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So I've just done my first repot and divide, I can get a lot more then I thought!!
Just wondering if you lot thought I did okay?? Now do I stick em back out to hibernate still, the new babies I mean?



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Something looks off with your plants. What is the soils mix you using and how much light are they getting.



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t9gear wrote:Something looks off with your plants. What is the soils mix you using and how much light are they getting.



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Well they've been outside for the last 3 days to try Nd hibernate them, in British weather. The soil mix was what ever the store used.
The one I just added in was a peat and perlite mix I think from ebay.
Added a more close up image

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Was it a specific carnivores mix from eBay or plant soil ?
Could be just shock I guess


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t9gear wrote:Was it a specific carnivores mix from eBay or plant soil ?
Could be just shock I guess


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Was specific for venus fly traps.
Maybe its shock from being outside in the cold for 3 days? Normally there window plants!

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They should be fine back outside.


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The flytrap in the close up should be planted much lower in the soil. Set it into the soil like the one in the brown-orangish pot on its left.

Carpy321 wrote: Maybe its shock from being outside in the cold for 3 days? Normally there window plants!

Venus Flytraps are actually almost always outdoors plants. They love hours of direct sunlight, and need seasonal cues to grow well. They can withstand temperatures from about 35 C in the growing season to around 5 in dormancy. And even when they are grown inside, they (majority of the time) need strong grow lights, and some form of artificial dormancy. Windowsills are often way too dim for Venus Flytraps.

But to keep them on a windowsill during winters in Britain isn't a bad idea. If the temperatures are below freezing a lot of the time then keeping them outside could freeze the roots and kill them. Still, during the growing season they should almost always be outside.

Ya they look like they were in shock from repotting. Exposing the rhizome to the outside air usually always puts them in shock. It would be like us walking outside in 35℉ with only socks on. That's why I recommend lfm and wrap a nice ball around the rhizome to minimize any stress.