Help Needed Badly (newbe)

[benjy1hart]

please could some some tell me all what you have to do to keep a venus fly trap in good condition
and im living in the uk

[Tristan]

Simple. Place in a tray of DISTILLED water or RAIN water. Give it direct sunlight. Keep fairly warm 20ºC to 27ºC is good but they can easily take a little bit lower or higher.
I wouldn't feed it any bugs and NEVER give it plant food.

[phlitrapguy]

#Moderation Mode

This should be in the VENUS FLYTRAP CARE topic

Moved here

Just for reaffirmation purposes...

Tristan is right.

That is all you need. These aren't really hard plants to keep. It is just the 'little things' that people think that they can skip on. The wrong water will kill your plant fast. Not giving it a lot of light will cause mold ( since it always has to be wet ).

So really....lots of light and the right water ( distilled, rain, OR from a reverse osmosis filter )

NOT

drinking water, tap water, mineral water, purified water, evian...

You are in the UK....check out this link:

http://www.petflytrap.com/cgi-bin/ik...um=8&topic=528

That should help you out a little bit more.

Lastly...

WELCOME

Keep us up to speed about your plant(s)

[nrbelex]

Hey!!! Welcome to PFT!!! I'm pretty much a newbie too and started where you did but I've found that it is increadibly easy to take care of VFTs and that they are so much fun to own! Good Luck (not that you'll need it but just thought I would say it anyway!)

- Brett

[Mike King]

Hi Benji1hart,
I also live in the UK and VFT are easy in our climate. Firstly, do you have a greenhouse? If so, keep it there all year and the plant will benefit from a cold winter to get it into dormancy. Sunny spot and the watering advice you already have! Do not worry about snow,frosts or anything like that in winter, I live in the Midlands and have over 400 VFT of all types in an unheated greenhouse without one loss.
If you have a sunny window sill only, then I would suggest the following, put the plant into a cool place or even buy a propagator tray and lid (like a "mini greenhouse", available from B&Q, Do-it-all etc) and put it outside in a sheltered sunny spot. That works too.

Enjoy your adventure with CP

[Alvin Meister]

Mike, what VFTs do you grow? You only list your Sarracenia on your website. 400 is quite a lot of plants by the way!

[harrytomuk]

how can you afford to raise so many plants? i would love to have my own collection like that.