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Ella

Got a Venus fly trap! I heard they need to sit in distilled water. Is that true? I placed it on my window sill facing south. Any other tips?

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  1. Anna

    They need to sit in distilled water, rainwater is also okay if you’re in a place that gets frequent rain. You can grow them inside but it would pretty much require a grow light, they’re very particular with light requirements and will die quickly if they aren’t getting enough sun.

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  2. OGForestGreen

    It doesn’t necessarily have to sit in water but the soil does have to be fairly moist at all times due to the conditions the plant normally lives in. Mine don’t sit in water and they’re doing well. They do have to be watered with distilled, reverse osmosis water, or rain water so that there is no nutrients. Someone told me you can use treated aquarium water tho I don’t have the cajones to test that one out right now.

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    • OGForestGreen

      I’ll copy and paste u some info I sent a friend. For the flytraps. Apparently u need distilled water, minerals in the soil or water will kill the plants. Guides I’ve read say they can go 1-2 months just on photosynthesis but it’s good to feed them actual bugs like 1-2 times per month. Some guides say to have one trap actively feeding at all times. It’s all pretty interesting. Says it takes a week for the trap to reopen after feeding. For the feeding they have these little hairs inside the mouth. Gotta touch em multiple times within like 20 seconds to get the actual trap to close. Then the trap needs to feel the hairs being stimulated again after the trap is closed, otherwise it won’t register the item as food and reopen the trap after about 12 hours. So some guides say use a toothpick to stimulate it again once it’s closed. I try to massage the trap from the outside very gently to stimulate the hairs after a seal. I have two that will eat fine and two that kinda struggle. Depending what you’re feeding it you may have to soak the food first. You also want to be sure that whatever it’s eating is small enough that it can fit into its mouth completely. The trap needs to be able to close and make a seal. I’ve been using a mixture of fish food and the plants seem to enjoy it so far. The pruning is interesting. Idk how to explain it really. But the leaves will turn black and you literally like chop the head of the plant off at the neck so the healthy body can continue to photosynthesize. “The black part of the leaf is dead and not producing anything other than mold and fungi. So, with a sterilized razor ( clean with Meth. spirits and water), cut the little stem between the trap and leaf. As long as the humidity is not too high, and no presence of fungi or spores, then the cut shall heal quickly.” I think they stay pretty small cuz the traps die off after a certain amount of feedings. Like 3-5 feedings or so I guess. Been trying to figure out if you can increase the number of active traps just by alternating feedings or if there’s another set life span. They go dormant in the winter. Apparently there’s all kinds of different varieties too. I’m not sure the ones from Walmart do it, but the mouths of the trap are supposed to turn more red depending on how much sun they get which I think is kinda cool. The ones I have haven’t turned red yet but they also get artificial light so i dont know if they would. Hopefully that answers most of the questions u have.

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    • Ella

      This is awesome thanks so much! Better than google 😀

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