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I'm new to Venus Fly Traps and got these from Bunnings (Australian Hardware Store). I recently re-potted them into separate pots in a 1:1 peat moss and perlite. The problem is, the trap heads are in the soil and I don't know why. The stems are strong so it seems like it grew like that. I did however, recently swapped from tap water to distilled finding out that it is bad for the plant. I also eased them into the Queensland sun since they were inside a lot of the time. I really don't know what to do since the traps are pretty much always activated since the soil is inside. I'm pretty certain the plant is stressed. Should I raise the stems or something?

Isnt it winter in Australia?

They look dormant

Your has to be like that small, because it is dormancy in your place. In my place The USA they are growing, and catching bugs. so keep your plant dormant til October.


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Fieldofscreams wrote:Isnt it winter in Australia?

They look dormant

Yes


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Yes it is, but I live in the north so its never under 15 C unless on cold winter nights. I'm in zone 11 for USA. Also there are new stems growing so I don't really know if they are. I'm almost certain I will need to induce dormancy for them.

one more thing, should I make an effort to raise the stems from the soil or should I just try and avoid letting soil into the traps?

They are dormant, you will need to wait until spring for them to come back to life. Temperature isn't all that important for dormancy, its the way the sun tracks across the sky that triggers dormancy and number of daylight hours.

I would just leave them alone and keep the soil barely moist until spring.

Should I leave it outside during its dormancy? I haven't quite got to the point where I leave it out completely in the sun since I was slowly introducing them to the hot sun. Now that I know they are dormant, would leaving them out awaken them from dormancy since they never really got direct sun before I got them and since? I am currently only leaving them out for a few hours of direct sun since I can't monitor them as I am at school. Would indirect sunlight be enough until spring comes around?

I would leave them outside year round in your location.

Nature and the plants will take care of everything for you.

Kjuure wrote: Would indirect sunlight be enough until spring comes around?

Yes, without question.

I’m pretty sure the plant is just a little jostled from its repotting. It’s normal for a plant to not look right after being repotted. When it grew its leaves it was growing them in adjustment to its previous environment, so when you took it out it out of there and repotted it, its leaves won’t fit well and it will look a little odd. Give it some time after it gets through it’s dormancy and it start to put out new leaves that will be above the soil.

^ I agree with that. When you get bare root VFT's and plant them they often look like this. Looks like it was repotted a little more shallow (white areas near rhizome are visible) so the leaves flopped over. They will grow new leaves that are oriented normally once they are in the growth phase.

so my traps have grown new traps, but I have one more problem. The existing traps haven't opened yet which is beginning to concern me. I'm assuming the dying traps are from the dormancy.

They are dormant, they aren't going to be doing much of anything until spring.

I am now facing another problem. My traps are touching the rim of the pot. Should I just unpot it and place more soil underneath to avoid stressing out the plants by fully replanting or should I just leave them alone.