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title: "Why doesn’t my VFT want to eat these gnats? It closed down on them…"
description: "Why doesn’t my VFT want to eat these gnats? It closed down on them but opened back up a day later"
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/nCqjNmswTlS-vtdufEldHw/64bfc9a8732ee53ac5eb4f66"
community: "Carnivorous Corner"
author: "Molly 🪴"
published: "2023-07-25T13:10:00.354Z"
language: "en"
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# Why doesn’t my VFT want to eat these gnats? It closed down on them…

_Posted by Molly 🪴 on 2023-07-25_

Why doesn’t my VFT want to eat these gnats? It closed down on them but opened back up a day later

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## 4 comments

### Addy the plant lover commented on 2023-07-25

It could be that it’s not a big enough meal. Also you could cut off those dead heads so that the plant doesn’t have to worry about them anymore

#### Molly 🪴 replied on 2023-07-25

I’ve been getting mixed opinions about that, whether I should wait for the whole stem to die off or just cut the dead traps off now

#### Addy the plant lover replied on 2023-07-25

Since the trap itself is dead the plant is just putting its nutrients into a dead leaf

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