Question
I just bought some dormant plants from a death cube at lowes. The instructions said to plant in the soil keep in the death cube and in a noth window... ya right. Any ways i put the plants in some fresh 50% peat 50% perlite mixture i have. I know there are two venus fly traps and a sarracania of some kind. i put the plants in my fridge so they can complete there dormancy with my other venus fly trap. I was just wondering if this is ok to do and if since they were in a death cube be ok to take them out all there are is the bulbs, wich surpisingly looks fairly healthy and a few non carnivorouse dormant leaves on each plant. and when spring roles around should i acclamate these plants to the higher light levels out side or just put them directly in full sun. Thanks.

Answer
Hi Robert,

This is probably fine, but be 100% certain that they will not freeze in your refrigerator at all.  Being at room temperatures they haven't built up anti-freeze chemicals in their cells like a plant that goes through the fall would have.  If you have any doubt, just place them in a bright windowsill.  Just cut off any bad looking leaves, and a fungicide spray would be a good idea.  The full sun in a window this time of year isn't as intense as going outside during the summer, so you don't need to worry about that too much.

Good Growing!

Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com