End to death boxes!!

End to death boxes!!#432831

By McCWells -  Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:43 pm
Location:  West Central Georgia (8b hardiness)
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- Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:43 pm #432831

I got this guy from a death box at Lowe’s the other week.

He was stuffed in the corner, so he is a little bend, and when I was trying to check his root health, I beat up his roots a little more than I’d like to admit

, but he does have impressively large traps for 10 bucks.

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Re: End to death boxes!!#432843

By Intheswamp -  Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:01 pm
Location:  N31°43'59" USDA 8a/b
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- Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:01 pm #432843

I've seen a few flytraps at Lowes and Walmart this spring. Single flats of them, not the usual multi-flat stacks. Last year what I saw were tight groups of many smaller plants. This year, so far, it seems the plants are larger but only a large one or two in the tubes. Maybe this is normal and later the bunches will show up. FWIW.

Re: End to death boxes!!#432845

By McCWells -  Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:35 pm
Location:  West Central Georgia (8b hardiness)
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- Fri Mar 31, 2023 10:35 pm #432845

Yeah, there was no rubber band around bulb.

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Re: End to death boxes!!#432941

By Barlapipas 6 -  Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:34 pm
Location:  zone 9b Greece
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- Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:34 pm #432941

It looks good and if it doesn’t have an infection or something it will bounce back and produce nice traps. I have seen a lot of people buying death cube VFTs and when they recover they can produce leaves with beautiful or even rare characteristics.

I am hungry

Re: End to death boxes!!#432945

By McCWells -  Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:59 pm
Location:  West Central Georgia (8b hardiness)
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- Sun Apr 02, 2023 5:59 pm #432945

Barlapipas 6 wrote: I have seen a lot of people buying death cube VFTs and when they recover they can produce leaves with beautiful or even rare characteristics.

I will admit, it is a nice, really cheap, local way to buy VFTs, and even sometimes Sarrs, Neps, and Drosera ( though the latter three are usually not as healthy, especially Neps, I would be pouty too if I were an exotic plant stuffed in a no- sunlight death box

)

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Re: End to death boxes!!#432959

By Gary -  Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:53 am
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- Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:53 am #432959

My local Lowe's only has VFTs, never any Sarrs or Neps.

Re: End to death boxes!!#432961

By McCWells -  Mon Apr 03, 2023 1:02 am
Location:  West Central Georgia (8b hardiness)
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- Mon Apr 03, 2023 1:02 am #432961

Gary wrote:My local Lowe's only has VFTs, never any Sarrs or Neps.

Same with mine, but I’ve heard a lot about them being in garden centers and such, as well as seen pictures.

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