Knocked my flytrap over

Knocked my flytrap over#350978

By Tracy -  Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:53 pm
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- Mon Mar 30, 2020 11:53 pm #350978

Hi everyone I’m really new to growing flytraps this is my first one and I absolutely love him. The sad news is I accidentally knocked him over I broke the terrarium and knocked off most of the traps

so sad

.... he did stay in his pot although some soil did fall out over got him all back together and have put a glass vase upside down over him. Do you think he’ll be ok? Did I kill him?
Thank you for any help Or advice you can give me.

Re: Knocked my flytrap over#350982

By Connjiff -  Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:22 am
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- Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:22 am #350982

could you show us a picture?

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Re: Knocked my flytrap over#350983

By Benny -  Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:25 am
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- Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:25 am #350983

It should be fine. I did the same thing in January. As long as the rhizome is OK, it will just take a little for the plant to recover.

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Re: Knocked my flytrap over#350987

By Benny -  Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:41 am
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- Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:41 am #350987

(I feel so rude) Hello! Welcome to the FlytrapCare Forums @Tracy and @Connjiff! You can find everything you need here, and if not, just ask!

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Re: Knocked my flytrap over#351003

By Tracy -  Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:12 pm
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- Tue Mar 31, 2020 12:12 pm #351003

Re: Knocked my flytrap over#351007

By Benny -  Tue Mar 31, 2020 2:51 pm
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- Tue Mar 31, 2020 2:51 pm #351007

It broke the flower stalk- it's practically begging you to cut it. But I seriously would cut it. It takes a lot of energy out of the plant, possibly killing it. And is there a reason for the humidity dome?

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Re: Knocked my flytrap over#351009

By evenwind -  Tue Mar 31, 2020 2:58 pm
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- Tue Mar 31, 2020 2:58 pm #351009

Hi Tracy, welcome to the Forum!

There's a lot of of friendly and knowledgeable people here who can help you learn to grow VFTs. To start, have you seen this thread?

http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/begin ... 11581.html

This might also be helpful (your dome looks very humid to me.)
http://www.flytrapcare.com/venus-fly-trap-myths/

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Re: Knocked my flytrap over#351020

By Tracy -  Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:37 pm
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- Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:37 pm #351020

So no dome? I only have because internet info suggested it

Re: Knocked my flytrap over#351021

By Benny -  Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:41 pm
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- Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:41 pm #351021

Nope. They grow just fine (sometimes better) without. But you will want to slowly acclimate it to low humidity. If you just take the thing off it will kill it. Start by allowing 1-2 hours of air circulation today, and slowly increase it everyday over the course of the next 1-2 weeks.

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Re: Knocked my flytrap over#351023

By Tracy -  Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:50 pm
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- Tue Mar 31, 2020 4:50 pm #351023

Ok thank you much appreciated

Re: Knocked my flytrap over#351026

By Matt -  Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:50 pm
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- Tue Mar 31, 2020 5:50 pm #351026

Welcome to Flytrapcare!!

Definitely lose the dome and give your flytrap much more light. Also, snip off the flower stalk. It should grow well for you after making those adjustments.

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Re: Knocked my flytrap over#351032

By Tracy -  Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:48 pm
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- Tue Mar 31, 2020 7:48 pm #351032

Ok thank you! Unfortunate that the library is closed atm for proper research. I am going to try and Amazon a book but thank goodness for the time being for reliable info!

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