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Anonymous
anyone have one of these venus flytraps and can give me some advice on taking care of it, i live in new york
>> Anonymous
extremely high humidity, near 100% and high moisture, they live naturally around the Carolinas in swamps, they still need some drainage, although they are more tolerant of poor drainage than most plants, 80 degree temps, no fertilizer. If you feed it bugs, feed it bugs that are no bigger than 1/3 - 1/2 as big as the "mouth" you put it in. NO MEAT, no people food. Flies and gnats are about the only thing you can safely feed it. Also, DON'T OVER FEED IT. They will die. Unless you live in the South it's hard to keep these alive outside of a terrarium.
>> Anonymous
they usually do well on the east side of the house. They need special soil that holds water well. They also need to keep moist. i can't remember anything else off the top of my head.
>> Anonymous
Very dilute fish emulsion is a safe fertilizer in small amounts but be careful of fungus. Only use distilled or otherwise mineral-free water. They require a winter dormancy so when the time comes let them dry out somewhat so the bulb is just slightly damp but not wet, apply a bit of preventative fungicide, and put them somewhere cool like the basement.
>> Anonymous
They also prefer full sun but will survive in only partial sun, though their coloration won't be quite as nice.
>> Anonymous
a cool way to feed them: cryonics!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0FgyYOslu8
>> Anonymous
>>272020

This man speaks the truth. Follow all of his advice.

I have a couple flytraps outside the east-facing balcony of my apartment. I keep them in a small terrarium with foil along the back side to reflect sunlight and a piece of plastic covering the top. The bottom is lined with an inch or so of dark gravel, and i just keep the water in the terrarium about a centimeter past the base of their pots at all times. They're doing very well.

Because of their poor roots, use only distilled water.

Leave them in their original pots, they like the cramped conditions, and their roots are poor anyway, so soil isn't much of an issue.
>> Anonymous
Don't fucking poke them to get a rise out of them; it takes a lot for the plant to close its trap.