Should I remove the venus fly trap from the plastic container it was originally in?
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I just bought a venus fly trap. I took it out of its original plastic container but left it in its pot. Should I put it back into its plastic container? Also, its outside…should I put it inside. Any advice on how to care for it would be great!
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October 23rd, 2011 at 9:36 am
distilled water only git that from the condensation in the fridge be carefull not to punckture the fridge or buy it from the store any plants that are from the store are probably root bound and have been needed to be repotted so now you have to figure what exposure of sun and soil they like good luck
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October 23rd, 2011 at 10:36 am
Congratulations on your new plant! So far you’ve done two things very right. It doesn’t need the plastic container that it came in and it is best to grow it outside, though you may want to introduce it to direct sunlight increasingly over the next few days so that it doesn’t get sunburned. For example, 2 hours today, 3 hours tomorrow, 3.5 hours the day after, etc. Then just leave it outside in direct full sunlight and it will be fine.
There are three major points to keeping a Venus fly trap healthy.
1) Sunlight
2) Water
3) Soil
Venus fly traps like lots of light. Try to give it at least 4 hours of direct sunlight a day. The more you can give it the better. It is best to grow your fly trap outside where it can get plenty of sun and catch its own food.
Read more about light here:
http://www.flytrapcare.com/the-importance-of-light-for-venus-flytraps.html
Venus fly traps need clean water. Usually tap water will not do. It is best to use distilled water, rain water, or reverse osmosis water. Venus fly traps need water with a TDS (total dissolved soilds) measurement of 50 ppm (parts per million) or less. In order to get this, you probably need to use distilled water or reverse osmosis water or rain water. Their soil should be kept wet at all times. It is best to use a tray and set the plant in about 1/2 inch of water. Humidity isn’t that important. Fly traps can live fine in low humidity conditions. I have about a hundred plants and I live in Colorado where the humidity in the summer is very low. They do great so long as they get plenty of sunlight and clean water.
Read more about water here:
http://www.flytrapcare.com/the-importance-of-water-for-venus-flytraps.html
I would guess that your plant came potted already, so the media that it is potted in is probably fine. But if you need to repot it, which wouldn’t be a bad idea, you should use a combination of peat moss and perlite.
Read more about soil here:
http://www.flytrapcare.com/media-soil-for-venus-fly-traps.html
Good luck with your fly trap and enjoy growing it!
You can read more about how to care for venus fly traps here:
http://www.flytrapcare.com
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