FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

Hey guys,

This is my first official spring with flytraps. They all look good for the most part. There are a few with blackening new growth though. Is it normal for flytraps in the spring to abort a new leaf every so often? Rest of the plant looks fine. Also have a few throwing up twisted growth. I've read this could be pest damage, but the plant looks fine. I spray my plants with avid every spring and fall since thats when it seems mites like to show their face.

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like you say the plant looks pretty healthy. Have you tried measuring the water runoff with a TDS meter to see what the count is? I find that once and a while it's handy to heavily water from the top to flush any mineral build-up. I'm just having a wild guess. Normally when I have issues, I run through a few general tests, like check for pests, check for mineral build-up from evaporation. Last year the heat was killed some of my plants as the sun was heating the black pots up something rotten.... took me a little to work that one out.