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title: "Recently gotten the little guy from Lowe’s and repotted them since…"
description: "Recently gotten the little guy from Lowe’s and repotted them since they were in a jar with next to 0 air flow. Now it’s living in a ceramic bowl with a bunch…"
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community: "Carnivorous Corner"
author: "Britt"
published: "2026-06-16T20:21:27.813247Z"
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# Recently gotten the little guy from Lowe’s and repotted them since…

_Posted by Britt on 2026-06-16_

Recently gotten the little guy from Lowe’s and repotted them since they were in a jar with next to 0 air flow. Now it’s living in a ceramic bowl with a bunch of moss.  
I’m new to carnivorous plants, how quickly do they grow? Is it doing good?

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## 10 comments

### Christina commented on 2026-06-16

I grabbed one from those lowes kits a few weeks ago and gently removed it from that glass prison and replanted last week. So far so good but its my first pitcher. No wilting or shock. 🤞🤞for both of us

#### Britt replied on 2026-06-16

Mines been free for about 4 days now. I used some wooden sticks to like chopsticks it free so I could just kinda gently dump it out. It seems happy. Only had one black spot at the end of a leaf I trimmed off. It should feed good with all the gnats from my other plants.

### plantgeek commented on 2026-06-16

looks good! big healthy trumpets. they can be a little slow, it's normal

### PLANTS!!🪴🌱 commented on 2026-06-17

Looks great!

### Weldon commented on 2026-06-18

I bought this as a two for one deal at Lowe’s in late mid April. It just said it came with a pitcher plant and a VFT. I think they were dormant in the store. I took home the two rhizomes and planted them. They started growing pretty quickly. I eventually bought a 40w grow light and it’s a game changer.

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#### Britt replied on 2026-06-19

Oh wow. Mine lives under a grow light and it is already growing some. It had all green baby pinchers when I brought it home with only one that had some pink and they are starting to pink up!

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#### Light Green Thumb replied on 2026-07-04

Oh wow that’s beautiful! I bought a box vft and have spent considerable time on outside placement. This North Texas heat is scorching the leaves so I’m finally resigned to a grow light. Your post gives me renewed hope.

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#### Weldon replied on 2026-07-04

Hang in there! These guys love the 40w Sansi bulbs. The sundew and ping don’t like it as close. One or two of these are enough for a couple of plants. I was blasting my VFT and Purperea with all 4 at once for 14 hours a day. I’ve backed them off due to the other two.

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#### Weldon replied on 2026-07-04

Your soil looks super dry. Do you use the water tray method?

#### Light Green Thumb replied on 2026-07-04

Yes the pot has a built in saucer I check a few times per day.

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