--- title: "I have the Venus Fly Trap plant. My second one can't seem to grow them" description: "I have the Venus Fly Trap plant. My second one can't seem to grow them" url: "https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg/g2a4XJlIEtvMEcNsoZWo5v?language=ko" community: "Anything about plants" author: "Bennie Toole" published: "2025-08-03T00:40:13.889263Z" language: "en" image: "https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ZFzrnhaAacanGve_XLb4GIL5EaOch_hVyvUediTje5Y/jMhBXa1XTiecS-XWf-xXwQ.webp?size=large" --- [커뮤니티](https://getplanta.com/community.md?language=ko) / [Anything about plants](https://getplanta.com/community/lZ7uAE3pQ86jnFGxrCwLrg.md?language=ko) # I have the Venus Fly Trap plant. My second one can't seem to grow them _Bennie Toole님이 2025-08-03에 게시함_ I have the Venus Fly Trap plant. My second one can't seem to grow them ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/ZFzrnhaAacanGve_XLb4GIL5EaOch_hVyvUediTje5Y/jMhBXa1XTiecS-XWf-xXwQ.webp?size=large) ## 16개의 댓글 ### 9s님이 2025-08-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. They need to be outside where they get rain water. This looks like an accumulation of tap #### Bennie Toole님이 2025-08-04에 답변했습니다. Thank you ### plantgeek님이 2025-08-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. that pot is WAY too big. also, important note, if you're buying them from big chain stores in those weird plastic boxes, they're destined to die. there's no saving them. however, if you did NOT purchase it from there, it looks like you don't have the right soil. carnivorous plants need nutrient-poor soil, such as sphagnum or coco coir, as their roots can't handle the minerals in normal potting soil. they also need rain water or distilled water, as the chemicals that are added to normal tap water will kill them very easily. carnivorous plants are incredibly fussy and high maintenance. #### Oksana 🥎🍦🌱님이 2025-08-03에 답변했습니다. I bought mine from Lowe’s in a plastic box and it is doing great! lol maybe I got lucky! #### plantgeek님이 2025-08-03에 답변했습니다. really? i only hear horror stories about those!!! i guess you have the magic touch or something lol #### Bennie Toole님이 2025-08-03에 답변했습니다. It's in the carnivorous soil. Think if I transplant to a smaller pot it will come back? I also use distilled water #### plantgeek님이 2025-08-03에 답변했습니다. probably not. this one looks like a lost cause unfortunately. check your humidity and the temperature, as well as how much light it gets. it looks quite dry. carnivorous plants all have high humidity needs, and fly traps specifically need at least 6 hours of DIRECT sunlight, so they should be put as close to a north facing window as possible or even outside. #### Bennie Toole님이 2025-08-03에 답변했습니다. Thank you I transplanted to a small pot and put outside _앱에 답글이 1개 더 있습니다._ ### Evi (◡‿◡✿)님이 2025-08-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. I’ve only had success with these in moss water and keeping them constantly moist with rain water or distilled water ### Sapphire님이 2025-08-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. Carnivorous plants need lots of light. Their pot needs to sit in a dish of rainwater, distilled, or reverse osmosis water. Make sure that the soil and water have no nutrients and do not fertilize! #### Laura B님이 2025-08-04에 답변했습니다. Yes! They get nutrients from the insects they eat: no need to fertilize. ### Speeps님이 2025-08-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. Looks like it was planted in the wrong medium, and in a way too big pot. Mine is growing in moss and I leave it in a water cup filled with filtered water, cup has to be full. Also these guys have to have a dormancy period in the winter or they’ll die. They also need more light than you think. I keep mine about a foot under a grow light that stays on for 12 hours a day. Haven’t had any problems with it, but they are not beginner friendly plants. If you want a carnivorous plant almost any other type would be easier. There’s a lot of misinformation on flytrap care out there, so good luck and I hope you try again someday! ![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/JOZosLo8fdnZ159MZtJymCPzkOodAB5rG0jveLSyvBk/dq3FF4VUQIWaWDmqnk4JfA.webp?size=large) ### Bennie Toole님이 2025-08-03에 댓글을 남겼어요. Ok thanks though they could not get to wet. ### Laura B님이 2025-08-04에 댓글을 남겼어요. When you get them from the store, they need to be trimmed and repotted ASAP. For potting you have rotate a bog-like environment: I had mine in all sphagnum moss in a 16oz deli container that sat inside an 8 oz deli container with up to 4oz of distilled water or rain water. They love full direct sun and mine was thriving until winter: it was my first one and I didn’t know how to take care of it during dormancy. It’s better to keep them outside; I had mine on our screened porch. ### Bennie Toole님이 2025-08-04에 댓글을 남겼어요. Thank you --- _Planta 커뮤니티 (https://getplanta.com). 누구나 읽을 수 있습니다. 게시물을 올리고, 댓글을 달고, 좋아요를 누르려면 Planta 앱을 다운로드하세요: https://getplanta.com/download_