venus fly traps are still very small

venus fly traps are still very small#322553

By afshin -  Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:43 pm
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- Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:43 pm #322553

I'd bought some seeds from ebay 6-8 months ago. Plant them into mix of perlite, peat moss and sphagnum. Using mineral water and full spectrum light.
The problem is that they are still very small after 6-8 months and look baby ! Is it normal ? if not, what shall I do to boost their growth ?

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Re: venus fly traps are still very small#322554

By tommyr -  Wed Sep 19, 2018 1:55 pm
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- Wed Sep 19, 2018 1:55 pm #322554

It's normal but do not use mineral water! Distilled, reverse osmosis or rain water only.

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Re: venus fly traps are still very small#322556

By bananaman -  Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:29 pm
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- Wed Sep 19, 2018 2:29 pm #322556

Flytraps grow slowly from seed — that’s normal. You could feed them to speed up growth, but that’s kind of a pain.

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Re: venus fly traps are still very small#322557

By Fieldofscreams -  Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:24 pm
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- Wed Sep 19, 2018 3:24 pm #322557

It takes 3-5 years for VFT's to become adult plants.

You can speed it up by feeding them but it's a massive pain.

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Re: venus fly traps are still very small#322629

By Doublebass1985 -  Thu Sep 20, 2018 8:25 pm
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- Thu Sep 20, 2018 8:25 pm #322629

Personally i enjoy feeding my plants, but thats just me. If you wanna give that a go id advise you to go to petco and by the reptile area they have a can of mealworms that arent all dried up and you can feed them to your plant right out of the can no hydrating needed. They work great and are an excellent source of nitrogen for your plants. Just cut them up to the right size for the trap your feeding and thats it.

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Re: venus fly traps are still very small#322712

By Doublebass1985 -  Sat Sep 22, 2018 5:35 pm
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- Sat Sep 22, 2018 5:35 pm #322712

Also how hard is that media packed down you are using? It could be an illusion, but maybe its packed too hard and your roots can't develop properly.

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Re: venus fly traps are still very small#322718

By Fieldofscreams -  Sat Sep 22, 2018 8:10 pm
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- Sat Sep 22, 2018 8:10 pm #322718

Growing them inside is going to also slow them down. You would be amazed at what they can catch outside on their own.

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Re: venus fly traps are still very small#322882

By afshin -  Tue Sep 25, 2018 6:53 am
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- Tue Sep 25, 2018 6:53 am #322882

bananaman wrote:Flytraps grow slowly from seed — that’s normal. You could feed them to speed up growth, but that’s kind of a pain.

Thanks mate, but they're very small. How can I feed them while traps cannot get closed

Re: venus fly traps are still very small#322885

By Doublebass1985 -  Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:36 am
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- Tue Sep 25, 2018 8:36 am #322885

If your traps wont close after touching the trigger hairs you have shocked the plant too much by like letting it get too dry or something like that.

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Re: venus fly traps are still very small#322888

By Fieldofscreams -  Tue Sep 25, 2018 11:18 am
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- Tue Sep 25, 2018 11:18 am #322888

Traps sometimes wont close for all kinds of reasons. Its nothing to worry about.

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Re: venus fly traps are still very small#323084

By edina -  Sat Sep 29, 2018 1:12 pm
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- Sat Sep 29, 2018 1:12 pm #323084

Also make sure that you're not feeding them food that is too big for them. I've found that mine won't close if the bug is too big.

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