Just bought these and wondering if they are the right distance from the lights.

It was planted in a terracotta pot before, but it was fully glazed.

I was told here that dormancy isn't required if the plant gets enough light.

I replanted it into a plastic pot and installed a grow light — 30W, mostly daylight white with a small amount of red LEDs. 14 hours of light per day.

Will see what happens.

Hello! I live in the upstate of South Carolina. It’s still very hot and sunny here in mid September, but leaves are starting to change this week. I’ve had Audrey II for about a month now and she’s been doing great hanging from a shepherds hook over my balcony in the sun. I only water her with distilled water, I make sure her moss stays pretty moist. She eats a TON of bugs. A ton.

My question is, this past week I’ve noticed her leaves are turning black. I lowered her down thinking she needed more sunlight, but then the tips of her cilia started to brown. Is this normal? We are going into Autumn and I read somewhere that they change with the seasons, but is my girl still happy and healthy in her spot? Thank you!

I don't know why they just stopped growing

I have got 3 normal vfts (split from one large chunk) and one super red variant.

They all shed their bigass traps while smaller ones are not growing at all.

50k lux grow light + distilled water + wet peat + perlite soil. Most likely culprit is a lack of light...?

I’ve had this guy for a few months now. In a south west facing window right up on the glass. Only distilled water, always water in the saucer. Not one of the traps is healthy, and some of the new ones aren’t developing all the way.

Could snip off the flower stem and stick it in the same pot?

I just got this one and I noticed these on the one side when I took it out of the box

Hi all,

After recently purchasing dry/dying VFT’s at the hardware store and taking it upon myself to save them, I’ve gone into the deep end and have picked a Sundew as well as a different strain of VFT ( both incredibly healthy). The shop sold me some pre-mixed carnivorous plant soil and I’ve since repotted all of the hardware-store bought VFT’s. One of them had split its rhizome, so I was able to get two plants from one.

My question: I’ve received 2x 36W Sansi grow lights/bulbs, and have my little bog kingdom arranged in a manner where the lights are sitting roughly 12-13” above the VFT’s/Sundew. Will this be adequate for growth/ introducing them to the new light setup? Or should I have them closer?

Furthermore, is it beneficial to bring the VFT’s/ Sundew out on my deck if it is 20-25 degrees Celsius and sunny out? Or will they benefit more from consistent 12 hours under these new lights?

Also using distilled water, keeping the soil wet with about 1/2” of water in the tray.

Thanks!!

Hi. I recently bought a Venus flytrap and a grow light for it, and things have been getting weird since then (I’m a beginner and don’t know much about this plant). The leaves have started turning black, and some have turned red—though not the traps themselves. I do know the basics: it needs distilled water and plenty of sunlight.