FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

Hi all
New to the site and kinda new to keeping CPs.
I have had my VFT for about 2 years or so and this year it has gone mad, it is putting up flower stalks like no mans business. Is it too late to repot and as I am guessing it has more then one plant in the pot now, is it too late to separate the plants?
As I got this plant half dead and I have not really looked after it so far (soon to be changed) I would like to give it the best I can now and feel it Needs a bigger pot, I would also like to separate the plants if I can as I would like more and I am guessing that its better for the plant to have less plants in the pot.

Thanks in advance
Karl

Lrak wrote:Is it too late to repot

I would personally wait until fall to repot. Bigger should mean taller, just as a point of clarification. Dionaea roots grow straight down.

Ok thank you that is great to know, I have the new pots ready to go and was going to get some potting medium at the weekend but I didn't want to do anything and kill the plants.

Thank you
Karl

Lrak wrote:I didn't want to do anything and kill the plants.

I wouldn't worry about killing them unless you leave them uprooted for an extremely long time. The only real issue you should see after a repot, is a minor set back in growth. That's generally why people tend to perform it at the end of fall, or very early spring. I personally prefer the end of fall, because the plant has already slowed growth significantly.

Make sure you don't by anything that has been "enriched", and your media should be fine.

You could repot if you wanted to I just wouldn't divide them as of yet.
I would pull the entire clump of plant media and all and insert it into a larger pot and add more media around the existing to keep root disturbance to a minimum.
If done correctly you should experience very little if any setback


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thank you for the advice, so glad I joined this forum now.

Thank you again.