My partner has recently started her carnivorous plant journey but doesn’t seem to be having much luck with her flytrap. It’s putting up new growth but the older traps keep dying off. Is it because she doesn’t have enough light? The light is set to stay on for 16 hours. We’re making sure to use the right kind of water and substrate.
Any ideas? I’m always up for trying something new as I’ve never grown flytraps indoors.
by Billnyelover98
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they need way more light than that and it looks too dry, like actual sunlight, vfts do not thrive with grow lights
Get that light 1” from the top of the plant. I have tested similar lights and they are viable when super close.
I’d also tray water- far easier to get proper hydration.
I have what looks like this exact light and they grow perfectly fine in an area with zero sunlight. So your actual light is fine I think you just need to lower it for now so its a lot closer.
Also that pot is not ideal since it looks like its totaly enclosed with no holes on the bottom. Plastic pots with holes in the bottom sitting in a plastic tray work way better since you can see exactly how much water they have.
Also just to be sure you are using distilled water right? Also what is the substrate its in?
Grow light is a toy and it should be soaking in a tray of distilled m, ro or rain water. It’s probably not the right plant for what you want to accomplish. It looks like it’s inside on a desk or night stand. I’d try a pitcher plant (Miranda specifically). I’m having great results with minimal effort.
More light. So so so much more light.
Flytraps are tricky indoors, they need loads of light. Any time the plant looks like yours, long leaves and small traps, the plant is trying to get more light. I got a light I grow seedlings under but once they’re a year or so old I move them outdoors into full sun.
Doesn’t look like the right soil, it should be sphagnum moss
sansi bulbs are much better. thats a cheap lite …
Remember that fly traps grow outdoors (in direct sunlight) in North Carolina and grow in nutrient poor soils.
That light should be about an inch above the plant and Ittl work just fine. The pot should be sitting in a 1/4” deep tray of distilled/RO/rainwater at all times and you’re good to go. If the pot is terracotta or clay inside make sure it’s glazed as those pots will leach minerals into the soil. Plastic is best.