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Keep it in a tray of distilled water pretty much all the time, maybe let it demoisten (is that a word?) once in a while. I usually give my VFT's water everyother day at around sunset. They love full sun, maybe 5 to 6 hours a day (that is what I give mine.)
Man I wish I could buy plants that nice looking around here. They are really hard to find, and usually when I do find them they are not looking so good. Excellent plant though
I'm from the UK too!
I'm surprised you found a plant that was alive from B&Q!! Visit www.sarracenia.com/faq.html for information about keeping your flytrap.
Hehe, B&Q had about 8 plants in their 'warehouse' this appeared to be the best although they were all healthy. A few Pitchers which looked healthy and fat, also the ones with the dewey long leaves, cant think of the name
The sticky ones are called sundews. They usually sell the species Drosera aliciae.
If you have success in keeping your flytraps, get hold of an all red one, they're really pretty.
No it looks like its been thru he!! and back hm.. probably last a week more I suggest you send it to me on the double so I can put some emergency procedures on it fast! message me for my address!! hurry we may not have much time left!!!
It will take a good month or so, before your trap will produce red traps. At least that is about how long it took for my traps to get nice and deep red, now they just produce red traps. My CP's get about a 9 o' clock to 3 or 4 o' clock sun. This seems to be the best for me. I have tried growing them in absolute full sun all day everyday, at first they thrive like crazy, but then they seem to go down hill after that. A lot of indirect sunlight will keep your plant alive it will just grow a bit on the slow side, and probably no red traps.
That's where I run into trouble! I can't find good ones here in Alberta. So I've attempted to order from Cooks'. But by the time it gets here it will have been unroute for a week. It might be in bad shape!
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