How To Care For a Venus Flytrap : Venus Flytrap Leaf Cutting Propagation

[Tetraodontiformes]

It's not really recommended that you perform leaf pullings at the same time as re potting or plant division. You are already giving it massive stress by uprooting it and it will likely weaken for a few weeks, even without leaf pullings. Leaf pullings should be performed when the plant is at its peak.

[Tetraodontiformes]

@MyHypnoEyez

You cannot use potting soil. Carnivorous plants cannot tolerate soils with any nutrients. Peat moss is the basic medium for venus flytrap propagation.

[MrHypnoEyez]

so can you use potting soil, or do you have to give it peat moss?

[ILuvMyVenus]

Is rooting hormone really important for leaf cutting?

[upyoursassmonkey]

Lol the subtitles keep saying rye zone.

[bgallant1]

i just bought a little kit to grow these, it says it takes 1-3 months to show... i sure hope the wait is worth it and they do actually grow! :P

[gullymob]

@Tellusarian thats what i did and now i have a big healthy sundew :D

[OneNOnlyCassie]

xD

His hair. Justing beiber epic fail.

[luisitogangster]

i thought you wernt suppose to use potting soil....

[MrMarguitar1]

umm i bought a plant whith the little one soud u do somting

[broerbreaker9240Z]

Whats that white powder ???

[alonsxx]

How much does they cost D=?

[johnyjonjoy]

do you have to have a terrarium for a venus fly trap to live

[Jakeakdreday]

@johnyjonjoy No mines just on my window sill its doing alright been there over a year!

[megastagbeetle]

So when you seperated the little from the mother will the little grow to the same size as the mother?

[picklesfm]

west you rock! but how do I git my ruting hormoine?

[happiplatypus]

i just got my VFT today i hope i dont kill it~!

[yizak2]

@justhockey95:

It didn't let the insect die, they only eat the soft part and let the outer body to attract other insects.

[Maeguk]

@yizak2 let's think about it again, I would say. The plant eats the soft parts (namely the internal stuffs), so do you think the insect will still be happily alive?

My VFT has caught countless spiders already and I must say all of them very seriously died after being digested...

[markothevrba]

Where is the fucking video?

[Schurtburg]

Distilled H2o is OK to use though VFT's always prefer rain water and plenty of direct sunlight. Never give them tap water.

[GuruGulu]

Do you have to divide it? And is a leaf dead if it turns black?

[darkdeltrith56]

this plant looks kinda fun :)

[coolpokemonranger]

how come my venus flytrap won't close can anyone help

[gibson4eva223]

@coolpokemonranger salt burn, check if you are using miracle grow potting mix the fertilizer will kill them. Or check the trigger hairs, if they are brown they are dead and unresponsive

[lfshannu]

hahahaa no im just gonna put in my window

[Urko2005]

flytrapcare . com is the biz for all stuff carnivorous plants.

[darthoz20]

Its rhizome not "rye zone"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Urko2005]

@darthoz20 yeah lol

[Gemthermakleingk]

hi, i find ur videos very helpful but the video quality should be much greater for those shots where u show how to do the leaf cutting and also have for that kind of scenes better light =) ............ anyway good information thanks

[kalashnikov6969]

hi, you teach great but the video quality is to low you can not see exactly what are you showing. please upgrade the camera

[chrisdietlmeier]

so when you seperate them apart you can grow more plants?

[Thoms5436]

Nice pots

[MrTheone35]

where do i get a venus fly trap plant, i never seen one at my local plant store?

[HamdanTheGamer]

go to target for a venus flytrap

[HamdanTheGamer]

Oh let me add more info u can by a fly trap from the garden centers at either walmart or target and there under $5.00 so i bought mine for $3.50 sweet deal hope this helps

[playstationmaster911]

you can get one at lowes,home depot,

or any other garden nursery, or target,and walmart.

(i got mine on hom depot)

[playstationmaster911]

home depot, lowes or any nursery place

[iqbal2009]

@MrTheone35 try ebay?

[puddingdogjellogoby]

im scared of shreadiing my flytrap into little pieces. how can i do it carefully???? without messing up.

[theamazingplant2]

@puddingdogjellogoby just peal a leaf!

[XxReaperxx0xX]

if you are going to grow sundews i use 100% spagnum moss. they dont do really good in peat moss it seems.

[frankwhite135]

i agree

[ellamennop]

coll thanks wes

[TW93AW]

Does it really take 3 -4 years to reach mature size?

[Ewitshim]

More like 7. =P

C. Plants take a LONG time to mature.

[Killerspider762]

As I transplanterd my Vft last winter The rhizome basicly fell in half. I hardly intended on dividing.

[crossbones1100]

what shood i put in my pot so my venus fly trap can gro healthy

[jacobsanz]

50% peat moss.

50% sand.

make sure they are pure with no added chemicals or minerals.

[Enesball8]

in my country i ony find baby flytraps =/

[Wetandwilad911]

is this nessary

[Killerspider762]

no you dont :)

[tiracdemonhunterfear]

i live in florida rains alot so i used rain water i spray it it's better so you dont over water when it doesnt rain i use distilled water or spring water

[artisanrox]

I just got my first flytrap, and all these videos were really helpful...especially with propogation, as I was pretty darn clueless about (I can't wait until I get little flytraps!!)

By the way, I'll only use distilled water for the flytrap. Tap water (even filtered tap water) seemingly has way too much junk in it that plants don't like.

[theamazingplant2]

@artisanrox you should get the book the savage garden. these vids are USELESS. they recommend terrariums.

[TheRafield]

You are totally wrong. Distilled water is like shit to the fly trap. There is nothing in it that the plant wants, its almost nothing. Tap water can be used to the plant and all you have to do is leave it 48 hours open. It wont kill the plant.



[summrgrl4eva]

will brita water help?

[supaflywilkins]

no boil water and get a container and put it over the steam comeing out of the pot and it will fog up put it down and as the stem cools it will turn to water

[supaflywilkins]

distilled water is like .68 cent for a gallon jug

[Tellusarian]

Maybe I could just go into a plant store and just steal a leaf then? >:-)

[Kissedgoodbye]

i have one but my problem is that there are no bugs that go into the venus fly traps mouth

[Warthog1976]

Whack a fly lightly, as to stun it...dont squash it! then while it's still partially moving you feed it to your plant, that leg movements of the fly/bug, will ofcourse trigger the hairs of the trap and voila your plant has a free meal!!!!

[Kissedgoodbye]

THank you

[XxkutaapxX]

or try throwing ant's in it

[summrgrl4eva]

or put a DEAD fly/bug in it and touch the trigger hairs gently.

[XxkutaapxX]

dead insect's are no use unless you keep triggering the hairs over and over, couse it will close but wont start diggesting it, it'll reopen unless it gets stimulated enough to know for certain there's a bug in there ;)

[supaflywilkins]

petsmart sells live crickets for 5 cent each

[oldfella12323]

i do that every time i see a fly lol. i chase after it and whack it hehe

[Rokko8652]

To ALL WHO WANT TO BUY CARNIVOROUS PLANTS: go to Lowes, lol short and sweet

[0MrENigma0]

If you get plants for Lowes or Home Depot be sure to get them soon after they receive them. None of these places know how to care for the plants and they will start to kill them off almost immediately. After you get them... be SURE to NOT use tap water. Use distilled water on carnivorous plants and never let them dry out.

[Rokko8652]

Yup, the chemicals kill it

[HIPPOSrEVIL]

if i use water from a hose, does it still count as tap water?

[0MrENigma0]

Yes... basically any city water is bad. Chemicals are added to the water for us humans, but carnivorous plants do not like them. It will not instantly kill them, but the salts and such will collect in the growing medium and over time kill the roots. Only use collected rain water or distilled water that has no salts or chlorene.

[baachanbaka]

Thanks for that! I have been wondering if you could use distilled water

=]

[hXcTaZ]

distilled water is fine

[vimvigernvi]

distilled water is the best

[Warthog1976]

Well you can use tap water, though you have to let the water stand a day or so, so that the chlorine evaporates, have my plant for years now and have just been using this way of watering my plant.

[0MrENigma0]

It depends on your local water... but there will be salts and other minerals that will eventually collect. If you are growing in the tray method then it may not be so bad but if you were growing in a terrarium or other non draining and/or direct water in the growing medium... I would advise against it. Glad to hear yours is doing well so far though.

[reflas]

I was wondering, what type of mix do you use for your soil?

[OMFGwhatisgoingon]

where do i get one? i went to Walmart and they didn't have one ONFG where do i get one???????!!!!!! :O

[featherflower]

i live in miami and there is no nursery's where should i but it

[JustXforget36]

walmart,kmart, anywhere where plants are sold. it also depends on the season