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Re: I chopped down every leaf of my king Henry and look at it now!
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 7:41 pm
by thekingofrandom
I did the same to mine it works great comes back more vigorous but sets it back a bit though
Re: I chopped down every leaf of my king Henry and look at it now!
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 8:44 pm
by MikeB
Joshuamarshall792 wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 4:58 pmMy king Henry got a haircut 2 weeks ago and I made sure to make it a bare rhizome except for the new growth that hasn't popped up yet!
By "haircut", did you mean "cut off the dead leaves" or "cut off all leaves"? If a leaf is still green, then it is still producing food for the plant via photosynthesis. Cutting off the green leaves before they die is actually impeding the growth of your plant.
Re: I chopped down every leaf of my king Henry and look at it now!
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 9:40 pm
by Matt
Joshuamarshall792 wrote:They were all droopy and useless, they didn't even close!
They might have been useless for catching insects, but that is their secondary function. Leaves and traps on Venus flytraps provide most of the energy to the plant through photosynthesis. By cutting off all of the leaves, you essentially took away all of the source of energy for the plant and forced it to use its energy stores in the rhizome. This is taxing for a plant to do and, if done too often, will lead to the plant not growing back.
It is never a good idea to cut off anything on any Venus flytrap that is green.
Re: I chopped down every leaf of my king Henry and look at it now!
Posted: Mon May 25, 2020 10:09 pm
by Shadowtski
I'm happy to see that your plant is on the road to health and happiness after transport and transplanting.
Re: I chopped down every leaf of my king Henry and look at it now!
Posted: Tue May 26, 2020 7:52 pm
by Artchic528
Why would you mutilate a perfectly good plant?
Re: I chopped down every leaf of my king Henry and look at it now!
Posted: Wed May 27, 2020 2:32 am
by sanguinearocks101
He means that it was very unnecessary to cut all the leaves off. They would have still provided energy to the plant and the vft could take the nutrients from them if they died.
Re: I chopped down every leaf of my king Henry and look at it now!
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 4:32 am
by Artchic528
Apparently you haven't learned anything...
Re: I chopped down every leaf of my king Henry and look at it now!
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 12:58 pm
by DragonsEye
A yellow leaf you can cut off. Where you understanding seems to be lacking, Joshua, is in the function of the leaves. Insects and other prey items are merely "fertilizer" in a form the plants can readily use. As with any "normal" plant, vft's produce their own food via photosynthesis -- and for that they need their living green leaves. Even if the trap itself is dead/useless, as long as the rest of the leave is green (though, yes, so cultivars turn red in strong sun but that is a more indepth conversation for another time) and alive, it is still serving the very useful function of manufacturing food for the plant.
Glad to hear you plant is doing so well!
Re: I chopped down every leaf of my king Henry and look at it now!
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 6:45 pm
by Panman
It's not going to make it if you can't get it more light.
Re: I chopped down every leaf of my king Henry and look at it now!
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 10:24 pm
by Artchic528
Panman wrote:It's not thing to make it if you can't get it more light.
Yup. If you can't get it more light, it'll just remain weak and anemic and eventually what little energy it has will peter out and it'll die.