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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?

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

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?

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.