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title: "Hi!! I just got a Venus fly trap. Any tips on how to care for it?"
description: "Hi!! I just got a Venus fly trap. Any tips on how to care for it?"
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published: "2024-07-10T04:33:35.657458Z"
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# Hi!! I just got a Venus fly trap. Any tips on how to care for it?

_Posted by Char on 2024-07-10_

Hi!! I just got a Venus fly trap. Any tips on how to care for it?

## 4 comments

### ElizabethF commented on 2024-07-10

Keep it sitting in distilled or rainwater at all times and give it the brightest light you have. Don’t plant in normal soil as it is sensitive. I use sphagnum moss. Don’t activate the traps. They can only close a number of times before dying. Traps turn black when they die. It’s normal for older traps or ones that have closed a bunch.

### send\_nodes commented on 2024-07-10

Sphagnum moss mixed with perlite \& a water dish underneath. It’s also recommended to keep them outside since they need a lot of sun

### tortellini commented on 2024-07-10

make sure it’s always sitting in a tray with pebbles and distilled water. use sphagnum moss and perlite/pumice. don’t purposely activate traps unless you are feeding because it takes a lot of energy. don’t feed human foods like meat or cheese, only insects . feeding isn’t necessary, it’s just kinda like extra nutrients. they love bright light and humidity

### Octopikaixer commented on 2024-07-30

And you can make distilled water by getting some water in a cup and letting it sit for 24 hours then its distilled

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