Venus flytrap dormancy should be over now. All of your plants should be awake and ready for you to enjoy! Why not get it a new home and put together a nice new terrarium home? Your flytrap will appreciate it.
Don't have a venus flytrap yet or thinking about getting one? Now is a good time to buy venus flytrap plants. They are awake and ready to party!
Remember, only feed it when it is necessary and take good care of your plants. You have a long period of enjoyment ahead of you.
Showing posts with label feed a venus flytrap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feed a venus flytrap. Show all posts
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
So What Do You Feed a Venus Flytrap?
If you are wondering how and what to feed a venus flytrap plant, the menu is pretty simple. About once a month or even longer, you can feed your flytrap some bugs! The most common meal fed to a venus flytrap plant is flies. Surely you can come up with a half dead, wiggly fly from time to time, right? If you don't have a fly, you can try feeding your venus flytrap a spider or a cricket.
You want to avoid beetles, caterpillars and a few others.
Never feed your venus flytrap hamburger meat or chicken. I am not sure why some people do this or tell others to do this, but it is bad for your plant!
Remember, your flytrap may not need to eat more than once a month. So, don't panic if 5 or 6 weeks go by and it is not interested in a meal. Especially during the dormancy period.
You want to avoid beetles, caterpillars and a few others.
Never feed your venus flytrap hamburger meat or chicken. I am not sure why some people do this or tell others to do this, but it is bad for your plant!
Remember, your flytrap may not need to eat more than once a month. So, don't panic if 5 or 6 weeks go by and it is not interested in a meal. Especially during the dormancy period.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
What if My Venus Flytrap is not Hungry?
Why Won't My Venus Flytrap Eat?
That is a real possibility. There is most likely nothing wrong. A Venus Flytrap Plant does not need to eat daily or anything close to that. Feed it a bug once a month or so. If it won't accept the food you are offering, simply wait a week and try again. No big deal. Make sure it is something that your venus flytrap likes, like flies!
When you are feeding your plant a fly, are you wiggling it? You need to make sure the inner hairs are stimulated. At least two hairs in a row. This lets the plant know that it has really got something.
That is a real possibility. There is most likely nothing wrong. A Venus Flytrap Plant does not need to eat daily or anything close to that. Feed it a bug once a month or so. If it won't accept the food you are offering, simply wait a week and try again. No big deal. Make sure it is something that your venus flytrap likes, like flies!
When you are feeding your plant a fly, are you wiggling it? You need to make sure the inner hairs are stimulated. At least two hairs in a row. This lets the plant know that it has really got something.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Do I have to touch bugs?
You may be wondering if you have to touch live bugs. Well, your flytrap really would prefer live bugs. Surely you can find a fly or spider in your windowsill or outside. Get yourself a pair of tweezers that will be used to pick up bugs to feed your venus flytrap. Just be sure to hide them after you use them! If someone in your household uses them for personal hygiene by accident, you will be in trouble! And you are on your own with that problem!
If you must feed your flytrap dead bugs, you will have to wiggle them around a little. This mimics the motion of a live bug that triggers the hairs inside the trap. This makes it close.
Stay tuned for "What to Feed a Venus Flytrap" next time.
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If you must feed your flytrap dead bugs, you will have to wiggle them around a little. This mimics the motion of a live bug that triggers the hairs inside the trap. This makes it close.
Stay tuned for "What to Feed a Venus Flytrap" next time.
AN38NQEBD4TH
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