So I thought I'd be a nice guy yesterday.
My poor flytrap is stuck inside my house, and hasn't eaten since I brought him home over a week ago (I know they don't have to eat, but I like to keep my plants well fertilized for maximum growth). It just so worked out that we had two large flies in the house yesterday. After a few minutes of hard work and some quick reflexes we had one fly in the house...and one trapped in an upside down blender.
So I go ahead and move my VFT under the cover, and proceed to allow it to 'aquaint itself' with the fly I caught for it. But my flytrap is still just a little guy, and the fly was more of a monster than I thought (it's always hard to tell when they're zig-zagging circles around your head). He finally ended up in the biggest trap, but even that doesn't look like it'll be enough to handle him. I have a feeling part of the meal will still be outside my little guy's maw. So I'm expecting the trap to rot and die due to an inability to form a tight seal.
My question is: will the plant still get nourishment from this? I mean, the trap should still be able to do some digestion before things get bad, and I would expect the extracted nitrogen to make it back down into the heart of the plant, but I'm also still a relative newbie. So could anyone tell me if I helped or hurt my VFT yesterday? I'm really hoping it's able to extract something, as I'm guessing it hasn't exactly eaten well up to this point in its life...
Thanks.
My poor flytrap is stuck inside my house, and hasn't eaten since I brought him home over a week ago (I know they don't have to eat, but I like to keep my plants well fertilized for maximum growth). It just so worked out that we had two large flies in the house yesterday. After a few minutes of hard work and some quick reflexes we had one fly in the house...and one trapped in an upside down blender.
So I go ahead and move my VFT under the cover, and proceed to allow it to 'aquaint itself' with the fly I caught for it. But my flytrap is still just a little guy, and the fly was more of a monster than I thought (it's always hard to tell when they're zig-zagging circles around your head). He finally ended up in the biggest trap, but even that doesn't look like it'll be enough to handle him. I have a feeling part of the meal will still be outside my little guy's maw. So I'm expecting the trap to rot and die due to an inability to form a tight seal.
My question is: will the plant still get nourishment from this? I mean, the trap should still be able to do some digestion before things get bad, and I would expect the extracted nitrogen to make it back down into the heart of the plant, but I'm also still a relative newbie. So could anyone tell me if I helped or hurt my VFT yesterday? I'm really hoping it's able to extract something, as I'm guessing it hasn't exactly eaten well up to this point in its life...
Thanks.