FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

Hey there guys,
love the forum, I have had a few VFT in the past but they always seemed to die on me but having read up a bit on them I come across your forums
being in the UK we don't really get enough light imo to keep them looking good so I thought I would try and grow one under a grow light.
any advice on how many hours of light to put the timer on would be good and do you think it needs repotting yet?

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thanks for all the replies lol

Welcome to the forum! Sorry I know nothing about grow lights lol seem to get enough sun here in Australia so haven't had to take that route, but I'm sure there is plenty of helpful info on here

I move my Flytraps outside for Spring through Fall , but I do have some stuff I grow inside year-round.

I run my artificial lights with an astronomical timer.
It turns on at Sunrise, off at Sunset.
I have it set to my local latitude for Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 43(ish) degrees North.
I'd like to set it for Civil Twilight and Civil Dusk, which is about 30 minutes before Sunrise and 30 minutes after Sunset.
But my current timer doesn't allow a double offset.

Most of my stuff is under MarsHydro 300s but I have a few LEDs like the one you use.
It works OK for me.
For one plant, I'd keep it at about 6 inches from the plant.
This should give you some good color.

Anyways, welcome to the forum.

Good growing,
Mike

astronomical timer I never thought of that, I don't think we get enough sun light over here in the UK to grow them outside but on a sunny day I might put it in the sun though not sure moving it about into different lights will do it any good?
I would of liked a bigger VFT but not sure of the names of the big ones