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I cut the flower stems off some of my Venus flytraps and put them into a pot so they would grow but I noticed I must of somehow got sundew seeds into the soil in the pot not sure what to do about this

I'm seeing some flytraps growing, and some live Sphagnum moss, but no sundews.

I see 'em, up in the top left and bottom right (also, doesn't look like true Sphag to me, but I'm not a bryologist).

Sleepy, I'm not really sure what the issue is though. Sundews and VFTs are grown together all the time. The only potential problem is if your "invaders" are subtropical/tropical species which might not survive the winter depending on how you do dormancy for the VFT.

jpappy789 wrote:I see 'em, up in the top left and bottom right (also, doesn't look like true Sphag to me, but I'm not a bryologist).

Sleepy, I'm not really sure what the issue is though. Sundews and VFTs are grown together all the time. The only potential problem is if your "invaders" are subtropical/tropical species which might not survive the winter depending on how you do dormancy for the VFT.

Ohhh. The sundews blend very well with the moss (only being a slight shade yellower and obviously more dewy looking) and looking at the picture on my laptop without the capability to zoom way in, I had no clue where to look and couldn't find them. Had to take a good close look with my phone at the spots you indicated and zoom in a bit. Now I see them.

Whatever species that moss is, it looks very similar to Sphag. Like you, I'm no Bryologist either so I can't confirm what exact species it is either.

Just let the sundews grow a bit and then transplant if you'd like or just leave them.

I somehow have a couple of VFT seedlings growing in one of my sarr pots. Not sure how they got there. So I am just leaving them be.

I've had sundews grow just fine with VFTs and they usually due back during winter and then regrow from the roots.

The soil is sold as sphagnum peat moss so idk that moss grows in all the pots I use it in figured it was normal looks kinda nice

The problem I was feeling with the sundews is there's so many and all I meant to grow was flytraps off the flower stems

Sphagnum peat is broken down past the point of ever growing back as live moss. You likely have a weedier "hitchhiker" species as live Sphag usually doesn't just pop up unless you grow it specifically or it came with other plants.

Really shouldn't be an issue, but you can repot them carefully if you want to...

It doesn't randomly pop up it comes from the peat soil I use I can take it fresh from the bag add some water and a couple weeks it'll start turning green ontop and look like that
It is pretty humid where I live so I don't actually need to water my stuff very often but I've been using the same brand of peat for years now

This is some peat moss soil I have in a jar with all my old dead traps I collect and even that has the moss growing in it

Not sure if relevant but I've also noticed any flytraps I've seen locally have also had the moss growing in the soil
I always thought the moss was normal till I found this forum

Oh and about the dormacy I just leave my plants outside year round the sundews die every winter so far but they always grow back the same time all my flytraps come out of dormacy

Well, moss spores are everywhere, so could be coming from in your peat, or from outside, other pots nearby, etc. Just saying I'm pretty sure it's not from the Sphagnum genus...

I've had that moss pop up from bags of peat before. The spores literally get everywhere. It's easy to pull out with tweezers. I leave it until it annoys me or starts to crowd out a plant.