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My flytraps have spider mites so I chose to submerge them for the first time. I have read that the usual time for submerging is 1-2 days and then the same thing after 5 days. So the experiment begins!

Because my flytraps are dormant I will submerge them for only 1 day so I don’t risk rot.

I chose a big pot for the water tank. Because the flytraps were half dunked I filled a 1 gallon bottle with tap water to weight the flytraps down.

My only question is do they need sunlight while submerged?

If they are dormant, light isn't necessary.
Here are my temperate plants, including my VFT's, during dormancy.

I can’t see the image. It is just black

Yep, that’s the point.

Ohh I get the joke now! It is black because there isn’t any light. Right?

Barlapipas 6 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 1:13 pm I chose a big pot for the water tank. Because the flytraps were half dunked I filled a 1 gallon bottle with tap water to weight the flytraps down.

So did you sink the whole pot or just the rhizomes? I assume the whole pot, right?

The whole pot. As the hours pass the water gets more and more brown from the tannins of the peat. I moved it outside because my house is too warm (21°C)

Barlapipas 6 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:08 pm I can’t see the image. It is just black

Camden M wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 3:21 pm Yep, that’s the point.

I don't think that's an actual picture of his plants. I tried bringing up the contrast, but every single pixel is 100% black.

Barlapipas 6 wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 8:27 pm The whole pot. As the hours pass the water gets more and more brown from the tannins of the peat. I moved it outside because my house is too warm (21 °C)

Okay, that's what I thought. Wouldn't it have been easier to just submerge the rhizomes or am I missing something?

TrapsAndDews wrote:I don't think that's an actual picture of his plants. I tried bringing up the contrast, but every single pixel is 100% black.

I guarantee it's a real pic. Taken in my windowless garage at night, so there's not even any light bleeding around the doors.

Update: The plants look good and the water cleaned the debris and dust and made the colours look more vibrant. I saw in the water a lot of springtails floating and trying to get out. How didn’t they drown? I hope the mites drowned.

Springtails have a special waterproof coating and basically resist water.