is this bad for your venus fly trap?

Question

my venus fly trap doesn't have anytraps to eat any bugs, i cut off the traps because they turn black. now the traps won't grow fully on the other leaves. they keep turning black so i pinch them off. its been 2 months since they had any head to catch anything. is this bad? what should i do? any help? thanks :)

Answer 1

THROW IT OUT YOU KILLED IT------OR PHONE A FLORIST AND ASK THEM

AB

Answer 2

LMAO @ old-tired!!!

Buy a book on Venus Fly Traps 4 Dummies!!

Answer 3

you need poor soil for the traps to grow with nutritious soil the insect protein is not needed add a lot of sand to the soil it grows in this will encourage trap growth of course do the obvious water and sun

Answer 4

DONT PUT IT IN THE SUNLIGHT!IT WILL COOK! also
dont put in derect sunlight.second you dont need water in thier mouths.the soil should be moist at all times.
third heres some websites:
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/flytrap.html Never, never, never feed your Fly Trap hamburger. The fat content in burger will be fatal to your plant.it says in the site above.never use POTTING SOIL or FERTERLIZER.it will kill you plant.http://www.pitcherplant.com/care_sheets/flytrap_care.html
you can only put if you want in the sun in the MORNING
READ more at these sites
http://www.venusflytraps.co.za/

Answer 5

Well, flytraps use their "traps" to catch insects as a source of nitrogen. Presumably, nitrogen can also be absorbed from the bacteria in the soil so I wouldn't worry too much about it. =)

Answer 6

Okay, I don't know what to say.

But here is a web site that might give you some hints;

http://www.botany.org/bsa/misc/carn.html

and here is a sympathy card for your Venus Fly Trap:

http://www.yahoo.americangreetings.com/display.pd?bfrom=1&prodnum=3076165&path=41138&va=1

Good Luck !!

Answer 7

read this page below. It should have everything you need to know. Much too much for me to print here. I hope this helps.