Venus Flytraps?

Question

Im interested in buying one. Can somebody with experience please tell me everything I need to know about them. I live in bc in an area with snow at the moment, is it still possible to raise a venus flytrap or another carnivoros plant? Thank you for your input.

Answer 1

Venus flytraps do not need to "eat". They can be perfectly healthy just photosynthesizing the sun's rays and water and CO2 into energy. If you want to feed them, they naturally eat bugs but you can give them any meat. I used to have one and I gave it little pieces of hot dog... like cut them into a little slice and then cut it again into quarters

The most important thing since it is winter is to try and keep them warm... don't put them near any drafts such as open windows or where doors open a lot. There is a lot less light in the winter so you do want them fairly close to a window so they get enough though, or else their leaves will start to turn brown.

Since they naturally live in a swamp, give them plenty of water... but don't drown them.

Personally I would wait until spring. Normally you can buy them in any store like Wal-Mart for as cheap as a few dollars, they have huge displays of them in spring.

Answer 2

Venus Flytraps, unlike other plants, are carniverous. Some things you give other plants they too will consume, like Nitrogen, Phosphorous, water, sunlight, etc.

But they will need a steady diet of meat as well, and the best meat they enjoy is insect meat. During the winter climates, when bugs are especially hard to find, this can be difficult. Venus Flytraps do not survive in the wild during a Canadian winter.

But every bug you find during the winter (spiders seem to find their way inside all the time) should be captured (if possible) and fed to the Trap.

Answer 3

hmm... it relies upon if the others are previous and brown i'd say merely forget approximately approximately it cuz new ones ought to advance back yet while they are no longer then i dont understand if ur doing this allready yet while no longer you need to objective to seize some flies with a internet of a few thing (approximately 3 and do it back while the flies are long previous) then placed them in a huge glass or jar with the flies interior the jar placed the jar on precise of the plant (edges of jar ought to easily extra wholesome around the pot) and then slide it down. there will be no nutrition for them interior the plant cage so the candy computer virus attracting scent of the venus flytrap ought to direct them to the snappers for specific making it rather undemanding for even the vulnerable snappers to seize them. this is in fact like spoon feeding a toddler till its the right age to consume for itself. observe: determine the jar or cup is skinny or undemanding to be sure by glass so than sunlight can nevertheless get in.

Answer 4

The plants are found in swamps and marshes, so they like soft, moist, peat moss, and lots of warmth and light.

Unfortunately, the hardest thing is feeding them. Take a tiny bit of raw hamburger meat (do not give them any cooked, or otherwise processed, foods), and use it to "tickle" at least two of the three tiny hairlike protrusions that are INside its "mouth" (that's the "trigger" which tells the "mouth" to snap shut). Don't be afraid of getting your finger in there! It's perfectly harmless to anything other than small insects, tiny frogs, etc.

FWIW, I couldn't keep them for more than a month!

Good luck!

Answer 5

They're actually a swamp plant. They 'eat' flies because the soil is so poor. But in snow country? You might want to make it an indoor plant.

Answer 6

You have received some good answers. Allow me to fine tune please... Hamburger, flies, small bugs are all great food sources. Plant food is not good for them because it doesn't contain what they need as a balanced diet. Marsh-Swamp life style is correct. (Also humidy)Do not pay a lot for your plant so you won't be so upset if it doesn't make it. They are not so easy to grow as house plants. Have fun and good luck.

Answer 7

I had one for awhile, you can keep them inside. it needs to eat about once a week I think, but if theres no flies around for it, you can give it plant food. (mix a few drops in a cup of water) Other than that, they're pretty easy to care for. If you have a cat, keep it away from your plant...thats what happened to mine :( Poor Mr. Snaps.