Venus fly traps

Just wondering if theyre are any OUTDOOR growers out there that have ever used Venus fly traps to stop bugs ??

Apparently they attract all sorts of bugs and eat the buggers ?

Would it be worth buying 3 or 4 of these suckers ??

yeah if you got flies all around your plants and other buds its great. Try a pitcher plant too it eats up the ants and whatever that goes in. Venus fly traps are cool because when they eat up a fly it takes in nutrients. Personally, I think thats super cool

They are awesome plants , got two of them today and a pitcher , will post some pics up soon.

Pitches work the same way they take in nutrients from the bugs they catch !! Incredible plants , hardly any watering required / light as well

I can't see it being but so effective outdoors. According to Wikipedia a Venus Fly Trap stays closed for 10 days while it digests the prey.

You'd need a lot of them to make a huge difference, and I imagine they'd attract more insects than they'd kill.

talon said:

I can't see it being but so effective outdoors. According to Wikipedia a Venus Fly Trap stays closed for 10 days while it digests the prey.

You'd need a lot of them to make a huge difference, and I imagine they'd attract more insects than they'd kill.

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There trap does stayed closed for a while , but it has more than one trap i got 2 baby ones this morning and they already have atleast 10 - 15 Traps each!!

And about attracting more insects any plant will attract insects , as you already know with your mary jane!

but this plant eats them

Carnivorous plants are alot of fun, but using them for insect control is a bit impractical. Pinguicula and Sarracenia are the easiest and eat the most bugs. my S. leucophylla pitchers are full all summer, but they can suffer from many of the same pests as our cannabis. distilled or r/o water is very important, as close to 0 ppm as possible. over 100 ppm can prove toxic. these plants grow in areas with little or no nutrients, thats why they eat bugs. i like the Dionea but i don't have any in my collection anymore, lost them all in an early frost last year.