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By Threadwing
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Joined:  Thu Aug 15, 2019 8:00 pm
#342410
I've had this flytrap for 3/4 years now and I've never had this problem before. I moved house about a year ago and she went through a rough adjustment period where I dint think she got enough food.

Now shes producing new stalks but the traps never unfurl, the leaves just curl and shrivel up instead. I'm almost certain it's because shes not getting enough nutrients but if shes not producing traps I dont know how to give her food? I've never tried fertilizing before so I wanted to ask a community before I turned to that
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By sbrooks
Posts:  748
Joined:  Tue May 22, 2012 3:33 pm
#342433
Fertilizer can kill your flytrap.
More light, let it dry out a little (not completely) between waterings.
Don't leave it sitting in water for a long time unless it's really hot outside.
Food doesn't produce traps, that should happen as long as light levels are high enough.
If you're growing indoors, use very bright artificial lights.
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