I trim off all the leaves, and seal them tight in plastic bags..
I trim off the leaves because, IMO, the "old" leaves are no longer going to be needed by the plant..(certainly not while in the fridge!
and leaving all the leaves will be a prime place for mold to grow..
so I cut off everything, just leaving behind short green stubs..
yes, I do get small amounts of whispy mold growing on those stubs by spring, but it never seems to hurt anything..
wrapping in plastic never seems to hurt..no air circulation at all..
been working fine for 10 years..
also, by wrapping in plasitc, the plants need NO watering at all for the entire 3-month dormancy! because no water can escape..
I do it this way because I have a lot of plants..I basically put them to bed and forget about them for 3 months!
the first few years I did it this way, I would always be unwrapping some to check for mold, but now I never even bother!
I dont use fungicide, but only because im using my regular food refrigrator..
dont want nasty toxic chemicals (fungicide) in with my food!
but..im engaged! getting married next summer!
so this will be the last winter dormancy of my bachlorhood..
next winter I will probably have to buy my own dedicated dormancy fridge!
then..I will probably spray with a fungicide..
I *have* lost a few plants to mold over the winter in past years, but its very rare..
last winter I had no losses at all..
IMO, keeping the leaves doesent really benefit the plants for the following spring..the old leaves are..well..old!
they might help somewhat in the spring, but my plants always send up new leaves/pitchers right away anyway, so if there is any real benefit, my plants dont miss it at all..they just send up new leaves and get right to work!
the way I do my dormancy, keeping the leaves would be a bigger risk (mold) than the possible spring benefit would warrant..
they all get cut!
for the VFT's, if there are any small, just emerging traps that arent open yet, I dont cut those off! I leave those..then those are the first traps/leaves to emerge in the spring..
I cut off all the "adult" leaves, if you know what I mean..
Scot