Weird trap and a flower stalk

Weird trap and a flower stalk#133374

By sjham16 -  Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:37 am
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- Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:37 am #133374

Hi, I have a venus fly trap and I want to ask some questions....
My VF has a flower stalk. When Is the best time to cut it off?Like when its 5 inches?
My VF had this weird deformed dead trap since like August. Should I cut it off? Its still green...

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Re: Weird trap and a flower stalk#133380

By jaester -  Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:47 am
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- Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:47 am #133380

I'd wait until it is about 3-4 inches before the cut and stick in a different container directly into the soil. Bury the flower stalk about an inch down, top side up as if it's still growing out of the plant. In a few weeks, tiny VFT plants will grow around the stalk. As far as the deformed trap, I would leave it since anything green is still part of the vft's photosynthesis.

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Re: Weird trap and a flower stalk#133381

By 95slvrZ28 -  Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:48 am
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- Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:48 am #133381

You want to cut the stalk when its roughly 1 to 2 inches in height. Cut it as close to the base as you can without damaging the rest of the plant. As for your deformed leaf, that happens to traps as they get older, no need to cut it off. It's still green, and as such still useful to the plant.

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Re: Weird trap and a flower stalk#133414

By Venusflytrap7 -  Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:15 pm
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- Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:15 pm #133414

That is a funny trap, it looks like it was detached from the rhizome and dried out, or the plant's medium was kept too dry

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Re: Weird trap and a flower stalk#133691

By sjham16 -  Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:20 pm
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- Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:20 pm #133691

95slvrZ28 wrote:You want to cut the stalk when its roughly 1 to 2 inches in height. Cut it as close to the base as you can without damaging the rest of the plant.

Can I just cut it with like regular scissors? Or do I have to cut it with a knife?

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Re: Weird trap and a flower stalk#133693

By Jaws -  Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:22 pm
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- Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:22 pm #133693

Use anything so long as you make a clean cut and dont damage the rest of your plant.

Re: Weird trap and a flower stalk#133695

By Veronis -  Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:27 pm
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- Tue Mar 06, 2012 9:27 pm #133695

Also, when you cut the flower stalk, don't throw it away unless you aren't interested in trying to make additional flytraps.

If you do want to try to use the flower stalk to grow some new flytraps, review this thread. You basically just stick it into the dirt and wait. Details follow:

http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/propa ... 14470.html

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