r/carnivorousplants

The pot sits in a saucer with distilled water all the time, and it has direct sunlight for most of the day.

Any insight is much appreciated

Everything seemed great, it has never gotten too dry, it's sitting in the sun, I never fertilize, and I clipped the flower buds that were sprouting, but now it seems to have slowed its growth and the traps are starting to turn black instead of getting bigger. Any suggestions?

Bonjour à tous j’ai un problème avec ma dionée depuis que je l’ai achetée elle fait la tête et n’est pas très belle , j’aimerais savoir comment la sauver car elle meurt de jour en jour . Merci !

What’s the safest effective way to fertilize? I keep it in a big dish of water and the medium is peat moss with spagnum moss topping. Seedling gets full sun outside. I only use distilled water or just let it get rained on. Water level is low because it’s supposed to rain for the next few days. Dallas Tx

One of my favorite carnivorous plants. What is yours?

Carnivorous plants

Haven’t had this little guy for too long. I’m only using distilled water. It gets lots of sunlight and is supplemented by a grow light as well (this is the same spot / set-up as my other carnivorous plants and they are all VERY happy). It came packed in that sphagnum moss and I haven’t repotted yet because I read that can stress the plant, so I figured I would wait a bit until it has settled in. But it’s turning quite brown at the tips now and I’m getting a little worried about it. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?

I set up the photo about 3 years ago, I'm including it so you can see the carnivorous plants that I have.

I'm setting up a bog filter for my fish pond, and intended to move these to that bog filter by filling nursery pots with this soil (a blend of long-fiber sphagnum moss, coarse sand, and perlite) and sinking them into the pea gravel.

Do you think that this is OK, or will the water be too nutrient-rich for the plants?

** per the autobot's request, I'm in zone 7A and the pond bog filter will be in full sun.

Any ideas on these 2. Im looking them up but its not always matching the opening type when I search

I got this plant last year in March. Has been under a grow light probably about 8-9 inches away. T5 barrina lights. I give her a some water in the bottom of the tray as often as I see her starting to look a little dry ( zero water of course). But I made an oopsie. I left and forgot to hire a babysitter and she dried to almost a crisp. Now is back to the beginning of regrowing and doesn’t seem to be doing much. Should I repot? What is your best care advice for this guy he’s my only carnivorous plant. Should I put it outside once warmer?( upstate NY)

Bought this guy a year ago and suddenly sprouted this purple flower with white inside. Is this common? Do I need to do anything differently to support it? It’s the only carnivorous plant I’ve managed to keep alive!

Got this terrarium at a toy store and I've wanted some flytraps for a while. Ive never had any since I was a young kid and got a plant in one of those plastic boxes but it died shortly. I'm not very versed on carnivorous plants, but it doesn't seem like this would do very well in a one inch glass container. I mostly got it for the seeds.

Essentially, how closely should I follow these directions? How should I actually care for and plant it? What kind of container should I put it in? I appreciate any and all advice.

I've owned assorted carniverous plants for almost 8 years and ive never had one flower before!

Now what do I need to do to preserve the seeds and get em to grow? Id absolute crap my pants to actually grow em from seed.

Sooo, theoretically.. If my flytrap ate a regular mosquito vs a mosquito that drank blood from a person, would it make a difference in terms of the nutrients it needs? And is the blood even safe for the plant? Thanks!

I know, I know. It was an impulse buy.

So I had a VFT before and it did beautifully with Sphagnum moss and distilled or rainwater (sitting in a puddle most of the year, just moist for winter). It outgrew several pots and was just gorgeous. Until someone stole it 😢.

I was in the garden section today and I spotted these and thought what the heck. It's $10. Let's see how it does. It was in a little plastic holder so I couldn't see the substrate.

I got it home and repotted it because it was outgrowing the tiny pot they had it in, and it's in *dirt.* I added Sphagnum moss to the new pot and kind of stuck my new baby in the middle, dirt and all, because tbh it looks like it's doing pretty well with it.

So is there some kind of dirt that's okay for them? Should I leave it be or remove it and add more moss?

I really missed my Audrey (I know, so original lol) and I want this one to do well. So if anyone knows what Walmart could have put in there and what I should do, thanks in advance!

I've got this one in a grow tent in my closet. I don't check on that tent as often because it requires almost no maintenance. I was surprised to see that it produced so many pups, and seemingly out of nowhere haha

So my Venus has been through a lot during its hibernating season...

I had placed it outside in a greenhouse during winter.. and some unfortunate storms beat it, the pot, and the whole greenhouse around the place all night... on TWO different stormy occasions...

so during it's comatose sleep.. I transplanted it in a new sphagnum perlite home, and held on to faith that it will survive...

it now decided to greet this spring with a flower spike 😭..

I broke it off ... 🫠😔 and here I am hoping it will regain strength this summer in the outdoor south facing corner of a zone 8-9 climate.

thank you for the read and any similar experiences/ realistic encouragement.