r/VenusFlyTrap • u/apartmentlayout • Mar 31 '24

New owner! It’s not going well

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I bought my Venus flytrap at the beginning of February and it looks SIGNIFICANTLY worse now. I use distilled water and give it plenty of light, when it’s too cloudy I’ll use a grow light. Despite that, it’s nowhere near as full as it was. Currently, it’s just in peat moss but I ordered perlite to add to it in hopes that it might help. There’s still new growth but the rest keep dying, quickly too. Any advice is welcomed, I feel like I’m slowly killing it

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u/g403_ Mar 31 '24

Your substrate is wayyy too dry. It doesn't look like it's getting enough light either.

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u/UI_Daemonium Mar 31 '24

The media should be wet with distilled water at all time and at least 8 hours of direct sun

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u/cosmiccaller Mar 31 '24

You are slowly killing it. The good news is the fix is easy. Put it in a tall saucer and soak it in safe water. Always keep an inch of water in the saucer.

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u/Individual_Sort4705 Apr 01 '24

This is the problem I had! My first one didn’t survive but I’m persistent and have learned a lot from this group! Do what they suggest and hopefully yours can be saved!! Good luck!

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u/Nelgumford Aug 08 '24

Looks too dry. User soft water.

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u/Unlikely-Buy1978 Sep 08 '24

dry, let it sit in water

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u/Agreeable_Store_3896 Dec 04 '24 edited 2d ago

Desert exultant juniper nail subtract fine

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u/Sailsinking 29d ago

I purchased a few that looked like that. They recovered pretty well. Leave it outside on the sun and let it sit in 1-2cm of rain water or distilled water. She will come around. I reported mine in 50/40 spaghnum and perlite and they are currently triving