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My wife just surprised me with a Lowes clearance Flytrap. I love that woman!
It actually looks pretty good; 4 developed traps, 4 developing traps, 2 leaves without traps, 1 that I'll have to cut off due to it turning black, about 5 inches across. I was pleasantly surprised that it looks as good as it does. I've flushed the media 4 times with distilled water and put it in the corner of the windowsill in a tray with about a quarter of an inch of water where it will get good morning light, but not direct light.
It doesn't look "shocky", but I'll take baby steps just to be safe to give it the best chance I can.
It's been years since I've had a 'trap, hopefully I remember enough to not kill it.
Wish me luck,
Chef

I should probably clarify.
I'm not sure what its light level was, seeing as how it came from a hardware store, so that's where the playing it safe comes in. It is an east facing window so it will get very good, direct sunlight for between 4 to 6 hours daily. However, since I am putting it in the corner of the window sill, it will get indirect sunlight for now.
As I see it progressing, I will move it out from the corner slowly so that it gets more and more direct sunlight. I'm thinking I'm going to keep it out during its normal dormancy period, just because I don't know how robust it is right now. Who knows? This plant makes spring right back, do it's own thing, go dormant, and progress normally from there.
Time will tell.
Chef

jackjeckel wrote:And where is everyone finding all of these Lowes and Walmart and hardware store VFT's? I haven't found any at any store since that batch we got in back in March at work.

I can't speak for others, but the Walmart in my area, Clarksville, TN, had them up until July, then abruptly stopped. Lowes had an initial bunch in Spring of large and small live VFT's, along with little kits with a VFT rhizome and a pitcher plant rhizome. That bunch sold out quick and then there was nothing. My wife actually took a wrong turn while looking for something else at Lowes and found a new shipment had come in. But they were on an end cap display, tucked back on a bottom shelf, facing a wall in the middle of houseplant supplies.
Weird.
Chef