catch up.
My Leah Wilkerson put up one big pitcher when I got it in March..then nothing until this week..finally a second pitcher is pushing up!
Last year at this time my big purp was a rosette of 5 pitchers!
only 2 so far this year...
ok! thats all for mid-June..Summer just began a few days ago, so I will post a new update in a month..Mid-July, should be a LOT of progress then!
still a solid 4 months of the growing season to go...lots of opportunity.
Scot