Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) Care & Tips 

Lol, right? Good info in this.

It's good that you found something that works for you but I can't imagine the reason is not bottom watering. Nature VFTs get rained on frequently. However, it's certainly worth a try to do bottom watering as much as possible.

Still one?

I just got mine from meijer too, any tips?

@@vanna_surratt5308 sure, when you first get it, don't give it direct sunlight, the plants have mostly been given artificial light with little to no sunlight. Putting it in direct sunlight suddenly might burn the plant. Start in a window with mostly shades light and slowly work the plant to a more sunny spot as new growth develops. Don't use fertilizer, use distilled or reverse osmosis water, and you should try to get it in a bigger pot with a water basin and good drainage as soon as you can. Use carnivorous plant soil mixture or make your own with instructions, it mainly consists of sphagnum moss, peat moss, pearlite, or silica sand. Don't worry about feeding the plant as soon as you get it, let it use it's energy to get some new growth and adjust to more direct sunlight. Eventually you should be able to put it outside it a party shaded to sunny area and it will eat a bunch of bugs. Don't freak out during the winter if the plant looks like it's getting smaller, dormancy will do that, put it in a spot that gets pretty cold, around 40°F average, it can get below freezing for a little while. A garage or basement work well, or if your in an area with mild winters you can leave it outside for the winter. I live In Michigan and have to put it in my basement where the temps get cooler but not outside temps. If you need any more tips, look up growing guides online, there are plenty of videos on RU-vid about growing all sorts of carnivorous plants. Good luck.

@@vanna_surratt5308 Follow the tips mentioned in this video...

There are breeding programs to selectively breed Venus flytraps. The b52 she grows is an example of one that was bred for size. There have been efforts to grow them for better temperature tolerance. I don’t know if anybody has made an effort to breed them for nutrient rich soil

These plants evolved this way...you can't breed a VFT to grow in normal soil. That's not how it works

But wouldnt that just defeat the entire purpose of having traps. The traps are an adaptive mechanism so over time they would only become a burden and the plant would be better off without the jaws as everything would be available . Idk just what I think.

The more nutrients they get the less they need the traps so it wouldn't work very well, but we have bred them for size, color like the full red or even the shape of the traps

False vivipary

It looks so cool when they do that. I don't know how healthy it is for the plants, but I can't wait to have a plant do that for me one day.

Is it just me or is she easy on the eyes,,,,,

I've seen several experts wrap the roots in the long fiber sphagnum moss and then keep them in a perlite/peat moss mix

i have heard some people say their flytraps have survived in the single digits (F) so they should be fine as long as they arent like that for too long

Flies meal worms small flying insects, small crickets , rolly polleys from what ive researched but only feed one trap on the plant twice amonth from whative researched, i dont have any yet but i did order one so im binge researching about these plants

You could use a LED grow light, and that cycle should work.I would put the plant near a window too.

That depends on the size of the container and the plants you're trying to keep together. Feel free to visit our FB Page and post questions (photos help) there: facebook.com/socalcp

pull apart gently. it helps if damp/wet.

You can't. They are considered "typical"

@@SoCalCP There's no way to ID them at all? That's a real shame :( Well - thank you anyhow! Really appreciate the video and that you provided more info than the typical, "need lots of light, cant be in regular soil, cant take tap water"

They can leech minerals into the soil that you don't want.

White is the preferred color because it reflects heat and light, which helps keep the root temperature down. In the wild, these plants are well insulated by the moist, boggy soil they grow in but in pots the soil can easily get detrimentally hot because the plants are in full sun. I've started growing in white styrofoam containers as an approach try and keep soil temps lower. Btw, your plants probably started flourishing when you repotted because the soil got refreshed. It's reccommended to repot venus flytraps annually since the peat and sphagnum can lose its acidic nature over time. If you're seeing that flush of growth upon repotting then odds are you should be repotting more often.

@@DavinStewart Wow! Great information! First time grower of these fascinating plants. THANK YOU so much and God bless!

Same, I got mine yesterday

The placed you guys live have an amazing Walmart,I wonder what country you're living at 🤔 The Walmart in my country never sell any kind of plants at all let alone an exotic plants like venus flytrap. I'm quite jealous with your Walmart. Again,which country you guys live in?

America

@@fairuzraz2468 venus flytraps aren't exotic

@@monke1919 in my country,its kinda.

Joel's Carnivorous Plant shop on Amazon

I guess maybe she dosent separate the rhizhomes?