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VelvetTooth wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:23 pm

Stratofortress wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 5:18 pm

VelvetTooth wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 1:57 am

How long did the color last on ur red rockets? I got a rocket farms flytrap too and I’m trying to learn the secrets to that bright red trap

I grow mine under leds which always bring out the maximum coloration in any vft. But I definitely purchased the plants when they were showing their best, around late summer last year.

Is there no hope for rocket farms coloration under bright sunlight then?

If Winter Dormancy under the sunlight doesn’t bring out the colors, nothing will. I’ve read that Cool Temperatures X Very Bright Light = Jaw Dropping Coloration. Back when I used to grow outdoors I noticed the plants showed their best coloration during dormancy while getting a few hours every day of direct sunlight in very cold temperatures. I read that LEDS are cool light so they have a similar effect.

Only two weeks left in our photo contest, but that is still enough time to share pictures of your 'typicals'. Here are the current standings:
Bug_cemetery 11
VFTnPups 10
hollyhock 9
Stratofortress 9
TrapsAndDews 8
thepitchergorwer 7
elaineo 7
Dan V 7
slicric78 6
Elee 6
Panman 6
jetfire245 5
Sundews69 5
ChefDean 5
John W 4
Carnies 4
optique 2
Hang 2
Wone 2

Your vote is needed! Be sure to go back through all of the submissions and vote for your favorite plants!

Injoy

This may be a bit late but, here’s a Lowes death cube VFT I got month ago; these are some pictures I took today.

Camden M wrote:This may be a bit late

It is never too late. We always love seeing the pictures.

We're in the final stretch of our contest and we've got quite a horserace. VFTnPups and Bug _cemetary are neck and neck in first place. hollyhock is in third with Stratofortress close behind in fourth. Here are the current standings:
VFTnPups 11
Bug_cemetery 11
hollyhock 10
Stratofortress 9
TrapsAndDews 8
thepitchergorwer 7
elaineo 7
Dan V 7
slicric78 6
Elee 6
Panman 6
Sundews69 6
jetfire245 5
ChefDean 5
Carnies 5
John W 4
Blackfeather666 4
optique 2
Hang 2
Wone 2
Camden M 1

It is still a close race and with a week left anyone can win. Be sure to check back over all of our entries and vote for your favorites.

Panman wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:16 pm We're in the final stretch of our contest and we've got quite a horserace. VFTnPups and Bug _cemetary are neck and neck in first place. hollyhock is in third with Stratofortress close behind in fourth. Here are the current standings:
VFTnPups 11
Bug_cemetery 11
hollyhock 10
Stratofortress 9
TrapsAndDews 8
thepitchergorwer 7
elaineo 7
Dan V 7
slicric78 6
Elee 6
Panman 6
Sundews69 6
jetfire245 5
ChefDean 5
Carnies 5
John W 4
Blackfeather666 4
optique 2
Hang 2
Wone 2
Camden M 1

It is still a close race and with a week left anyone can win. Be sure to check back over all of our entries and vote for your favorites.

Sorry if I sound impatient (but it is the 23rd already), when will we know what the prize is?

TrapsAndDews wrote:Sorry if I sound impatient (but it is the 23rd already), when will we know what the prize is?

@Matt hasn't told me and I don't want to bother him with it. Just consider it a mystery prize.

Aww

Less than 24 hours left, and we still have a tie for first place with third place still in reach of taking it all. Here are the standings:
VFTnPups 11
Bug_cemetery 11
hollyhock 10
Stratofortress 9
TrapsAndDews 8
thepitchergorwer 7
elaineo 7
Dan V 7
slicric78 6
Elee 6
Panman 6
Sundews69 6
Blackfeather666 6
jetfire245 5
ChefDean 5
Carnies 5
John W 4
Camden M 4
optique 2
Hang 2
Wone 2

Be sure and vote for your favorites. There are 4 pages of entries, so be sure to scroll back through all of them. There are some awesome plants to be seen!

And we have a run-off between VFTnPups and Bug_cemetery! They tied for first place with 11 votes each. I will create a new thread where you will get to vote on the tied entries. The run-off will run through Saturday night.

optique wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 2:51 am I think i am going to have to look for a rockets farms cube now.

Yep, they're a good deal too, you get a lot of small to medium sized flytraps in that cube.