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It's about to be spring here in Australia and I'm already seeing the first signs of growth in my plants. The first were the Sarracenias where some of them started to flower. Is it okay to let them flower?
Also, is it normal to see no growth yet in my Venus flytraps? I haven't seen any them shoot up a flower stalk yet.

You can let sarrs flower if they're large and healthy or if you intend to collect seed.
Otherwise, I would chop the flowers so that the sarrs can put their energy into pitchering.

It is normal for sarrs to start flowering before flytraps wake up in the Spring.

Eventerminator wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:33 am It's about to be spring here in Australia and I'm already seeing the first signs of growth in my plants. The first were the Sarracenias where some of them started to flower. Is it okay to let them flower?

Flowering doesn't put a big hit on a Sarracenia's growth.

Eventerminator wrote: Also, is it normal to see no growth yet in my Venus flytraps? I haven't seen any them shoot up a flower stalk yet.

Flytraps normally run a month or two behind the Sarracenia.

Eventerminator wrote: ↑Wed Aug 18, 2021 3:33 am It's about to be spring here in Australia and I'm already seeing the first signs of growth in my plants. The first were the Sarracenias where some of them started to flower. Is it okay to let them flower?

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Also, is it normal to see no growth yet in my Venus flytraps? I haven't seen any them shoot up a flower stalk yet.

Let it grow if the plant is healthy. Sarracenias produce beautiful flowers, as opposed to VFTs that have admittedly quite boring flowers.