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By CryptKid30
Posts:  2
Joined:  Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:59 pm
#317339
These are my first two VFT's. I just re-potted them this morning.

I've had this one going on two weeks now, over the last week, it's gotten a little more water than it should. The soil is definitely more than moist, that moss is down in the center of the rest of the new sphagnum moss/perlite mixture. We only used enough water to mix the new soil up, hoping that it will absorb the rest of the water.
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This one, i just got today, it's soil was moist as well, so I didn't water it either, in hopes of it drying out a bit more first. I love how big the traps are on this one!! :)

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I'm anxious to see how they do. Hopefully I'll be able to raise them to be pretty healthy plants. Time will tell....
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By Boss-52
Posts:  15
Joined:  Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:31 am
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Nice find! I’ve bought quite a few myself from local hardware stores this spring, but in contrast to your rescues they don’t look nearly as healthy. Good luck rehabilitating them, and I hope everything works out!


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By ApgarTraps
Posts:  79
Joined:  Mon May 28, 2018 2:22 pm
#317455
Home Depot and Lowe's: the VFT-equivalent of "puppy mills"

:)

Actually, your plants look great, and I did the same thing a few years ago and have wonderfully healthy plants from Home Depot.
By FlyTrap Hunter
Posts:  761
Joined:  Sun Mar 11, 2018 12:05 am
#317479
CryptKid30 wrote:These are my first two VFT's. I just re-potted them this morning.

I've had this one going on two weeks now, over the last week, it's gotten a little more water than it should. The soil is definitely more than moist, that moss is down in the center of the rest of the new sphagnum moss/perlite mixture. We only used enough water to mix the new soil up, hoping that it will absorb the rest of the water.
Image

This one, i just got today, it's soil was moist as well, so I didn't water it either, in hopes of it drying out a bit more first. I love how big the traps are on this one!! :)

Image

I'm anxious to see how they do. Hopefully I'll be able to raise them to be pretty healthy plants. Time will tell....
Those are looking good. I agree they look dry.
Here is one I got last Fall from Lowe's. It already looked a little nicer than the other vfts. And it's hard to turn down 4 plants in the pot for $5Image

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