r/VenusFlyTraps

Do I leave it in here or am I supposed to dig it out carefully and repot it?

Hi! Last month I bought this VFT from a shop that had it in this glass vase, so I did some research and repotted it in this glazed pot of sphagnum moss and perlite, and purchased a strong grow light for it. (I then found out that glazed pots might cause some minerals to leak into the soil, but I don’t want to repot it again any time soon to shock it… but sometime in the future I definitely will.)

Then I propagated it by accidentally pulling off a baby plant while pulling off dead leaves, so now there’s a separate pot for the babies!

The VFT seems to be doing really well, but I’m not really sure. It’s producing new traps and even a flower stalk! I’ve decided I’m going to let it flower this time because it seems healthy enough to do that safely, but I might need a second opinion 😭 I’m not an expert on flytraps even though I did a lot of research, so I just need reassurance from you guys lol

EDIT: Cut the flower stalk off and accidentally cut off a baby trap in the process. Oops.

Or is this even a flower? Do i have a seed somehow?

I noticed very thin, dark, hair like tiny worms in the soil around the base of the plant. They only become visible when I water the plant and seem to come up from between the soil and the stem. I usually do the tray method, but sometimes pour water over it and that’s when I notice it.

Does anyone know what they are? Are they harmful, and what’s the best way to get rid of them without harming the plant? Unsure if it is soil or plant related?

I know they can die after closing for a few times and there is like 3 new traps coming up so im not too worried about it but its still a bit sad.

Zone 8. About to be 3 years old. Transplanted into this new pot today before some more heat and rain.

I recently got these 2 flytraps, the first picture should be a B52 not sure if it actually is. The second picture is a typical (yes the bigger and more vigorous one). The b52 costed me around 2 dollar and the typical costed me a few cents since it was my first time ordering from there. Are they healthy and is the first picture actually a B52. I also accidentally broke the new growth in my b52 so there's a broken baby leave in the center not sure whether I should worry about it.

I keep seeing this jumping fucker on my flytrap and i'm scared it might damage the plant

My little friend caught an earwig while I was at work today, so it could have happened anytime in the last 10 hours - the trap is wide open still, at what point does it become something to worry about and when should I remove the bug to prevent issues like mold?

A 3 year old specimen. I have to repot it every 18 months because it "walks" across the pot. I've never seen it put up a flower, or catch anything. The tiniest cultivar in my collection. Less than an inch across.

Ramdomly some brown and black have apeard in the leafs of ny venhus fly trap,and i never see this before.

They have 10h of sun light, i use is bi-distilled water and the soil is 50% peat moss sphagnum and 50% perlite.

I made a post before asking the same question but I ordered a par meter and these are the readings. Should be fine?

GF wanted some carni plants we ended up with 2 different ones and combined them in 1 pot. They've been like this for almost a year now and this would be the second time it's tried to flower. We have them in a entry level spider farms grow rack and its mostly moss with some lecca mix on the bottom. I noticed the fly traps have started to grow deep in the container. The picture doesnt really show but there's traps heading right down to the rock mix at the bottom.

We dont really know what we're doin here. GF wants to see if any seeds develop but after that should i be seperating them to give more space?

My traps have outgrown my pot, so I need to repot them. What pot do you recommend? And which Sphagnum moss? Thank you!

Too much sun? I used peat and am watering with rain water and distilled.

Got the one on the right today from home depot, besides being sunlight defficienct, i noticed the traps look quite different from the other one. I ve heard theyre probably both classified as typical vft since i got them from the store with no official name tag, but nevertheless im curious are they different types. The left one has those classic traps which some are getting rather big, the other one s traps are like flayed outwards in a way and their teeth are much longer

I got her a couple days ago from Home Depot, put her outside in full sun (6b) and have been giving her rainwater daily, but some of the mouths are starting to turn black. I’m assuming she’s been getting wayyy more sun than Home Depot, and started to burn. I’m getting the proper pearlite and peat moss mixture tomorrow so I can repot her. Should I be doing anything different or do you think she’ll be okay?