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By Dragonslayer126
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Wutihbe wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:19 pm after discovering why my venus flytrap is not closing, my venus flytrap started to die. so i removed the ones with a black colored root because i searched it up on google and it’s basically dead. i managed to get 1 of each venus flytrap from my plant and from my brothers.
any suggestions for this plants to grow
healthily?
(im using a fish tank light for the lighting)
Mine have are healthy and the roots are black so I'm pretty sure that you just thew away a healthy flytrap
By Dragonslayer126
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Wutihbe wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:27 pm
thepitchergrower wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:19 pm what soil medium is it in?? Peat moss? No silica sand?
peat moss
Add some perlite or silica sand. Make sure that they don't have fertilizers.
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By Wutihbe
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Dragonslayer126 wrote: Fri Jan 21, 2022 8:02 pm
Wutihbe wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 3:19 pm after discovering why my venus flytrap is not closing, my venus flytrap started to die. so i removed the ones with a black colored root because i searched it up on google and it’s basically dead. i managed to get 1 of each venus flytrap from my plant and from my brothers.
any suggestions for this plants to grow
healthily?
(im using a fish tank light for the lighting)
Mine have are healthy and the roots are black so I'm pretty sure that you just thew away a healthy flytrap
but the roots had mold-

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