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title: "i saved this venus fly trap from walgreens and theres no root rot but…"
description: "i saved this venus fly trap from walgreens and theres no root rot but shes so droopy🥲"
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community: "Carnivorous Corner"
author: "monster_maniac"
published: "2025-02-23T01:05:37.486079Z"
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# i saved this venus fly trap from walgreens and theres no root rot but…

_Posted by monster\_maniac on 2025-02-23_

i saved this venus fly trap from walgreens and theres no root rot but shes so droopy🥲

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## 7 comments

### Just a guy commented on 2025-02-23

Did you repot it?

#### monster\_maniac replied on 2025-02-23

yea...into a monster can

### DanishGramma commented on 2025-02-23

Keep the soil moist with a tray under it to bottom water it with distilled water. Tap water will kill it. If you repot it use peat and perlite, nothing with fertilizer or it will kill it. They thrive in full sun outside but you can keep them on a full sun windowsill or under a grow light with white light, pink light will kill it. Don’t feed it until it’s looks happy and only one or two traps will be plenty. Hope this helps 😊

#### monster\_maniac replied on 2025-02-24

would a mix of coconut coir,perlite, and some peat be ok bc i dont have that much peat

#### DanishGramma replied on 2025-02-25

Yup that’s good 👍

### Brown Bear commented on 2025-04-28

If you're serious about saving your plant it would benefit from being in a plastic pot with a water tray and only distilled water. Use peat moss, perlite, silica sand. 50/30/20...or if you prefer use spagnum moss. Be careful with spagnum moss, could be mistaken for the roots.

#### monster\_maniac replied on 2025-04-28

aw thabk you  
ill keep that in mind for the next one i get  
it unfortunatley died a few weeks i posted this

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