tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112690319693290663.post9020621149545002513..comments2023-10-21T06:44:46.657-04:00Comments on The Plant Geek Chronicles: Dormancy Cycles in SinningiaJuliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06901550026894078246noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112690319693290663.post-23267822433706701702023-04-26T11:43:23.041-04:002023-04-26T11:43:23.041-04:00Thank you so much for taking the time to reply! De...Thank you so much for taking the time to reply! Definitely makes sense, I think I’m just scared of dormancy turning into death. Just discovered all your sinningia content, it’s great:) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112690319693290663.post-24026459440938704682023-04-23T12:33:42.182-04:002023-04-23T12:33:42.182-04:00Re: watering too little vs too much. I can't ...Re: watering too little vs too much. I can't say that I've experimented extensively, but what I can say is this. <br />1. You can opt to not let them go fully dormant by continuing to water lightly, and keeping warm. The foliage in this case will hang on, but will look a bit tired. In the spring snap it off and continue watering as usual, and new growth will come in a few weeks. If its already starting some new fuzz, it'll go faster. When you do this, the tuber tends to get bigger faster, but they don't always bloom as well. But an advantage might be that its less scary for you.<br />2. Tubers that are of any size (meaning 1.5 inches or more) you can just... not water all winter. Now that I have thing things coming out of my ears, I do tend to do this with more of them for the sake of having less watering chores in the middle of winter. They do not care. Even without me watering them and keeping them around 50F, they're all starting to sprout. I just keep them near other cool growing plants so that I can see them easily, and know when they're waking up and I have to start paying attention to them.<br />To sum up, you have options. Now, if you were keeping the tuber cool and it did in fact shed its foliage, but you kept watering, I think that might be where the drama would happen. That said, I can't say for sure. Based on their behavior described above, I somewhat wonder if they wouldn't just carry on making new foliage early. They seem to be rather flexible on a number of points.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06901550026894078246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112690319693290663.post-8354271546643461342023-04-23T11:59:24.050-04:002023-04-23T11:59:24.050-04:00Would there be any harm in watering once they go d...Would there be any harm in watering once they go dormant. I have one that I don’t want to separate from the rest as they haven’t gone dormant yet, but I also don’t want to separate it and run the risk of forgetting to water it! Which would produce less catastrophic results: watering too often in dormancy or not watering often enough during dormancy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2112690319693290663.post-31942185518920294972023-04-23T11:56:25.391-04:002023-04-23T11:56:25.391-04:00Both concise yet wonderfully explanatory. Thank yo...Both concise yet wonderfully explanatory. Thank you for this👍🏼 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com