Hello
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2022 9:18 pm
My middle daughter decided to get a Venus Flytrap from one of the local retailers. In the meantime, she asked me to get her a Mario Warp Pipe planter. I decided it would be both cute, and interesting, so I got one for me.
They finally arrived. In the meantime, she got a bag of carnivorous plant soil, and some good sphagnum moss. I got jugs of distilled water. Yesterday, we shredded the sphagnum moss, and mixed it into the soil, repotted the plants, added a top dressing of sphagnum moss, then gently watered, so the soil is moist. They turned out adorable.
I had been reading that Venus Flytraps can be acclimated to full sun. I had not studied up on this forum yet, but what I read mentioned starting them in about 4 hours of direct sunlight. Last night I set my little plant out on a table in the screened patio. This morning the light came streaming in, and it got about 3.5 hours of direct sunlight, and indirect sunlight the rest of the day.
A couple traps turned black. I began searching for forums to get some help, and stumbled onto this one. I'm glad I did. I'm not sure if the blackened traps is due to transplanting, or too much sun, or a combination of both. Tomorrow, I'll cut way back on the direct sunlight, acclimating my plant much more gently. Overall, the plant still looks good, so I hope I have not any major damage.
They finally arrived. In the meantime, she got a bag of carnivorous plant soil, and some good sphagnum moss. I got jugs of distilled water. Yesterday, we shredded the sphagnum moss, and mixed it into the soil, repotted the plants, added a top dressing of sphagnum moss, then gently watered, so the soil is moist. They turned out adorable.
I had been reading that Venus Flytraps can be acclimated to full sun. I had not studied up on this forum yet, but what I read mentioned starting them in about 4 hours of direct sunlight. Last night I set my little plant out on a table in the screened patio. This morning the light came streaming in, and it got about 3.5 hours of direct sunlight, and indirect sunlight the rest of the day.
A couple traps turned black. I began searching for forums to get some help, and stumbled onto this one. I'm glad I did. I'm not sure if the blackened traps is due to transplanting, or too much sun, or a combination of both. Tomorrow, I'll cut way back on the direct sunlight, acclimating my plant much more gently. Overall, the plant still looks good, so I hope I have not any major damage.