FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

Hey all!

I'm wondering how everyone else here goes about cutting off their blackened/dead traps when they're all close to one another and growing on top? I'm trying to not activate the traps on either side and the stalk is covered by all these smaller traps on top.

Right now in Australia, we're about halfway through Autumn/Fall, but my VFT doesn't seem to be showing any signs of slowing down was thinking maybe I should wait until Winter comes and cut them all of when they go dormant? So far I can't see any mould growing either.

Attached are some photos to give you an idea of what I'm talking about.

Any tips or suggestions would be appreciated

I cut em all off when they’ve fully dried up/ the nutrients have been recycled by the plant.

What? You guys clean up your plants?

I mostly clean up my plants before I take pictures.

OzTrapper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 17, 2022 10:06 pm Right now in Australia, we're about halfway through Autumn/Fall,

Heck earth is a weird place isn't it?
Here in USA New York, spring has just hit, and yet yall almost done with autumn

Back to the question... I try to pull them when I'm bored..

Great, thanks for the tips all! I'll see if I can be a little aggressive and pull them out... dead flies, traps and all

I clean em due to mold and because I micromanage my plants. I wouldn’t recommend it.