- Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:26 am
#99902
I know I've been posting so much lately, but it's so hard to find good information out here. That's part of the reason I keep gravitating to this site. Everything out there with VFTs is conflicting information, it seems.
I know the people here know what they're doing. I see the pictures, and aspire to have plants as gorgeous as all of yours. This recent plant I've only had for less then a week, and it is getting to be a beautiful red inside of the traps. It's my damn dream to have a plant that looks like the one on the far left in the banner. The color is amazing. But anyway, it's been around 80F here and sunny, which has been perfect, but I've been putting the plant in a pot with a tray with around 3/4 inches of water in it (the pot is 6" tall). I leave around between 7 and 9 each day during the week and am not home until 6, and by then, there is no water left in the pot. I keep reading that I shouldn't be keeping it so wet, but each day the water is gone by the time I get home. Of course, I take it out of the tray when it's not in the hot sun. So I was wondering, do I need to have it in water every day before I put it out in the sun or would it be okay with every other day. The mixture is 1:1 peat/perlite, just so you know.
Thanks so much everyone. Again, sorry for the high volume of questions.
I know the people here know what they're doing. I see the pictures, and aspire to have plants as gorgeous as all of yours. This recent plant I've only had for less then a week, and it is getting to be a beautiful red inside of the traps. It's my damn dream to have a plant that looks like the one on the far left in the banner. The color is amazing. But anyway, it's been around 80F here and sunny, which has been perfect, but I've been putting the plant in a pot with a tray with around 3/4 inches of water in it (the pot is 6" tall). I leave around between 7 and 9 each day during the week and am not home until 6, and by then, there is no water left in the pot. I keep reading that I shouldn't be keeping it so wet, but each day the water is gone by the time I get home. Of course, I take it out of the tray when it's not in the hot sun. So I was wondering, do I need to have it in water every day before I put it out in the sun or would it be okay with every other day. The mixture is 1:1 peat/perlite, just so you know.
Thanks so much everyone. Again, sorry for the high volume of questions.