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I just placed an order for a King Henry starter plant. Yay!

It comes potted so I shouldn't need to repot until maybe next year, right?

Yay! Yep that's right. No need to repot until next spring.

Thank you!

king henry grows like a beast, nice choice.

That is good to hear. It's always nice to see the progress, especially for us impatient people!

this is the progression of my king henry

http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/progr ... hilit=king

King Henry is the best starter flytrap, and just a general must have. It catches some of the biggest flies Here is mine back during the summer, which reminds me that I need to repot my dormant plants before the weather start warmin up

ps3isawesome wrote:this is the progression of my king henry

http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/progr ... hilit=king

Wow!! I really hope mine looks that good! Do you still have it?

Benurmanii wrote:King Henry is the best starter flytrap, and just a general must have. It catches some of the biggest flies Here is mine back during the summer, which reminds me that I need to repot my dormant plants before the weather start warmin up

I love the big traps! Does it stay a lighter green like that? And we're you using live moss there? I really like the look of it.

yup i still have it and it's growing like crazy

I am not sure what's happened, but I fear my King Henry is beyond help.
I ordered a King Henry in March while it was too cold to move my plant outside. I knew to expect some traps dying so wasn't concerned. However, no new traps have ever started growing. All the traps, save one, have blackened and there has been no new growth at all. I live in TN and moved my king Henry outside almost a month ago, along with 2 other small fly traps. They have multiple new traps growing but I am afraid my king Henry is beyond help. I even tried feeding rehydrated blood worms but none of the traps would ever trigger. I am so disappointed and don't know if there is any help for it. I followed all instructions very carefully as well.

I will include a picture of him when I received him, and now. It's sad so be warned.

Looks like it was kept too wet for too long without enough light -- leading cause of death for flytraps!

It's hard to say if it will survive now that it has started rotting at the crown. Half of the plant looks green still, so it may recover.

Best to get it outside (in Tennessee, it should be able to be outdoors almost year round) and keep the moss damp, but not too wet, and never dry.