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What to Feed?

By xavier_rose
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Joined:  Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:32 pm
-  Mon Jan 25, 2010 10:38 pm #41436
Maybe this is sort of an odd question, but here goes...

I'm interested in getting a Venus Fly Trap, but my house doesn't get many flies or insects at all. In this case, would I have to feed the plant, or would it be able to survive solely off its photosynthetic bits? If I did have to feed it, what could I feed it? Mealworms, bits of meat, something...?

Xavier_Rose.

Re: What to Feed?

By Adam
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-  Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:24 am #41476
You don't need to feed them anything. They will do just fine if you give them lots of direct sunlight.

Re: What to Feed?

By kittyklaws
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-  Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:44 am #41570
And a belated, welcome! :D

Re: What to Feed?

By Seeger21
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-  Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:14 am #93174
You can set them outside and they will catch the food themselves. Tons of bugs outside!

Re: What to Feed?

By tez
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-  Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:12 am #93187
Welcome to flytrapcare!

Re: What to Feed?

By victor
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-  Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:14 pm #93239
Well you could go to your local pet store and feed your plants the babay crikets.
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