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title: "My Venus fly trap is sprouting a flower. What is best? To cut it off…"
description: "My Venus fly trap is sprouting a flower. What is best? To cut it off or let it develop? Thank you!"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/657b6feba1db779aa96fcd82"
community: "Anything about plants"
author: "SharonE"
published: "2023-12-14T21:13:15.994Z"
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# My Venus fly trap is sprouting a flower. What is best? To cut it off…

_Posted by SharonE on 2023-12-14_

My Venus fly trap is sprouting a flower. What is best? To cut it off or let it develop? Thank you!

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## 3 comments

### Clark commented on 2023-12-15

Cut it off, they tend to waste energy on them.

#### SharonE replied on 2023-12-15

Thank you. Will do.

### Big Apple Plants commented on 2023-12-16

You can propagate it!!

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