My plant keeps trying to flower...

My plant keeps trying to flower...#65527

By stasiuk -  Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:53 pm
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- Tue Aug 03, 2010 10:53 pm #65527

I bought my plant in May, and since then it, and it's divisions, have tried to flower multiple times. Today, August 3rd, I cut off a flower stalk that was stealth growing where I didn't notice it.

I was under the impression that fly traps only tried to flower in the spring.

Is this normal behavior for my fly traps?

Re: My plant keeps trying to flower...#65539

By HarrisAz -  Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:49 am
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- Wed Aug 04, 2010 1:49 am #65539

im not sure.but do save the flower stalk!u can propagate them usin' flower stalk.just cut it into 2-3inch long and stick it to the peat.after 4-6weeks,new traps will emerge normally.

Thanks,
Harris Azariel

Re: My plant keeps trying to flower...#65543

By Matt -  Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:07 am
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- Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:07 am #65543

You're growing it under lights, right? Perhaps the lights are more in the red spectrum or perhaps the change in environment confused the plant into flowering.

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Re: My plant keeps trying to flower...#65554

By linton -  Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:53 am
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- Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:53 am #65554

I had two separate plants in my collection attempt flowering just before Winter. It's unusual, but it does occasionally happen. Just keep on snipping the stalks off and you'll probably notice that the plant puts it's energy into divisions instead.

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Re: My plant keeps trying to flower...#65570

By stasiuk -  Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:15 am
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- Wed Aug 04, 2010 8:15 am #65570

I don't think it's the light, since I made sure to get a daylight (6000K) bulb. Do lumens have anything to do with flowering? Cause I don't know if I paid attention to that when I bought it.

Are multiple attempts to flower anything to worry about?

Re: My plant keeps trying to flower...#65598

By Matt -  Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:54 pm
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- Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:54 pm #65598

stasiuk wrote:I don't think it's the light, since I made sure to get a daylight (6000K) bulb. Do lumens have anything to do with flowering? Cause I don't know if I paid attention to that when I bought it.

Lumens shouldn't have anything to do with it. It could just be the change in photoperiod or the change in lighting (from sunlight to artificial) that provoked the flowering.

stasiuk wrote:Are multiple attempts to flower anything to worry about?

No, not really. Just keep snipping them off

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