Venus Fly Trap Care - Pruning
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2024
- Venus Flytraps like any plant continually produce new leaves. It's currently late summer and I'm noticing quite a few old leaves on one of my potted Venus Flytraps. Now is the time to remove dead leaves and make your Venus Flytrap look more presentable. In this video I demonstrate how to cut away old growth using a pair of scissors. Learn how to remove old traps while doing minimal harm to your plant. Learn the importance of using a clean pair of scissor and how to actually sterilize them. I also explain how you can put the old leaves you've removed to good use. Happy growing!
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Thank you for this video. My wife bought me a very little venus flytrap for valentines day. She knows I love plants! I'm trying to learn all I can!
Great looking plant.
I just bought my first Venus fly trap and this video was very helpful. Thanks!
Such nice weather u have there compared to Finland atm.
Its beautiful! We've had a very mild wet summer compared to previous years. The older I get the more I appreciate cooler weather. Greetings from Australia and happy growing !
that is such a well looked after vft well done
Thanks ..........so long as you provide the basic care guidelines sunlight, soft water and quality peat moss anyone can grow beautiful VFT's ....I wish you many happy hours with your plants .....
Very good video. Thanks. I am looking forward to my baby plant looking as full and nice as yours.
Thanks ....its hard to beat a healthy Venus Flytrap.....
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Great video! I also stumbled upon your website and you have some great care tips there! It's great to know you also live in Sydney too, because I do have some questions about my own Venus Fly Trap regarding the seasons;
How do I know when my plant goes completely dormant? Will it continue to grow new leaves during the winter period or slow down? (It still continues to grow new leaves!)
Also, would you consider it to be too late to plant a Venus Fly Trap so close to winter? And instead just wait until Spring?
Also,
Hi Matthew ..... I'm so glad you're liking my content and seeing value in it. My Venus Flytraps here in Sydney have already entered dormancy. This year with La Nina its been cooler than normal and the plants have responded earlier. The plants in dormancy stop growing. The summer / autumn leaves replace the leaves produced in spring. I suggested you have a look at my earlier video for a better explanation: ruclips.net/video/1pQtb_LAS9U/видео.html
A good winter rest or dormancy period is important for temperate carnivorous plants. They build up there energy reserves till spring when they sprout new leaves. Therefore I advise you wait till the end of the dormancy period when they're just waking up. You will notice new traps forming and this is a perfect time time to repot them. Hope this helps and happy growing!
I thoroughly enjoyed the video and I am interested if they would grow in the Blue Mountains. There are sundews growing naturally as a friend goes for many walks and she sends me photos and there were some with an abundance of sundews. They looked so pretty.the Venus Flytrap has always intrigued me.
Yes they do grow well in the Blue Mountains. When I was living there briefly I discovered that there were more insects about which in turn provided more food for carnivorous plants. This was I think due to the close proximity to undisturbed bushland. Also the colder weather makes the plants go dormant for longer giving the plants a good rest before spring. I'm glad you liked the video Jennifer!
I just got my first flytrap a few weeks ago and am already seeing awesome growth! I live in NY was wondering how I can prepare for winter so that I don’t kill the little guy! Thanks.
Hi there.....great to hear you've taken the first step to learning more about these amazing plants! Nothing beats growing plants in your own home. Where I live here in Sydney Australia I don't normally experuence winter temperatures going below 0 degrees celcius (32 degrees fagrenheit). If you live in NY then your winters will be colder and your plants will experience freezing / snow. From what I've read VFT don't normally tolerare freezing conditions for too long. I'd suggest offering some sort of protection for your plant. Here's a link you can try for some suggestions: www.flytrapcare.com/venus-fly-trap-dormancy/
Hope this helps and happy growing to you
@@succulentflytraps this helps so much! Thanks for getting back to me
Hey there. I learned a lot. But if they're on top of eachother is it wise to cut some traps away to make room for the other? Or would you suggest to let them stack on eachother
Hi there ....I'm glad you liked the video! I would only cut off traps if they're getting old and not functional. When they're growing on top of each other then it's a sign the plant needs to be divided and repotted. That's exactly what I did with the plant in this video....happy growing to you !
@@succulentflytraps oh no its a young plant. But all the traps are laying down. Not standing up like your plant. Maybe i need to be more patient. Im new to this hahaha. And how about traps which are not re-opening. They look sticky inside.
@@DutchHeavyw8 @Dutch Heavyweight @Dutch Heavyweight Hi there .....the cultivar determines weather your plant produces upward traps or traps which are flat. The plant in the video is a G16 X G14 cultuvar whereas BIG Mouths produce flat traps which are close to the ground. Traps have a specific life span before they start to die off and not close/reopen again.. When the traps reopen the orey remains should be dry since the plant has evolved to extract nutrients from insects .....such as flies.
Hi Jerry, how are the Cephalotus doing? 😀
Hi there ....the Cephalotus are still alive. However they're not going as well as I had hoped. Being the first time I've grown these plants its going to be a bit of a slow process understanding their growing needs. I'm determined though to getting it right because they're absolutely gorgeous. Do you grow them?
@@succulentflytraps They do have a reputation for being fussy. I used to grow them and they were doing great but died during the winter (I'm in the UK). I absolutely love them though, they're so unique and I love that they are related more closely to apple trees than to other carnivorous plants. I'm planning on trying them again this year with some pygmy drosera in an Australian themed miniature garden. Good luck with yours 😀
I got a couple of flytraps earlier this summer and I've noticed that when they catch an insect, the leave that cathes it developes brown spots on them. Is this normal? It has happened to both my plants. I gave one of them half a dead bumble bee and the other cathed a small bee on it's own.
Hi there .....over time the traps get older so its normal for them to develop some sort of discolouration. New traps however shouldn't be discoloured or have any spots. You can email me on jezza1913@hotmail.com and send me some close-up photos for a more accurate assessment Happy growing to you....
It is said that keeping the old ones may serve as housing for pest and disease... Thoughts?
Hi there ..... that is correct. However by allowing the leaves to completely dry out you are killing off any pests that may be present (aphids for example). Generally speaking though if your plants looks healthy at time of pruning then the leaves are safe to use as mulch.... especially after drying out......Happy growing !
@@succulentflytraps thank you so much :) both points tho against each other makes total sense. I guess it just depends on the situation. Thank you so much again for your informative content
Big mistake i made, i bought 4 Venus, but most got sunburned, so i took the burned traps, but then the stem burned, idk if they died or is there sum i could do
Hi there .... Venus Flytraps love direct sunlight so they shouldn't be getting burnt. Where I live in Sydney Australia the summers get up to above 40 degrees celcius. My plants seem to tolerant the heat and don't appear burnt at all....
Will the green leafs that you snipped grow another trap?
Hi there ...... no they won't. ....happy growing to you
what cultivar is this one? looks nice ...
Hi there ......it does indeed look nice. I love the large red traps and long leaf bases. Its a G16 x G14 cultivar. Its one of my favourite cultivars ......
What can I do if my Venus traps opened up but have the dead insect inside? Do I remove them or leave them there?
Just leave the insects in there. I often wonder whether they attract other insects into the traps. Anyway over time the insect carcasses blow away or get dislodged from rain. Happy growing to you!
I live in Hawaii which has no winter. Would putting my plant in the refrigerator for the winter work?
Hi there and welcome all the way from Hawaii! You know I haven't tried induced dormancy on my plants but I reckon it would be very interesting to try it out. I know that there are other growers out there that place their plants in the fridge but I'm not sure how successful they are. I would type in 'induced dormancy Venus Flytraps' in Google and do some research. If you do go down that path let me know how you go ....I would love to hear that it actually works! Its definitely work trying and would be a fun experiment......happy growing to you !
@@succulentflytraps So happy to get your reply, I will report to you throughout my "fake winter refrigeration experiment". Take care, love your videos. Thank you so much for caring. Big Aloha from Hawaii🌈
@@topgatta Thanks for your feedback and all the best .....stay healthy!
@@succulentflytraps Thanks! You too, stay healthy!
how often should we feed a plant
Hi there.....that's an interesting and excellent question! I just leave my plants outside and they do all the work attracting insects. However to answer your question as to how often you should feed them.... I have noticed that WHERE you place your pot plants makes a difference as to how much and what type of prey is caught. As an example my Venus Flytraps in my rock garden always seem to have their traps closed digesting prey. I notice that flying insects and terrestrial prey are getting captured (slaters and slugs cone to mind). This is in contrast to my Venus Flytraps which are elevated on my wooden platform where mostly flies are caught. As a result of the more varied and abundant prey items attracted to my rock garden the Venus Flytraps have produced multiple traps in a short time span. They really have experienced a strong growth spurt From my experience the closer to the ground the pot is the more chance that terrestrial prey will be caught (in addition to flying insects). So in relation to your question the fact that most of the traps are digesting in the rock garden most of the time suggests that Venus Flytraps can tolerate a lot of feeding! Hope this helps and happy growing to you !
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