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title: "question for venus fly trap owners! is there a way to tell the…"
description: "question for venus fly trap owners! is there a way to tell the difference between if your venus fly trap is going into dormancy or if it's just dying?"
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author: "julia"
published: "2025-01-26T03:34:35.071503Z"
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# question for venus fly trap owners! is there a way to tell the…

_Posted by julia on 2025-01-26_

question for venus fly trap owners! is there a way to tell the difference between if your venus fly trap is going into dormancy or if it's just dying?

## 4 comments

### c.cat commented on 2025-01-26

this is a screenshot from a care guide purchased from sarracenia northwest!

a dying VFT will look different depending on what problems you have, a picture could be helpful in diagnosing whats going on :)

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/kD4THHB2xcLqDKRuHBa3MmDYxLorWKP7RRswqL0yZyo/ZHBrjHlgQLyO-wUn1iV4Eg.webp?size=large)

### Wolfen 🐺 commented on 2025-01-26

Honestly, not a lot sometimes lol usually dormancy will be a slower process. Vs a very quick die off from a problem.

### Brown Bear commented on 2025-02-02

It depends on certain conditions 🤔 are you using the right water, soil, and light

### Brown Bear commented on 2025-02-02

I'm in zone 7 east coast i wait until mid November to mid march for dormancy period

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