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Tuesday night - freaking cold (bring em in?)

It's been lows at night around 45-50 degrees, and no lower.

Tomorrow night (4/29) there's a Mother Nature Special low of 37 degrees.

I have Sarracenia Dana's Dlight, x Catesbaei, and Pupurea - should I bring them indoors for the night?
 
I'm pretty sure as long as there isn't a significant wind chill they'll live through 37 fine. If you want to be safe then go ahead but I don't think there's much to worry about. My flowers haven't opened yet but they've survived temps that left slight frost on the side of the pot.
 
Thanks guys - I'm going to play it safe. Bringing them in won't hurt them, leaving them out might.

Easy decision.
 
I'm in the Buffalo area and we experience slightly freezing overnight lows. I left the Sarracenias and VFT's out there. No harm, no foul. I did bring in the sundews and Devil's Claw, though.
 
All that moving it back in and back out wreaked havoc on my plants. I lost the developing flowers on the Sarracenias and many pitchers turned brown. I shocked my binatas and can't tell if I've just shocked the plants or killed them. About all that was unaffected was a lost ID'd VFT, the capensises, and all of the pygmy sundews.
 
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