FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

Hello everyone,

I recently purchased a VFT about 2 days ago and I am worried that my plant is starting to get dried up or sunburned. I have left it in direct sunlight outside every day since I purchased it. I have very little experience with VFTs. I’ve noticed that the lobes look a bit dry and not organic so I am starting to panic a bit. The plant is now moved inside near my window because I was too worried. Here are some photos of my plant.

It is never a good idea to take a deathcube flytrap, or any vft that is not used to full sun, and stick them out in full sun without transitioning them. I would put it out for 30 minutes, then increase it by 10 minutes a day until you get to an hour and 30 minutes, then you can increase it by 15 a day, when you get to 2hours and 30 minutes you can increase it by 30 minutes a day, finally, when you get to 4 hours you can increase it by 1 hour a day. You can probably adjust them a lot faster than that but I like to stay on the safe side.

Thank you for the tip! From the pics you saw of my plant, do you think the same as me? Meaning they're starting to dry up or get burned?

ACFiber wrote:Thank you for the tip! From the pics you saw of my plant, do you think the same as me? Meaning they're starting to dry up or get burned?

I can see a little bit of light damage, but it did surprisingly well I think, considering it was outside for 2 days.

@sanguinearocks101, Will they eventually recover or are they permanently damaged?

The damaged leaves won't heal but new leaves will replace them. As long as you care for it properly then I am without a doubt that it will recover very quickly.

That's a very healthy looking flytrap! It'd probably do fine if simply put in full sun but it is always better to slowly introduce as @sanguinearocks101, describes.

Oh, and welcome to FlytrapCare!

@sanguinearocks101, Thank you for your help!

@Matt, Thank you! I will slowly introduce it to sun as you recommend.