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edges goes black.I have it indor,it has enough sun,rain water,soil is from yellow sand and moss,no nutrients.

what I am doing wrong?

Everything seems to be fine.
Trap dies after it closes about 3-4 times,it may be due to same reason.
But my plants once had same condition when I kept them in afternoon sunlight without assimilating.

You're not doing anything wrong! Traps naturally die as they get older. Your flytrap looks pretty healthy.

Hey... these are Just dying traps , but in general plant looks healthy... maybe they could use more sunlight to become more red... have a Nice Day...

Also o noticed you have a Match stick in the soil... why is that?

VFT Lover wrote:Also o noticed you have a Match stick in the soil... why is that?

Just to hold the leaf in right direction

VFT Lover wrote:Hey... these are Just dying traps , but in general plant looks healthy... maybe they could use more sunlight to become more red... have a Nice Day...

Yes,I want that too.but I/m living on ninth floor as you can see windows are at east-south side. almost 8 hour of light.but I think red color is acomplished in outdoor.


you see,I am beginer,those plants I have almost 3 month and I'm in panic.

thanks for advices


p.s
also not very good English.sorry.

U are welcome... Just give them as much sun as you can and they Will be Great...

Luka.

somthing is wrong.reaction of traps is very slow.

Trap closing speed isn't the best indicator of health IMO. There are many things that can cause slow closing speed. It could be due to a lack of light. Some people report that a lack of humidity also causes their traps to close slow. If you are trying to close older traps they will also tend to be more slow.

I think the best indicator of health is how the leaves themselves look.

pieguy452 wrote:Trap closing speed isn't the best indicator of health IMO. There are many things that can cause slow closing speed. It could be due to a lack of light. Some people report that a lack of humidity also causes their traps to close slow. If you are trying to close older traps they will also tend to be more slow.

I think the best indicator of health is how the leaves themselves look.

no.trap is new.and I mist them twice a day.


meaby I have bad soil?

Your fly trap looks pretty healthy to me as well. I wouldn't worry about the trap closing speed so much. The way the growth point, new growth, and the leaves look is a far better way to judge overall health of these plants. I see new traps popping up, and the leaves look good.

Keep up the good work, it's doing fine!



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boarderlib wrote:Your fly trap looks pretty healthy to me as well.

I see new growth and nice green leaves in almost every picture. As previously stated, these old traps will die off eventually, especially come spring when the growing season is starting. Then new ones will pop up to replace the old ones that die off. It's a never ending cycle with fly traps. Leaves die, new ones grow. The biggest thing to watch is the new traps growing in from the growth point.

I hope this helps!

I'm a little confused about the rocks in the LFSM?

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boarderlib wrote:I see new growth and nice green leaves in almost every picture. As previously stated, these old traps will die off eventually, especially come spring when the growing season is starting. Then new ones will pop up to replace the old ones that die off. It's a never ending cycle with fly traps. Leaves die, new ones grow. The biggest thing to watch is the new traps growing in from the growth point.

I hope this helps!

I'm a little confused about the rocks in the LFSM?

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just rocks,for "beauty"

so,I test another trap and it is fast.so no more worries.

thanks for Consolation.is that right word?


and one more question.cut old leaves of let them dry out complitly?

Let them completely dry out before you remove them.

Good growing!

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