venus flytrap?

Question

i just bought one... how do i take care of it... like watering and stuff... anything that you need to know will help lol... thankss

im not going to, but whatll happen if i feed it cheese?? ... will it kill it or was that just some smartas$ comment lol

Answer 1

Cheese will kill it.

Here is everything you need to know for your VFT:

If you are going to grow carnivorous plants then you need to do it right from the start so welcome to the wonderful world of carnivorous plants. First, you need to decided where you want to keep them. You can keep them outside in full sun or in a terrarium, but I recommend that you not keep them in thier origional container because their roots need room to grow and there is not enough air. Also, if you are going to keep them in a terrarium then make sure you do not put the terrarium in direct sunlight. What a lot of people do not know is that carnivorous plants do best outside in the open air and in full sun. They are cold tolerant up to 20 degrees and actually need to be winterized and go into hibernation in order to do well next season. If your temps drop below 20 then you can keep them in an unheated garage or garden shed. If you keep them in a terrarium then you can force them into hibernation or dormancy and I will give you the site that explains how to do this. As for watering, carnivorous plants are bog plants and their soil needs to stay moist all the times. If you grow them in a terrarium this should not be a problem, however, if you grow them outside you will need to place them in a saucer of water and make sure you keep the saucer full at all times. As for feeding them, check out the expertvillage video I've included and it will answer all your questions.

carnivorous plant NoNos:
No meat of any kind. Meat rots and it will kill them
No fertilizer of any kind. Pot carnivorous plants in a 50/50 mix of peat moss and perlite only.
No straight tap water. Use filtered tap, aged tap or distilled (preferred)

Here are some sites that will help you with just about everything you need to know about growing carnivorous plants. Good Luck and have fun.

Information:
http://www.cobraplant.com/venus-flytrap.html
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/carnivorousplants?starvote=2&pid=153840
Contains a Section on dormancy:
http://www.the-venus-flytrap.com/venus-flytrap-help.html

Expertvillage videos all about carnivorous plants:
Feeding and more:
http://www.expertvillage.com/videos/pitcher-feeding.htm
Building a terrarium:
http://homegarden.expertvillage.com/videos/terrariums-selecting.htm
Propagation and more:
http://homegarden.expertvillage.com/videos/carnivorous-plant-propagation-division.htm

Answer 2

Venus fly traps only require you to provide them with water. Stand them in a dish with about half an inch of rain water in it and keep it this way. Rain water is much better for it than tap water.
It will catch it's own flies but if you should swat one then carefully drop it into one of its 'leaves' and watch them close. Once it has 'eaten' a fly then that particular stem will wither away. New shoots grow from the centre of the plant.
Good luck and enjoy.

Answer 3

All you need to know about the venus fly trap plant, and yes don't feed it cheese

Answer 4

Ir needs alot of water and it will feed itself just it just traps the flies around your house.

Answer 5

Don't feed it cheese. seriously.