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title: "I am growing a Venus flytrap and the flower has gotten really tall. I…"
description: "I am growing a Venus flytrap and the flower has gotten really tall. I saw some things saying I should cut it off. Should I?"
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published: "2024-05-12T08:24:49.132127Z"
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# I am growing a Venus flytrap and the flower has gotten really tall. I…

_Posted by Samuel on 2024-05-12_

I am growing a Venus flytrap and the flower has gotten really tall. I saw some things saying I should cut it off. Should I?

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## 6 comments

### mimi commented on 2024-05-12

I cut mine off as it just takes up energy from the plant - the flower doesn’t really give it anything

### Khadija commented on 2024-05-16

𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨

#### Mars replied on 2024-05-19

Seeds???? Seeds you say? Please tell me more.

#### Khadija replied on 2024-06-03

𝙎𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙤 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙨. 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 ( 𝙜𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙖 𝙗 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 ) 𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙡 𝙗𝙡𝙠 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧.

#### Khadija replied on 2024-06-03

𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡 😍

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### DanishGramma commented on 2024-05-25

I don’t solely because in the wild no one does that and I also leave the black pitchers on too. Every time you cut a plant it stresses them and exposes them to get an infection.

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