What is on my Fly Trap?

What is on my Fly Trap?#361947

By blams -  Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:26 pm
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- Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:26 pm #361947

See attached pictures! Is this something to worry about?

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Re: What is on my Fly Trap?#361948

By ChefDean -  Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:29 pm
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- Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:29 pm #361948

It looks like debris that simply got splashed up from aggressive watering, perhaps from the rain. If you can easily remove it without heavy scraping, that's probably what it is.
Otherwise, the plant looks pretty good.

Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes the reason is that I make bad decisions.

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Re: What is on my Fly Trap?#361949

By blams -  Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:33 pm
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- Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:33 pm #361949

ChefDean wrote:It looks like debris that simply got splashed up from aggressive watering, perhaps from the rain. If you can easily remove it without heavy scraping, that's probably what it is.
Otherwise, the plant looks pretty good.

I do water a LOT. Is that a problem?

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Re: What is on my Fly Trap?#361950

By blams -  Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:34 pm
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- Wed Aug 05, 2020 5:34 pm #361950

I keep it in a tray of water and water the soil daily with distilled water

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Re: What is on my Fly Trap?#361952

By ChefDean -  Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:11 pm
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- Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:11 pm #361952

Flytraps don't like wet like Sarrs and dews. If you keep it in a tray, and the top looks dryish, the roots are probably in the Goldilocks zone and happy.
It can go swimming occasionally, but damp to moist is what they prefer.

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Re: What is on my Fly Trap?#361954

By MikeB -  Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:19 pm
Location:  Clayton, NC, USA - Zone 8a
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- Wed Aug 05, 2020 6:19 pm #361954

If you want to stop the splatter, cover the soil with a thin layer of sphagnum moss (like putting pine straw around your bushes).

Re: What is on my Fly Trap?#361985

By Panman -  Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:15 am
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- Thu Aug 06, 2020 1:15 am #361985

Now Mike, you're tipping your hat that you live in the South. Up North, they don't use pine straw. They use pine bark.

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Re: What is on my Fly Trap?#362152

By tommyr -  Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:27 pm
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- Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:27 pm #362152

Bottom water and problem solved. It looks like debris splash.

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