Re: VFT growing funny

From: dave evans (T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU)
Date: Mon Oct 20 1997 - 14:35:00 PDT


Date:    Mon, 20 Oct 97 17:35 EDT
From: dave evans                           <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg4066$foo@default>
Subject: Re: VFT growing funny


> How DOES dormancy work with herbaceous plants? Do they respond to
> light stimuli as trees do, and just go about the process differently?
> To me, a logical herbaceous plant response to decreasing photoperiod
> would be to devote all energy to root growth (storage), while not
> killing off the herbaceous parts. After all, might as well utilize
> every last moment of sunlight until a hard frost ends the possibility.
> Am I on the right track, or have I forgotten everything I learned?

Hello Kate,

That sounds just like what Sarracenia and VFT do as winter approaches.

Dave Evans



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