New member here! My name is Sharon, and I'm a plant grower in New England. I grow a variety of plants at home -- mostly cactii and succulents. I'm a big fan of Opuntia and South African caudiciforms. Earlier this year in the midst COVID, my spouse and I decided to try something new and revisit a childhood passion of ours -- growing carnivorous plants! What better time to do this than in the middle of a stay-at-home pandemic? We looked at a few online vendors' offers and ultimately chose to go with VenusFlytrap.com. The plants arrived very well packaged and are generously sized. Each plant came with its own 3-inch pot and a hearty portion of long New Zealand sphagnum moss. After sticking them on my windowsill, one of my plants has already captured a fly! I have attached some photos and hope everyone enjoys them. Thank you for welcoming me to the community.

it needs sun and use destilled water. It would be normal if the little plants were nice and green, but they seem burned too. The big ones get burned down when the little ones are in growth.

Full sun & plenty of bugs.

Ordinary potting soil will kill them. I recommend using 50% peat moss (NOT the Miracle Gro brand), & 50% silica sand. Miracle Gro adds fertilizers to their products. Never use anything that has fertilizers in them. Make sure that it's silica sand, because not all sand is the same. They sell bags of it out in the garden centers of Home Depot for very cheap. Venus flytraps love this mix and grow well in it. For mine, I grow them in those plastic self-watering containers that you can buy from Wal-Mart. This is because their roots don't spread out. They only grow straight down. The ends of their roots don't like drying out. This is why I use self-watering containers, so that I can keep some water in the reservoir at all times. Also, regular tap water isn't good for them either. Tap water has traces of dissolved minerals in it, which could harm your flytraps. It is best to use distilled water, or rainwater. I collect and store rainwater for mine. It requires a little planning in advance, but it's also free. You can buy distilled water from any grocery store for very cheap, too. As for its leaves/traps, they can only open and close a certain number of times before they stop working. After they stop closing, they still carry out their primary function, which is photosynthesis. Don't worry, though, because many more leaves with new traps will emerge; they're always replacing them with new ones. Venus flytraps prefer lots of direct sunlight. I keep mine in direct sun all day long. During the summer, it gets really hot outside. Another reason why I use self-watering containers. Just as long as you keep the bottom reservoir full of water, your flytraps will do just fine. Although, after you've repotted them, it wouldn't hurt to water them from the top until they've had sufficient time to establish themselves. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them. That's what we're here for.