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So i got my first ever VFTs, Sundews and Tinas in September of this year and three of my five VFTs have started to grow stalks (seeds/flowers?) my Cape Sundew has a very long flower/seed stalk going on and one of my Butterworts has just started to grow a flower/seed stalk too!!

I have taken some photos and such, also... i am extremely impressed at how big my traps have gotten... i've not even repotted any of them yet and was planning on maybe starting the dormancy period but now i have no idea what to do lol

Here are some photos with a 30cm ruler so you can get sizes on traps and stalks!!











Apologise for my gnarly thumb nail lol

Very nice, healthy looking plants!

Given the time of year, I'd suggest snipping off the flower stalks of those VFTs.

But leave it on the ping and sundew.

Aww noooooo lol!

Just out of curiosity, what if i left the VFT stalks till they flowered and spread their seed?

also my biggest traps are an inch wide (maybe a slight bit bigger) when open, ready to catch bugs

If you let them flower, they may not have much energy left to go through winter dormancy. Flowering takes lots of energy for the plant, and doing so this late in the season will be especially rough on them. Traps will not grow as big. Growth in general will not be very vigorous.

I've the same dilemma, actually. My biggest plant grew wider leaves and smaller traps, as usual for dormancy, but it has now decided to also flower. For the second time this year. The last time was very early in the year, still in dormancy period so I had to snip them off. I know the timing is not optimal, but I was thinking of leaving it to grow this time.

I'd say snip the vft flowers! If you're growing them inside you'll have to make sure they get pollinated by hand to produce seeds and it will really set the plant back as well.

I like them because they're pretty, mostly, but I guess this isn't a good time for flowering. I'll snip the stalk when it grows slightly higher and try to see if I can propagate trough it.

get a restraining order, stalking is just creepy