When should i let my flytrap go dormant

[Wesley]

I have three common v-traps. Two are very small and one is fairly large. I am trying to find out when I need to let them go dormant. They are in a terrarium with a cobra lilly, purple pitcher plant, drosera adelea & spathulata, nepenthese vintricosa, and a butterwort. If it helps I live in the mountains of North Carolina.

 

[Kyle6002]

i wuld say put them into dormency the same time u put your other plants into dormency this is the best way to do it cauze they all go at ounce

or u can put them into dormency between thanks giving and halloween closer to halloween is best for me

 

[eplants02]

or leave your plants right now and let Mother Nature takes it course.

 

[BigCarnivourKid]

I'd let nature do her thing, though you will probably need to take the VFTs and pitcherplants out to do their dormancy. The other plants don't need dormancy, though I won't swear to that for the butterwort.

 

[BuMbOiMk]

What kind of butterwort do you have? I have a grandiflora, and that's an Irish temperate and it needs quite a chilly dormancy... But others can range from mild to none really. Oh you might get a better response for your butterwort in the ping section

 

[Wesley]

I'm not sure what kind of butterwort because I did not purchase it from petflytrap. and thanks for you opinions, I'm sure I can use them.

Also which of the other ones should I let go dormant

 

[BuMbOiMk]

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Hmm well about your butterwort...
How big is it? If it has little gemmae near the base then it is probably some sort of temperate (I think, because i read that temperates have gemmae), and temperates need dormancy. Or i guess you can just wait and see if the plant is going 'dormant'.

 

[Wesley]

Well I would tell you but I do not know what gemmae means.

 

[BuMbOiMk]

Oh with my ping, the gemmae were basically a ring of tiny little baby pings around the base of the mother ping under the bottom leaves

 

[Wesley]

Oh!!! Well in that case ... no.