Venus Fly Trap Flowering
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Comments (7)If you are growing your venus flytrap outdoors in full sun, then it will reward you with a lot of seed. If you are seeking to get seed, you must pollinate the flowers. The anthers are the pollen carriers(they are located around the flower & petals.). the stigma is located in the middle of the flower(the little yellow nub). You must allow the stigma to become "fuzzy" in order for it to aquire pollen from the anthers. You can use either an artist's paint brush, either allow pollinators pollinate the flowers(which may be a bit inaccurate, unless there's a lot of flying insects where the plant is currently been growing) or just Q-tips. But i would recommend an artist's paint brush. after pollinating the flowers, make sure your plant gets lots of full sun to give you seeds, it will need the photosynthesis in order to develop such performance....See MoreVenus Fly Trap Tips
Comments (2)Usually they are re-potted during dormancy or in early spring. If your VFT goes dormant or not in winter depends on where you live and more important where your plant lives .If you keep it inside all year long, it may not really go dormant just grow a bit more slowly. They are best kept outside and with colder temperatures they will automaticly go dormant at the end of the season. If you only have one plant you can also put it in a ziplock bag and put it in the fridge during winter.(some people in warmer climates do it this way) In theory the plant will keep going without dormancy but the growth will decline over the years. You can self-pollinate a VFT and still get good seeds but it takes a loooooong time to get a grown plant(about 5 years,unless you grow the seedlings under light all year long) What you can also do is take your flower stem(let it grow but don't let it flower) and then cut it in 1-2 inch pieces,then put the pieces upright in live sphagnum moss(make sure they're the right side up).After a while ,small plantlets will devellop at the underside of the stem and you can get new plants that way. If you have a plant you really like this is the way to go,because the plantlets from the stem will have the same propperties as the motherplant, If you grow plants from seeds(even if from a selfed plant) you never really know what kind of plant you will get....See MoreVenus Fly Trap Rejecting Food
Comments (24)I've read that in some cases, because the leaf was not able to close fully when a part of the insect is outside, the leaf will usually turn black. However, that's not to say every bug that is partially outside will cause this for the leaf. I've seen some really soft things like caterpillars have some parts outside but the plant was able to close enough (probably because caterpillar body is squishy) and digest the part that was inside....See MoreWal-mart Venus Fly Trap
Comments (41)The advice of not letting your VFT flower is always suggested because most people are not experienced or are new in growing CP, so these people barely have their VFT thriving. Flowering takes a lot of energy and if your plant is week, it can die. But if you have your plant growing very vigorously, theres no problem. I always let them flower, never had problems. When I was a beginner, of course I lost my pants until I was told to cut them off. Now I have no worries letting them flower. I had one VFT grow a flower stalk this late of the year but once I started to induce dormancy, the stalk aborted and died. That VFT is now dormant. To induce dormancy, just place it in a cool part of your house and give it less light. Now, most summer leaves will die and stop functioning, also your VFT will start to produce some smaller traps with sluggish movement if you trigger them. Those are winter leaves. Once the plant is dormant, cut down on the amount of water, just keeps its media moist to keep the bulb from drying out. I keep my dormant bulbs in a pot and simply place it in the coolest room next to a window. They will receive some sunlight but its not enough photoperiod to break their winter dormancy. I always let my VFT grow on the same media for 2 years before transplanting them on a fresh media. Or you can dig out your bulbs after it has become dormant, cut the old leaves to avoid rot, wrap it with moist LFS moss to keep the bulbs from drying out, place it in a Ziploc bag, and then put it in the fridge (not the icebox!). Always check now and then to make sure you keep the LFS moss moist but not wet and you can check on the condition of your bulb. The bulb should be white and crispy. Come spring you can plant them on fresh media to begin its new growth season. Good luck!...See Morepaul_
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