- Sun Oct 25, 2009 3:38 pm
#30959
I've noticed a number of threads with people concerned about their VFT's, so I wanted to share something with you all.
Flytraps are going dormant for the winter. If you have yours indoors in a window, they probably don't look nearly as bad as those that are left outside at the mercy of the fluctuating October temperatures.
The photos that follow are perfectly healthy venus flytraps going into dormancy. Three weeks ago, there wasn't a single dead trap on any of these. Notice even most of the live traps have closed - there are no bugs in them, the plant is just preparing for dormancy; for lack of a better way to explain, it's "shedding" its extraneous traps.
Looking this bad at this time of year is perfectly normal. Don't sweat it.
If anyone else has pics of their flytraps going dormant, please share them.
Cross-link: For after-trimming pictures of the dormant plants below with explanations of different types of dormancy, go here: http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/viewt ... f=3&t=3128
Flytraps are going dormant for the winter. If you have yours indoors in a window, they probably don't look nearly as bad as those that are left outside at the mercy of the fluctuating October temperatures.
The photos that follow are perfectly healthy venus flytraps going into dormancy. Three weeks ago, there wasn't a single dead trap on any of these. Notice even most of the live traps have closed - there are no bugs in them, the plant is just preparing for dormancy; for lack of a better way to explain, it's "shedding" its extraneous traps.
Looking this bad at this time of year is perfectly normal. Don't sweat it.
If anyone else has pics of their flytraps going dormant, please share them.
Cross-link: For after-trimming pictures of the dormant plants below with explanations of different types of dormancy, go here: http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/viewt ... f=3&t=3128
Last edited by Veronis on Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:53 pm, edited 4 times in total.