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By 22350
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Thanks for the add to the forums.

I have a flytrap "Harvey Weinstein" He is about 4 years old. It was a grouping of three plants.

Harvey has been getting smaller and smaller over the last year. One of the three plants died. Roots looked rotted, so I cut down on water.

Then I mistakenly left the terrarium in the window in direct sunlight too long and burnt one of the plants.

I am concerned that if I don't start taking care of this properly, it will die. While I still had traps, I had started feeding it with bloodworms. Now there are no traps that are big enough.

Any advice to revitalize Harvey would be appreciated. I think that I have been doing it wrong for quite a while.
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By ChefDean
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To start out, terrarium and windowsill almost always equal certain, slow, agonizing death for Flytraps. I would suggest that you repot them into a peat perlite mix or LFSM, then put them outside where they get good, direct morning sun, and shade for the afternoon and evening.
They will go downhill for a tick, but the better environment outside will be what they need, and they'll come around to their former glory, probably even better.
They'll receive much better light outside on a cloudy day than they will on a sunny windowsill.
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By Panman
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4 years indoors and declining makes me think they you have gone without dormancy. While that is possible, it requires very specific care. Likely the plant is just exhausted. Follow ChefDean's advice and get it outdoors. This winter give it a good dormancy rest and you will see a different plant next spring.
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