I'm trying to figure out how to do dormancy for my Typical VFT (and my Sarracenia flava "Rugelli"). I'd prefer not to do the fridge method for a variety of reasons, but temperatures go freezing for long periods here and sometimes hit as low as zero, so outside would be a bad idea too.
I'm currently thinking of placing them on a Southern facing windowsill in our spare bedroom upstairs. We keep the door to the bedroom closed and the heat vent turned off in there, so it will likely get down to around 60 degrees (or possibly a bit colder) in there during the coldest part of the winter. I'm guessing that being by a window will cause a drop of a few degrees beyond that at least.
So will this be enough? Any thoughts? I've looked around the forum yet but haven't seen much mention of actual temperatures; just references to "cold". Thanks...
I'm currently thinking of placing them on a Southern facing windowsill in our spare bedroom upstairs. We keep the door to the bedroom closed and the heat vent turned off in there, so it will likely get down to around 60 degrees (or possibly a bit colder) in there during the coldest part of the winter. I'm guessing that being by a window will cause a drop of a few degrees beyond that at least.
So will this be enough? Any thoughts? I've looked around the forum yet but haven't seen much mention of actual temperatures; just references to "cold". Thanks...