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these ar my venus fly traps that i bought from home depot and i transplanted them and gave them fresh rain water

Cool, thanks for sharing!

Only recommendation I'd have is next time try to fill the pot up to the brim with media to avoid casting a shadow on the plants. Other than that, looks great!

thanks for advice ill do that next time when there bigger and i have to transplant them =]

You got some really nice looking plants there!

As Matt said make sure the soils to the top so they can get more energy

Growing medium
If that's pure sphagnum peat moss that you planted them in, be sure to let it dry out until just moist before watering again. It usually retains water for a long time, and Venus Flytraps don't usually like to stay continuously wet; it can cause problems such as rot. A better medium would have plenty of silica sand or perlite in it for aeration and faster drainage and drying.

Raising the soil level
You can add more soil to the pot by tipping it over when the growing medium is wet enough to keep its shape, onto your open palm with fingers spread, carefully avoiding crushing the plants, while you put more growing medium into the bottom of the pot with the other hand, and then carefully incline them both toward each other until you can tip the growing medium with the plants back into the pot. That will elevate the plants closer to the rim. Be careful though!

Steve_D wrote:Growing medium
If that's pure sphagnum peat moss that you planted them in, be sure to let it dry out until just moist before watering again. It usually retains water for a long time, and Venus Flytraps don't usually like to stay continuously wet; it can cause problems such as rot. A better medium would have plenty of silica sand or perlite in it for aeration and faster drainage and drying.

Raising the soil level
You can add more soil to the pot by tipping it over when the growing medium is wet enough to keep its shape, onto your open palm with fingers spread, carefully avoiding crushing the plants, while you put more growing medium into the bottom of the pot with the other hand, and then carefully incline them both toward each other until you can tip the growing medium with the plants back into the pot. That will elevate the plants closer to the rim. Be careful though!

yea it is pure sphagnum moss i couldnt find any silca sand or perlite with out micrle grow in it but ill make sure to keep the soil a little more dry then that =] oh and thanks for the tips on how to raise the soil level ill try that mybe tomorow or the day after that when the soil is a little more dry

Beautiful Plants! he one in the topleft corner can be divided into more plants.

update on my vfts =]

Looking good. Thanks for the update.

thanks =]

Very nice man!

allenc666 wrote:Very nice man!

thanks

Still awesome!

Timmy wrote:Still awesome!

Woah cool vfts!