- Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:30 am
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So a couple of people have wondered if its better to use small pots or large pots for flytraps. Dont know if someone already posted something about this, but here's my take. The picture here has three flytraps- the flytraps on the sides are around 3 years old from division, and the center one is going on its 4th year from seed, it has not flowered yet.
The one on the left was my very first flytrap and was grown in a 1 gallon black pot last year. When I bought it, it was around 1/4 of an inch across, just barely divided from the mother plant at the time. Before last year it had been grown in a regular green 4 inch round pot. While I grew it in the 4 inch pot, it would flower, grow, and divide like any regular healthy flytrap would, but the rhizome would stay around 1/2 an inch across, after dividing. This past year, when I grew it in the 1 gallon pot it flowered nicely like always, but the leafs were longer and the traps were bigger. And just yesterday when I repotted it I measured it at 1.5 inches across, just that single rhizome. It didnt divide as much as it has in the past, but to see how big and healthy it was was a really nice sight. The roots also reached all the way to the bottom of the pot, which is 6.5 inches from top to bottom.
The flytrap on the right was around 1/2 an inch when I first got it, which was early last year, I was told that it was 2 years old from division. I potted this one up in an 8 inch pot, 7.5 inches deep, along with 3 other flytraps in the same pot, one of which is the one in the center. This flytrap had rather large traps throughout the season, it actually rivaled those of my B52. When I repotted this one yesterday, it too had an awesomely big rhizome, 2 inches across and its roots reached the bottom of the pot.
The third flytrap in the center was obtained from a grower who grew it from seed and was 2 years old when I got it, early last year. I potted it up in the 8 inch pot next to the flytrap mentioned above. This flytrap was 1/4 of an inch at the beginning of last year. It did not flower, but produced nice traps. As the season went on, the traps got bigger, I figured the plant was growing rather fast. That was its third year. This year(starting its fourth), as you can see, the rhizome is pretty big. It is an inch across and I am thinking that it will flower.
Just thought i'd show everyone how much bigger my plants were from planting them in big pots.
Grown in
Southern California
Zone 9
No special treatment
Just:
Pure water
Peat:perlite
and lots of sun
The one on the left was my very first flytrap and was grown in a 1 gallon black pot last year. When I bought it, it was around 1/4 of an inch across, just barely divided from the mother plant at the time. Before last year it had been grown in a regular green 4 inch round pot. While I grew it in the 4 inch pot, it would flower, grow, and divide like any regular healthy flytrap would, but the rhizome would stay around 1/2 an inch across, after dividing. This past year, when I grew it in the 1 gallon pot it flowered nicely like always, but the leafs were longer and the traps were bigger. And just yesterday when I repotted it I measured it at 1.5 inches across, just that single rhizome. It didnt divide as much as it has in the past, but to see how big and healthy it was was a really nice sight. The roots also reached all the way to the bottom of the pot, which is 6.5 inches from top to bottom.
The flytrap on the right was around 1/2 an inch when I first got it, which was early last year, I was told that it was 2 years old from division. I potted this one up in an 8 inch pot, 7.5 inches deep, along with 3 other flytraps in the same pot, one of which is the one in the center. This flytrap had rather large traps throughout the season, it actually rivaled those of my B52. When I repotted this one yesterday, it too had an awesomely big rhizome, 2 inches across and its roots reached the bottom of the pot.
The third flytrap in the center was obtained from a grower who grew it from seed and was 2 years old when I got it, early last year. I potted it up in the 8 inch pot next to the flytrap mentioned above. This flytrap was 1/4 of an inch at the beginning of last year. It did not flower, but produced nice traps. As the season went on, the traps got bigger, I figured the plant was growing rather fast. That was its third year. This year(starting its fourth), as you can see, the rhizome is pretty big. It is an inch across and I am thinking that it will flower.
Just thought i'd show everyone how much bigger my plants were from planting them in big pots.
Grown in
Southern California
Zone 9
No special treatment
Just:
Pure water
Peat:perlite
and lots of sun
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