The answer to this is simple if you keep the Venus Fly Trap outside or in an unheated garage or cool windowsill. It should receive however much light it gets from the sun daily. Simple enough, right?

If you have the Venus Fly Trap in a dark basement and you would like to supplement the light it is receiving with artificial lighting, you could give it 8 to 10 hours of light a day. That's about what it would be receiving if it were outside. On the other hand, if your Venus Fly Trap is in a place where the lights are on for, say, 14 hours a day, this would be very bad. The plant would think that it is time to come out of dormancy. Be sure not to give a dormant plant more than 10 hours of light a day if it is receiving artificial light.

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How much sun
written by Calvin, November 07, 2008

Ok i live in South Africa and things are a bit different here. In the Dormancy stage i will be able to give it an hour ot 2 hours of natural sun light, do you think that will be fine?

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Re: How much sun
written by Matt, November 07, 2008

I think 2 hours of direct light should be fine. You should join the forum and see what other growers think.

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