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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.


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!!



I'm anxious to see how they do. Hopefully I'll be able to raise them to be pretty healthy plants. Time will tell....

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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They look REALLY REALLY dry.

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.

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.


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!!



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 $5

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