Hi,
I'm posting again about my Drosera rotundifolia plants. They recovered nicely after a heatwave, been growing until a few months ago, then somehow stopped probably due to winter temperatures.
They formed what I thought could be winter rosettes, however after a few colder days (coldest night about 17°F/-8°C) I checked them and they apparently died?
I am not sure if it was that colder night to make them like this (see pictures) since I haven't been checking them for a few weeks and they probably got this appearance earlier when temperatures approched 30°F/-1°C, however I thought they'd have been way more frost resistant than this, hence my surprise.
During growing season I had water level just slightly under soil level but since winter approached and they seemed to have halted growing, I did let water level drop to about the bottom of pots, just enough to avoid letting peat/perlite soil dry completely.
What do you think happened? Will they recover? A couple of them are still greener, but the other ones growing literally side by side (in other pots) are black...why?
Thank you
Alfred
I'm posting again about my Drosera rotundifolia plants. They recovered nicely after a heatwave, been growing until a few months ago, then somehow stopped probably due to winter temperatures.
They formed what I thought could be winter rosettes, however after a few colder days (coldest night about 17°F/-8°C) I checked them and they apparently died?
I am not sure if it was that colder night to make them like this (see pictures) since I haven't been checking them for a few weeks and they probably got this appearance earlier when temperatures approched 30°F/-1°C, however I thought they'd have been way more frost resistant than this, hence my surprise.
During growing season I had water level just slightly under soil level but since winter approached and they seemed to have halted growing, I did let water level drop to about the bottom of pots, just enough to avoid letting peat/perlite soil dry completely.
What do you think happened? Will they recover? A couple of them are still greener, but the other ones growing literally side by side (in other pots) are black...why?
Thank you
Alfred