- Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:36 pm
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So i bought a King Henry Venus Fly Trap on Oct 5th, and it looked healthy at the time.
Picture of it the day i got it (October 5th):
I re planted it to another plastic container of the same size, placed it next to my other VFT that i've had for a year now which is healthy and has grown a lot. They both get about 4-5 hours of direct sunlight on sunny days, both get distilled water and the occasional bug (id say once a month, only one trap). I then fed my new King Henry a fly that flew into my apartment on Oct 11th, and one week later, i noticed it started to turn yellow and black... even a new small trap that was starting to grow. All i know is that this plant sure didn't get that much direct sunlight where it was growing before.
Could this be due to a change in sunlight hours? (Barely any direct sun to 5 hours of direct sunlight) or maybe the fly i fed it had some kind of fungus, or pesticide that now the VFT is absorbing? Maybe a mineral burn? or it might be adjusting to new container (This container looks and feels plastic to me but it seems to have a slightly different texture to the regular pots used for growing plants). If you notice, the trap that i fed the fly to is the only one rotting from the trap-outwards, the others are turning yellow from the leaflet on the base.
King Henry VFT one week after feeding. The trap with the red circle is the one i fed.
I should mention that the other healthy VFT gets the same water, same temp, same sunlight, same tray for holding water, and its growing just fine...
Any thoughts? Please help :O
Picture of it the day i got it (October 5th):
I re planted it to another plastic container of the same size, placed it next to my other VFT that i've had for a year now which is healthy and has grown a lot. They both get about 4-5 hours of direct sunlight on sunny days, both get distilled water and the occasional bug (id say once a month, only one trap). I then fed my new King Henry a fly that flew into my apartment on Oct 11th, and one week later, i noticed it started to turn yellow and black... even a new small trap that was starting to grow. All i know is that this plant sure didn't get that much direct sunlight where it was growing before.
Could this be due to a change in sunlight hours? (Barely any direct sun to 5 hours of direct sunlight) or maybe the fly i fed it had some kind of fungus, or pesticide that now the VFT is absorbing? Maybe a mineral burn? or it might be adjusting to new container (This container looks and feels plastic to me but it seems to have a slightly different texture to the regular pots used for growing plants). If you notice, the trap that i fed the fly to is the only one rotting from the trap-outwards, the others are turning yellow from the leaflet on the base.
King Henry VFT one week after feeding. The trap with the red circle is the one i fed.
I should mention that the other healthy VFT gets the same water, same temp, same sunlight, same tray for holding water, and its growing just fine...
Any thoughts? Please help :O