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By Jonathan 0101
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Also they will nolonger trigger so I am unable to feed them
By Jonathan 0101
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I use gallon jugs of distilled water, i give them about 3 hours of morning light and artificial light and 7 hours of just artificial, its always above 100°f where i live so i don't put them outside because they will just burn no that water bottle is just trash sitting there.
By Jonathan 0101
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How long should I have them acclimate to the 100+ weather before putting them in the sunlight? I had put one outside for a week and after that put it in the sun and it burned up and died the same day
By optimus prime
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Jonathan 0101 wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 11:00 pm 15967547512425749862627182196677.jpg
Also they will nolonger trigger so I am unable to feed them
Have they caught any prey lately?

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By ChefDean
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How long ago were the planted into those pots?
I ask that because it looks to me that the B52 is way too deep in the moss. The DCXL might be a bit too deep, and I can't really tell with the Alien, the gnat trap is blocking.
You also said that they're inside, which can factor into it, only receiving 3 hours of direct sunlight and 7 hours of artificial light. I'm assuming the sunlight is filtered through a window, which is next to useless for a VFT. Glass filters out most of UV, VFT's love UV. But you didn't specify what kind of artificial lighting you use. I just took a fellow member that lives near me some Sarr seedlings, and he has dozens of VFT's growing in his garage under big led growlights for 12 to 16 hours a day. So yours are likely not getting enough light either.
Last, Flytraps can take heat on top, you just have to try to keep the roots a little cooler. VFT's in the wild regularly see 100°+ temps and do just fine. The difference is their roots are insulated in sandy soil with a high water table. They're not swimming, but the water evaporates from the sand, cooling it a bit. Also, plants growing around them provide shade and more cooling factors for the soil.
Maybe get some shade cloth, at least 50%, and create a space where it blocks direct sun while you acclimate them to outside, don't worry, they'll still get enough sunlight, and try to devise a way to further shade the pots so that solar radiation doesn't heat them up.
Good luck.
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By Jonathan 0101
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I've had those plants for about 3 or 4 months. I use 3 6500k 60w equivalent sunlight bulbs, i never knew windows filter out uv light which is useful to know. I think I've completely given up on growing them inside, I will try the shade cloth method while slowly transferring my plants to outdoors, I'm just concerned about how my low humidity and high heat in the valley might affect them, also would moving my pitcher plants outside also be a good idea to help them as well.
By optimus prime
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Well the reason they aren’t closing is usually because they have caught prey
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Jonathan 0101 wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:50 pm I've had those plants for about 3 or 4 months. I use 3 6500k 60w equivalent sunlight bulbs, i never knew windows filter out uv light which is useful to know. I think I've completely given up on growing them inside, I will try the shade cloth method while slowly transferring my plants to outdoors, I'm just concerned about how my low humidity and high heat in the valley might affect them, also would moving my pitcher plants outside also be a good idea to help them as well.
As long as the plants are sitting in a water tray the humidity and heat will not be a problem. Just harden the plants off to full Sun slowly. In dormancy they won't even need light when kept cold enough.
By Propag8
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So that's roughly 9-10,000 lumens which is good for 2ft x 2ft grow space. Are you keeping the lights close to the plants? This is vital as every inch or so the lights are further back will reduce useable lumens by a huge amount.
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Also I would personally give them a 16 hour photoperiod during summer. 10 hours is closer to winter photoperiod.
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By Invasion_UwU_OwO_69_
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Propag8 wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 9:39 pm So that's roughly 9-10,000 lumens which is good for 2ft x 2ft grow space. Are you keeping the lights close to the plants? This is vital as every inch or so the lights are further back will reduce useable lumens by a huge amount.
I think they're 60 watt equivalent bulbs, which means the setup is really only 20 to 30 watts. This would explain why the plants are so sluggish.
By Propag8
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Ahhh. No where near enough light then. I have about 12,000 lumens in a very small area and plants are doing well but I expect they would enjoy even more light. Also i noticed the plants are in a terrarium. If the lights aren't directly over the top then the glass will waste even more light.
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