Sarracenia flava Decline After Winter Division in Frozen Soil: Fatal Timing

Divided S. flava March 13 in frozen soil (40°F air, frozen rootball). 30-min root wash, fungicide, repot. Then freeze, mold, rhizome rot. Division timing killed them.

Why

• Frozen soil = plant dormant. Breaking rhizome = damage it can't metabolically repair (cold-shutdown).
• Dormancy = metabolic pause. Damage = unfixable until warmth.
• We divide late winter/early spring after soil thaws.
• South = late fall OK (no deep freeze). North = wait for thaw.

Vulnerable Species

Southerly Sarracenia, D. filiformis var. tracyi, Florida Giant, small-pot flytraps.

Survivors?

Only time tells. Warmth, sun, wait until May/June.

Prevention

DVD Vol 1 winter care (works to Zone 5): cobraplant.com/DVD