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post 10000075489 03-04-2026, 07:48 AM
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Just took my VFT out of dormancy

I got this VFT towards the end of last summer- so it's my first time being a VFT mom lol anyways it just came out of dormancy so it's not super beautiful yet. Im going to track updates here- obviously this thread will only move as fast as the fly trap

sorry im not the best photo taker-





There's a little mold on the dead leaves. I'm going to leave alone for now.

right now I have it under a 13 watt light just to transition it back out of dormancy. soon it will go under it's regular lighting system
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Originally Posted By MichelleLnne⏩
so it's my first time being a VFT mom lol

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Omg bae wishing the best for you and your vft babies
Thank you- it almost died last year because I didn’t know what I was doing so I’m actually very invested in this thing thriving. They can only have certain soil, distilled or rain water and they need tons of light. They are pretty cool.

Edit- I know I really opened myself up there for some miscer to be hilarious about someone dying. Let’s give it a rest ok.
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Try to feed it some McDonald’s fries or a piece of a chicken nugget
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Originally Posted By Sigmund_Evil⏩
Try to feed it some McDonald’s fries or a piece of a chicken nugget
Think you’re kidding but that would be very bad for it. They are sensitive and can only have bright light, distilled or rainwater and insects. Salt would be awful for it as well as everything else in McDonald’s food . They also don’t need insects- mines caught a couple fruit flies and one time it had something pretty large in its trap. If it catches something I’ll post pictures

Btw if anyone is interested for soil I use unfertilized 1/2 peat moss and 1/2 perlite. Another mistake I made was repotting it in miracle gro brand. They literally can not have anything besides the water sunlight and insects
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Originally Posted By MichelleLnne⏩
Think you’re kidding but that would be very bad for it. They are sensitive and can only have bright light, distilled or rainwater and insects. Salt would be awful for it as well as everything else in McDonald’s food . They also don’t need insects- mines caught a couple fruit flies and one time it had something pretty large in its trap. If it catches something I’ll post pictures

Btw if anyone is interested for soil I use unfertilized 1/2 peat moss and 1/2 perlite. Another mistake I made was repotting it in miracle gro brand. They literally can not have anything besides the water sunlight and insects
I wonder if they would eat a wasp

should name it Bert
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Originally Posted By Sigmund_Evil⏩
I wonder if they would eat a wasp

should name it Bert
Probably but it’s not as defenseless as some insects. I don’t love the name Bert but maybe Bartholomew since it’s a bit more sophisticated
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Originally Posted By MichelleLnne⏩
Probably but it’s not as defenseless as some insects. I don’t love the name Bert but maybe Bartholomew since it’s a bit more sophisticated
Dequavis or groot
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ok heres some updates. first is a picture test because I don't think this will work

You can see tiny plants growing but they are very small. A lot of the older traps are dying so it's having a bit of an ugly duckling stage.

It did attempt to grow a flower that I promptly cut off. Flowering VFTs take a lot of energy and its sometimes important to focus on the traps.













I dont know whats going on with the images. i have to get some shit done I'll be back lol




ok so somehow i was able to just copy and paste the images. is that new? that was awesome
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Not subbed, but I peek every time the thread gets bumped. I remember having venus fly traps as kids and putting flies in them.

My brother is into carnivorous plants and has several venous fly traps and pitcher plants.
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Is it hard to care for? How large could it get?
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Originally Posted By MichelleLnne⏩
I hope miscers are just quiet but subbed to this. This is probably the most intriguing thread on here
i got much cooler projects going on

venus trap is cool tho. botany nerd
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Originally Posted By Headwinds⏩
Is it hard to care for? How large could it get?
Not once you know what you’re doing. They are very specific . They can only get distilled or rain water, I use 50% peat moss and 50% perlite for soil- no fertilizer, and then they need a lot of light. I don’t have enough natural sunlight so I have it under a 30 watt Sansi for 14 hours a day. I also put it in dormancy for the winter. This is my first time owning one so I’ve been learning as I go. I’ve killed a lot of plants so it’s cool to start understanding that they need certain things to flourish I guess. Probably something most people know intuitively but clearly not me
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i got much cooler projects going on

venus trap is cool tho. botany nerd
Feel free to share itt
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Originally Posted By MichelleLnne⏩
Feel free to share itt


im the ultimate botanist hun. 10,000 white pine you're looking at in that photo alone, those pups are now 2 year old some are 2 foot high.

my large garden
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im the ultimate botanist hun. 10,000 white pine you're looking at in that photo alone, those pups are now 2 year old some are 2 foot high.

my large garden
That’s cool! I just realized I like doing plant stuff lol. I don’t think I’d like to garden though. I am not a fan of creepy crawlers. Although I do feel braver about it now . That’s interesting
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Originally Posted By FarmersSon⏩
Not subbed, but I peek every time the thread gets bumped. I remember having venus fly traps as kids and putting flies in them.

My brother is into carnivorous plants and has several venous fly traps and pitcher plants.
Oh that’s cool! My son won this and was told they are hard to keep alive so I was like “challenge accepted” and then I realized I really like them haha. I’d like to try out more. The rhizome on this one might be splitting so I’ll have to decide on two plants or letting this one merge into a massive one 😂
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Originally Posted By MichelleLnne⏩
Not once you know what you’re doing. They are very specific . They can only get distilled or rain water, I use 50% peat moss and 50% perlite for soil- no fertilizer, and then they need a lot of light. I don’t have enough natural sunlight so I have it under a 30 watt Sansi for 14 hours a day. I also put it in dormancy for the winter. This is my first time owning one so I’ve been learning as I go. I’ve killed a lot of plants so it’s cool to start understanding that they need certain things to flourish I guess. Probably something most people know intuitively but clearly not me
It can be rewarding. We had a bonsai for years. Went on vacation and the cat knocked it over and the roots were exposed. It never quite recovered and eventually died last fall. Was fun while it lasted though!
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It can be rewarding. We had a bonsai for years. Went on vacation and the cat knocked it over and the roots were exposed. It never quite recovered and eventually died last fall. Was fun while it lasted though!
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more updates,

theres two flowers growing that I have to cut off because they take too much energy from the plant

the traps are still pretty small but you can see a couple good big ones... im hoping once i cut the flowers more large ones will grow

its cool in person you can see all the little ones growing but its hard to capture on camera
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