Venus Flytrap Care Information :
The most important things to avoid:
1. Excessive heat. Keep indoor and especially domed or terrarium
grown plants out of direct hot sun.
2. Low humidity. Keep well above 50%. If you live in a dry climate,
you will not be able to grow these without a terrarium or humid
enclosure.
3. Keeping your Venus Flytraps too wet for the amount of light
it is getting. Plants that are kept too wet may rot. During
the summer when
kept outdoors, they can be kept very wet. Indoors they will
require less water, but never let them dry out.
4. Excessive handling. As much as they may seem like pets, the
more you handle them the more stressed they will be.
That are showing signs of stress are not necessarily doomed.
They grow from bulbs, which store alot of energy for the plant.
Leaves that have blackened and died are only leaves, and the
plant can grow more as long as the bulb is healthy. The bulb
should be a creamy white color. If the plant is really having
a hard time, un-pot it and check for fungus or any rotting
that may be occuring for various reasons. Dust the bulb with
a fungicide
and re-plant it. Even if most of the rest of the plant has
died back, the bulb can still produce new growth. Some plants
will
die back quite a bit while acclimating to new conditions. Never
give up on a Venus Flytraps plant until you are sure that the
bulb has completely turned to mush, we have seen some amazing
recoveries with these.
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