I’ve got a pair of Walmart plants that are doing really well after about a year. Quadrupled in size growing only indoors on a sunny windowsill still in the original pots. Like you said traps are small but a lot of them. Mine weren’t red when new. They have a pink blush to them. They’ve caught a nickel size spider and some gnats all on their own!
@@dylansworldofyoutube9030 They may be "red dragon" variety but how does that explain that they lose such a strong red pigmentation after some time away from the "intense lighting" that they were grown in? I mean, in general, we are told that fly traps turn red if they get sufficient lighting. But wouldn't a red dragon be just a little more red than usual, all the time? Otherwise, how can we know for sure it's a red dragon with just less lighting , or a usual cultivar with more lighting? (other than the case where we know what cultivar it is from the seller and have to keep that label on it to always remember or know)
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Of course they dye them. They’re sold right between cacti with dried flowers hotglued onto them and succulents spray painted pastel colors and sprinkled with glitter. I’m sure there’s extra glitter right now, since it’s Christmas time.
@@TheShadowCallers idk. I put a little gnat in one, it fully closed. I could see through it that the gnat had turned to liquid and a few days later the trap that closed turned black and died. Soon there after they all started dying. I kept it moist and it full light as well. Idk
I think the most critical factor is to just buy the "freshest" fly traps you can find, meaning that you buy them as soon as a store gets a shipment. That's because every day a VFT spends in the store, under store lighting and not under sunlight, is another day it gets weaker. I've been lucky to buy some "fresh" VFTs from Depot that were in great condition. On the other hand, I've seen VFTs at the same Home Depot that looked terrible because they have been sitting there too long. Like a lot of things (certain foods, for example) freshness matters.
Very cool and definitely oddly relaxing as Bbfishman put it. I would love to see a follow up video on Leon the lobster. He is really fun to watch. Thanks for sharing this video.
Awesome I have a shield tiren caenivorus plant setup that includes Venus fly traps, sundews, pitcher plants, and my favorite Nepenthese i have gotten the chance to look at lowes VFTs but I couldn't get them cause I forgot my wallet but overall they are really fun to grow
you would think the flytrap would just eat the mites that are infesting it, but then you see the damage they caused to the plant and you begin to think that they mite not eat them after all…
Hello from Wilmington NC! 👋😁 Very interesting video - since we do have the luxury of local growers, I've been curious about the big box store options as well. I'm hoping to have a setup to safely grow some outdoors in the near future!
I bought mine from the local grocery store. My only mistake was year 3 my flytrap blossomed. I was so excited I let it bloom. Little did I know at the time that once the plant flowers, It Dies 😔
We used to get these a lot as kids but our environment isn't suited for a tropical plant (British Columbia). It is so interesting to me to see these big, healthy plants.
My family lives in the Green Swamp north of Myrtle Beach and south of Wilmington NC. My dad and I would go out into the swamps for orchids, lily’s and pitcher plants. I had a HUGE clump of pitcher plants I kept alive for a few years. Unfortunately the pine tree companies drain more swamp every day to grow pulpwood.
Yeah, we always hear about poachers, but land development and the type of land modification you’re talking about has done way more damage to wild Venus fly trap populations over the years.
I'm from Ash and we had a family friends who Lived in Supply and they found a Venus flytrap about a foot around, but before my dad could put something around it it was hit by a mower.
Serracenia are super easy to keep compared to flytraps, just put them outside in full sun in a pot of 50% peat 50% sand and keep the bottom of the pot submerged. They've been extensively hybridized in cultivation and there are some amazing hybrid varieties now like "Judith Hindle". They love full sun, aren't too picky about temperature and it's basically impossible to overwater them because they are bog plants (you can kill them by letting them dry out though)
hello, the red variety is a natural species of them called Akai Ryu (Red Dragon) Venus Fly Trap. I always had just the common green ones. Love the video.
You probably won't find them this time of year, but during summer you can usually find them just about anywhere. Call around and you'll find some eventually.
They are typically found in the Garden center outside close to the potted house plants and on a table, not on the floor. If you still don't see them, ask an associate and they will happily show you where they are.
@GOLD, BULLETS & BEANS You.. you can't over water a venus flytrap. They live in a BOG, with fairly stagnant water, with their roots always submerged in water. I'm sure they can rot, if not given the proper airflow, buried too deeply into their sopping sediment, or if they don't get enough light, but they can't really be over watered. You can easily kill them through underwatering though, as their roots need to be constantly at least moist at all times. It might be a lack of light, or use of the wrong kind of water, or possibly using the wrong soil. They're very picky because they live in bogs, where there isn't much nutrients anywhere. They love light, and need peat or long fiber sphagnum moss, and need some kind of water without any minerals, so distilled, rain or RO.
Still they don't like to 'swim'. Moist, maybe a small Resevoir in Plate. And, important, Destilled Water/Rainwater only. They hate chalk. And no Nutrients in Soil. They need Special Soil. And they like Air Humidity. Not the Tropics, but nicly high. They never can fall dry. They evolved to 'hunt' cause there nutrient deprived, sour Grounds they thrive on. So they need that low Diet. Don't water them with 'normal' Tapwater. They won't take that nicely for long.
I love flytraps! But I'm not interested in feeding them. When I had mine it was doing really well, got the distilled water and everything...but my family kept trying to feed them and they died because of it. They don't need to be fed if they're being well cared for, and if they are being fed, it's only very sparingly that you should.
There are two keys to feeding VFTs: 1) Never feed them meat meant for humans, eg hamburgers, etc. The traps aren't meant to digest that kind of meat, only feed them insects or rehydrated bloodworms. 2) 'The food should be no larger than 1/3 the size of the trap. If the amount of food is too large, it will rot and kill the trap. Otherwise, for adequate nutrition, at least one trap should be feeding at all times, except during dormancy.
I got first Set today. 1 'small' Venus Flytrap, nice red Traps. and one compacter Pitcher Plant. Plan to repot them soon in slightly larger Pots in special Substrate, fitting there needs. Still have to buy a Canister Destilled Water. When all going good, will add some Dews later on.
Depends on how good i'm with them. Still have to figure some things. Here i got them at medium Prise of 5€ a 9cm pot in a Hardware/Gardencenter Chainstore.
I almost bought a venus fly trap plant at Walmart but decided against it since I have such a black thumb with plants. The CNC has very pretty pitcher plants near a beat bog and side boardwalk. I did not see any venus fly trap flowers there .
no there not dipped in red dye, i bought wallmarts plant and split it into three pots and on the third year now and one really needs to be split again cus honestly these thing grow like weeds... still really red in strong sun. the only thing i really not into much is the long reaching traps. for that reason i would really like to get my hands on a big mouth plant (shorter clustered large traps). some day maybe ...
The vendor is not dying them red. Actually, red color inside the fly trap is a sign of good health and means they are receiving all the light they need, your plants look healthy, however, which a stronger indoor light source, your traps would probably turn back to a healthy red as well
I've wanted to get flytraps for a while, but at my current place I don't really have anywhere good to put them. Hopefully when I move that'll change! Though I do have a question: do your cats try and chew on them? I have a cat and I'm planning on getting another one, so I want to know if a flytrap would even be a good idea.
While I find some stores do have better looking VFTs when they receive the shipment, I think they all have the potential to be good VFTs. I think it's like when Walmart's rotisserie chicken is smaller than Sam's rotisserie chicken. They just got them at different sizes but if all these stores were able to get the same VFTs at the same stages, it would all be OK. Now having said that, Lowe's sells them year-round, so obviously some will look sad and neglected on the shelves. The other stores, seem to sell them only during advertised or short periods of the year, so they go fast(er) and when the supply is done, it's done. So we don't have as much opportunity to see bad-looking VFTs (except for at Walmart). Places like Aldi's , Trader Joe's, Kroger , etc may also make other decisions about how and when to toss bad plants if they aren't selling, whereas Lowe's keeps them longer. When I first got into VFTs, I did buy the Lowe's kit with 2 bare-roots also (sometimes 3, with the extra being another VFT). However, for the average price of $10 for 2 bare-roots which may or may not grow (depending on their condition or duration on the shelf), I have since decided that I'd rather spend $5 each for 2 plants that I know are already growing. Sometimes Lowe's has Saracennia or Nepenthese pitcher plants for the same price point in the same small container that the smaller VFTs are being sold for. It's worth checking your Lowe's every now and then to see what they actually get.
@@yourmarkie346 there is a certain way you can make them go dormant with a freezer I think. That would be good for those in the tropics, but it may be difficult to do.
@@j.shorter4716 yes its really difficult i searched about it we have own version of that kind of plants wahaha just you can find only here but i have friend have that kind of plant but they can live in cold part of the Philippines
Hi, I am a bit late to this Venus fly trap party, However If you want to see your VFT grow like you have seen nothing before in your life, keep it watered & feed it maggots! Pure protein, nothing gets discarded and the VFT absorbs the whole thing!
Interesting and something I just never thought about was purchasing Venus flytraps.There have been times when I lived where we were pestered by flies sometimes and mosquitoes others . Would having these plants have helped with that problem ? Do you still have to feed them ? Now I live in Arizona and we don't have much of a pest problem and I'm not sure they would survive our summers if kept outdoors .
Yeah, I have a lot of plants and they all seem to be able to catch quite a bit of food themselves in the summer I really don’t have any need to supplement. I bet your fly traps would do well in Arizona if you kept them in a basin of distilled water, and kept the water full so they don’t dry out.
they can get the flies but maybe not the mosquitoes. for that, you can try sundews or butterworts though I'm not certain that mosquitoes would be attracted to the sundews or butterworts to get caught in large numbers. I can definitely confirm fruit flies and fungus gnats though.
Do you have an opinion on the best carnivorous house plant? Gnats are always a problem in our kitchen every summer. I normally put out a vinegar trap but I would much rather have a plant to do the “work” for me. The plant would have a spot directly over the sink in front of the window that faces south.
Pitcher plant (serracenia), easiest insectivorous plant to grow, they need a window that gets full sun for at least part of the day though. Some varieties get really big though (like 3 feet or more tall) so you'd want one of the smaller ones.
Well...If you've seen what shops at Walmart, you'd understand why they dye the traps red. Red means "STOP" putting strange meat in the traps! Have another beer on me! Oh, I can hardly wait for the update on your carp breeding project. I'll fund a whole 6 pack for that!
I just read the direction on the plastic tub they came in from the grocery store which just said to spray when dry and to leave lid open from tie to time they will attract bugs to eat.. I live in western New York. They also usually have black bulbs and I pull them out because I read somewhere they are dead and could kill the whole plant. I hope this will help so I can grow these at least once in my lifetime! I find them so interesting. Also Thank you for your reply
I don't get it. A venus fly trap video without any assessment of trapping power or demo of the trapping mechanism. What do you feed these plants? Do you put them around your kitchen to catch flies? .... Are Home Depot traps better at trapping? disappointing.
