Venus fly trap starting to flower, any growers of this? need advice!

those plants look mighty hungry

are this plants good for gnats? would be a nice death for the little fuckers

perkele said:

are this plants good for gnats? would be a nice death for the little fuckers

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ive noticed gnats actually coming out from the tiny bit of transplant soil :/ so sadly theyre adding to the prob rather than removing them

and the plant is not reacting to the gnats? is not trying to eat them?

That is one fine Bucket-o-teeth you got there flowamasta and tree BTW +rep to you, I've heard these are difficult to grow if your not to sure what your doing. Most people I talk to tell me you gotta understand their natural environment to grow these properly, once you get where there from and why it's pretty damn simple. From what I heard most people do is keep their plants in a tray or bin with sitting water to simulate a bog, would be a neat plant to grow on some floating stuff with moss in an aquarium with fish in it. I didn't think being in water loged soil all the time was good for any plant but aquatic ones, always learning something new.

perkele said:

and the plant is not reacting to the gnats? is not trying to eat them?

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from what ive read the plants have two stipules in the leaf/chomper. both of these stipules need to be touched at the same time for the trap to close, not just one. This seems to be a trait the plant has developed to save energy, because anything that is too small to touch both stipules at once (ie a gnat), probably wont provide the energy to cover the cost of closing itself + digesting

smokey de bear said:

That is one fine Bucket-o-teeth you got there flowamasta and tree BTW +rep to you, I've heard these are difficult to grow if your not to sure what your doing. Most people I talk to tell me you gotta understand their natural environment to grow these properly, once you get where there from and why it's pretty damn simple. From what I heard most people do is keep their plants in a tray or bin with sitting water to simulate a bog, would be a neat plant to grow on some floating stuff with moss in an aquarium with fish in it. I didn't think being in water loged soil all the time was good for any plant but aquatic ones, always learning something new.

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ive kept it in moss and soaked it but idk plant just defintely seems to be dying. it had 5 flowers and all shrivelled up fairly quickly. theyre all black tiny spots now, i dont know if they've self-pollinated, maybe have to wait and see on that?

i imagine a window sill in british winter time is not nearly enough light for anything, either that or it was a root issue. might re-transplant soon

longroot said:

I just picked up a baby flytrap at Lowes. When I saw it, I had to buy it. I think its the coolest plant Ive ever seen. It has 4 heads on it. Ive got it in the veg room under a t5. I would like to transplant it into a bigger pot. Ive read that transplanting can really shock them. Can anyone tell me how to do this safely? Any other tips for the care of a flytrap beside the generic info Im finding online would be cool too! Thanks!

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like anything, there will be some shock to the plant, its all just how delicate u hold the main plant when you remove the roots!!, a funny thing this morning, when i went to check my outdoory, in one of the large venus flytrap heads, i could see clearly through one of the traps cause of the sun, and i could see a spider trapped inside, and it was trying soo hard to get out, actually managed to get a couple of legs on the outside, as i watched it for about 5 minutes, it eventually squeezed the life out of the spider, it closed almost flat on it until it could no longer move, amazing stuff i rekon. one less spider i have to worry about on my plant!
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