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Carnivorous Plants
- Thread starter imaguitargod
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FiveStar said:
Hehehehe, and the fun begins!
millworkman
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I think it is time for everyone to post updated pictures of their plants.
Oh, and they aren't my kids, they are clones of me aging in special tanks....FiveStar said:
millworkman said:
I think we should all go back to pictures of me. That was a fun time were everyone was confused.
So...anyone have a link to decent quality and CHEAP VFT or other similarly easy to grow CP? I have had a death in the fish family and now have an ideal container to grow some cool CP.
I might just go to Five Below and get some of the el cheapo "grow your own" eggs and just use my own setup.
I might just go to Five Below and get some of the el cheapo "grow your own" eggs and just use my own setup.
while i have this site bookmarked, i broke down and bought a healthy looking VFT today while getting some plant stuff.imaguitargod said:
You actually have two plants there. Looks like it byfricated a few months ago.
Hey, that's a good thing, right? 
fineexampl said:Hey, that's a good thing, right?
Yes it is. If conditions are right, you'll have that tank filled in a few months time.
that's good to hear! i'm thinking of going back for the drosera soon, but i need to find a good supply of moss. looking at bare soil is boring.imaguitargod said:
almost all the traps opened back up today. very cool little plant i have to say.
Live sphagnum moss is very hard to find locally.fineexampl said:
I might make a few looks around, but NJ also has a bunch of wetlands so i might have to take a hike.imaguitargod said:
I'm not opposed to that.The flytrap got it's first big meal today. I found a couple nice beetles for it to munch on. One question though. I notice one of the heads looks yellowed and has a dead bug inside. This is dead right? should i remove the leaf or just the head? I'd assume the whole leaf.
edit: i plucked the dead leaf entirely.
foundsome nice healthy bugs too.
edit: i plucked the dead leaf entirely.
foundsome nice healthy bugs too.
lost another head today. it wasn't doing well from the get-go, so i'm not worried. the new heads that were coming in have gotten bigger and one looks like mini "mouth" already. after reading up, the beetles weren't a great choice, but live and learn. it did get a nice baby grasshopper, some weird flying bug, and other assorted yumminess. All traps are closed and well fed. Exciting times caring for a flytrap.
millworkman
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Some updates of my plants.
This guy was all black a month and half ago
This one came off the roots of the one above
And to show size, my size nine foot.
This guy was all black a month and half ago
This one came off the roots of the one above
And to show size, my size nine foot.
How wet is too wet for a flytrap? I don't yet have any drainage in my trap-tank and i'm curious as to whether i'm watering enough. Also, what do you all do about mold? i was away for a couple days and never set a light timer on the traps and came back to a little mold. It seems to have gone away with light back on the plants, but i'm concerned.
What would make a FED trap open with the dead bug still inside? Does this just mean the nutrients were all eaten?
i lost a few heads, but i have tons of new heads growing in, one of which has opened it's little head. So, yay for that, but what can i do to keep them from dyin off? Is this just transplant shock?
Should i invest in a small heating pad?
What would make a FED trap open with the dead bug still inside? Does this just mean the nutrients were all eaten?
i lost a few heads, but i have tons of new heads growing in, one of which has opened it's little head. So, yay for that, but what can i do to keep them from dyin off? Is this just transplant shock?
Should i invest in a small heating pad?
Ugh, this is going to be alot of typing...
For my vivarium, I designed a little lake where all the excess water went and I was able to suck it out using a turkey bastor.
You should be concerned. They are a plant, and like plants produce waste. If there is no drainage they sit in their own waste and eventually die. Also, sopping wet soil isn't a good thing, you want moist.fineexampl said:
For my vivarium, I designed a little lake where all the excess water went and I was able to suck it out using a turkey bastor.
Many different facotrs. But mainly enough nutrients were extracted or the leaf has exhausted it's reserve of digestive enzimes (in which case it'll die in a few days).fineexampl said:
Nothing. The heads are just leaves. Leaves die eventually. As long as you have new leaves, don't worry. But also, trim off the dead leaves, they tend to mold.fineexampl said:
Depends on how cold your place is.fineexampl said:
Oh, and Millworkman, throw the plant in pic #1 into a bigger pot, and picture #2 is the color you want plant #1 to be. Do you have them under the same light? (either way, they are healthy, I'm just nitpicking)
millworkman
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They are under the same light, the sun. Both sit on the front porch and get sun from 3 till sunset.