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I recently repotted my venus flytraps, I have six of them.
-The smallest one is very tiny, about the size of my thumb in total and its traps are even tinier. The ends of the traps look like they are dry and are very wrinkly. The newest one looks transparent.
The same thing is happening to all of my plants except for my B52. The new traps are already dying before they can form fully.
I have watered them plenty and they have about 8 hours of direct sun every day. Could they be sunburnt? Maybe fungus has infected them? What do I do?

Can't tell much without photos, soil info, and water info.

From my experience, when I have a black trap before its even open yet then I know I must have been giving it too much water, I can't say for yours but for me that would mean less water

A picture is worth a thousand words in a case like this, as well as conditions the plant is normally kept in. Don't be ashamed, some of the older members have seen some tore up plants.

My first instinct though just from the information you've given is mineral burn. I won't say for sure unless I see the plant. Then one of us can give you specific care information to give your plant it's best chance.

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I water them with distilled water, their soil is a mixture of about 80% sphagnum moss and 20% peat moss with soil. I am unable to post pictures with this old laptop :/. It could be that they have too much water. I give them about a tablespoon of water every day or couple of days.

I water them with distilled water, their soil is a mixture of about 80% sphagnum moss and 20% peat moss with soil. I am unable to post pictures with this old laptop :/. It could be that they have too much water. I give them about a tablespoon of water every day or couple of days.

If they are really getting that much sunlight, water should not be an issue. Are they being grown outdoors?

I found a way to get their pictures up. Here they are: I hope you can access them!

I very recently started growing them outdoors because winter has ended. I got them at the end of winter from a pet store so i don't know if they were ever able to go dormant or not. But they are all very small so I doubt that they could have.

The pictures are very hard to see, but from your explanation and what I can see I'm going to go ahead and say that it looks like normal stress from a plant that was repotted and moved into a different environment. Taking it from a fixed temp, and humidity level (inside your house) and putting it outside which is a constant variable temp, and humidity levels will effect the plants.

I would just leave them outside and let them fully adjust to their environment. Keep them moist, and they should start turning around here in the next few weeks. It can take some time for fly traps to bounce back.

Best of luck with them, and let us know how they're coming along.



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