- Sat Apr 20, 2013 5:22 pm
#173303
So 1st post on this forum and I can't seem to work the answer out for myself. So here we go. I have a venus fly trap that I bought from my garden centre last year and it was actually just about to go into dormancy when I got it. It went into dormancy and all was fine until I looked on it last month. I brought it in about 2 weeks ago and it had mealy bugs. So I went about killing them with soap and chilli sauce and whatever else that would kill the pests. It has seemed to have worked and all are gone but has left some after effects. Now all my traps have closed and haven't re opened for weeks. The traps are starting to die and the leaves and it generally looks un healthy. Until you see the flower stalk and the second one growing. Here are some pics, what are your thoughts on it:
This one is half open but is full of dead mealys
Also am I watering right because the garden centre said to use a tray and let the water be standing in there all the time.
This one is half open but is full of dead mealys
Also am I watering right because the garden centre said to use a tray and let the water be standing in there all the time.