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Hi guys ,
I am currently leaving my red dragon VFT in direct sunlight for the whole day .
Am I doing something wrong ? And also how much direct sunlight should it recieve?
Thanks

I'm not sure where in the world you are located, but so long as you are located in an area that has similar temperatures to their habitat, the answer is as much as you can give it.

Cheers
Steve

Edit - just seen another post that leads me to think that these are new plants sent bare rooted and have just been potted up - if so I wouldnt give them full sun all day straight away as they will be stressed, traps closed, etc and the roots won't have 'bedded' in and may not be able to draw up sufficient water to sustain the evaporation in full sun. So give them gentle shade and introduce them over the next couple of weeks to full sun to minimise shock. Or alterntively you can put them into full sun, the existing leaves will die but new ones will replace them and those will then be fully sun hardy.

Well i live in Malta and we have really hot dry summers. ;p