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I love me some FTS flytraps. It's so nice to get properly potted plants whenever I order from them. A few pots of baby flytraps, the rest a different cultivars. All are doing good/great except for Long Red Fingers. I'm not sure why. I may try to loosen the moss a little and see if it does better.

The temps got above 105 with humidity in the low teens most of last week so I moved them to my front porch for some afternoon shade. I'm painting trays or switching to white trays to keep the sun off of the pots, especially for the plants that get 12+ hours of direct sun. Target had some nice 12 quart white dish trays for $1.87 so I bought a bunch. They are fairly tall but not perfectly flat at the bottom. For the price they are great.
Thanks for looking.

Beautiful collection!!!

I think it can be more beautiful by planting them in one big pot.just like bog.

hayproz13579 wrote:I think it can be more beautiful by planting them in one big pot.just like bog.

Maybe next Spring(if they are still alive) I'll find something like a 10"x30"x6"-10" deep plastic planter boxes and give it a try.

That looks great!
I found a smaller dishpan at Walmart, its 8qt instead of the 12qt at Target and that gives you a lower side height which I liked. 94 cents. Fits at least 6 plants. I feel like the taller the tray is the more heat it would hold but this is not backed by actual temperature measurements.

By the way I love the balancing act on the railing. Its kinda stressing me out haha.

cjpflaumer wrote:That looks great!
I found a smaller dishpan at Walmart, its 8qt instead of the 12qt at Target and that gives you a lower side height which I liked. 94 cents. Fits at least 6 plants. I feel like the taller the tray is the more heat it would hold but this is not backed by actual temperature measurements.

By the way I love the balancing act on the railing. Its kinda stressing me out haha.

Lol. They were just balanced like that for the photos.

I'll check those 8 quart trays out for shorter pots. I have some plants in taller pots and the taller sides block more sun.

Yeah, I have trouble myself finding a flat bottomed tray. They always have stupid bumps or ridges. How old are most of those?

Ha, ha, and I meant how old are most of those plants, not the trays.

Trapped wrote:Ha, ha, and I meant how old are most of those plants, not the trays.

I bought these plants this spring as starter plants. Some have grown a lot and it's possible some were upgraded to larger sizes because of large orders. Some of the plants in the Pot of Flytraps have doubled or tripled in size already. As for the actual age, maybe Matt or Leah could chime in.

lovely plants! but i must say i would be scared to death that the wind would blow them right off of there!