A guide to help everyone who wants to or has had trouble growing the "hard to grow" venus flytrap. These plants are actually very easy to grow but has a bad rap due to bad information and wrong instructions.
Yes, flytraps are from the Carolinas, not the tropics. But even in the tropics, there are a lot of different climates. Cold, hot, wet, dry, and so on. I live between USDA Zones 9 and 10, so I’m hopeful my VFT will do well. It’s the extreme summer heat I worry about more than winter cold.
I've just started my carnivorous plant obsession about a month in, and there is a bit of a bad information but they are pretty amazing and fast growing plants
I may not have been clear on the watering but only use distilled, rain or reverse osmosis only! Tap water will has too many minerals and plastic pots or glazed pots are best for these plants. Terra cotta has salts and minerals that can leech into the soil over time and will kill the venus flytrap. Sorry about not being clear enough.
Drosera capensis (cape sundew) is one of the easiest carnivores out there and different if you don't want a flytrap for a beginner plant. They don't need a dormancy and can tolerate a very light frost. However, they need a crap ton of light to remain healthy as well as sitting in distilled, rain or reverse osmosis water. They like to remain moist but not sopping wet. These plants need a grow light if grown indoors. I have no experience with grow lights since I live in a climate that has a very mild winter. In carnivorous plant collections they can become weeds.
@@sunshinecarnivores1919 Thanks. I've had a few flytraps & they always died. I heard some people also recommend picture plants, but I fear my thumb is too brown for any carnivorous plant.
@@jeremiahjones9708 No, I do not have any carnivorous plants now. In the past I bought some fly traps in the store on impulse, but they all died quickly b/c I did not know that feeding them fatty meat kills that leaf & fertilizer will kill the whole plant. I've heard some people say picture plants are tougher, but IDK.
