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Is it a carnivorous snowball? What does it eat? Do you use open tray, terrarium or hanging basket? Does it need dormancy or form a resting bud? How does it propogate?
Quote[/b] (Bugweed @ Jan. 07 2006,4:46)]I see that sunny weather and 80 degree temperature, and the 2 snowballs, and I raise you 3 ice cubes and a popcicle.
They aren't carnivorous, but are pretty deadly if dipped in water and refrozen before thrown.
I haven't figured out their annual lifecycle and have failed with every attempt to induce dormancy. If I pile leaves over them for the summer the way I do for my Sarracenias' winter dormancy, the snowballs are gone when I remove the leaves the following winter. Maybe they're migratory. They even disappear if left in the freezer. It must be a very strong migratory instinct.
Bruce, I thought you would have it figured out by now. Why did I raise 3 ice cubes? THAT is where they hide. They have shape shifting capabilities that have amazed Native Americans for years. They see the snowball in infancy as a snowflake, watch it graduate into 3 feet of snow, turn into ICE, and in the spring, migrate to mate. Not hard. Still, you have to beat 3 ice cubes, AND a popcicle.
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