VFT's grow in straight peat or spagnum naturally. Peat/Perlite in 50:50 is a common mix. Live spagnum moss is ideal but very difficult to find. Do NOT fertilize them at all! And if you feed the leaves, only feed them live insects. The leaves are only good for one to three feedings and they'll blacken - don't become alarmed when this happens - new leaves are already on the way. The best way to feed these plants is to leave them outside. They should be allowed to go dormant over the winter - leave them on a cool porch and keep only moderately moist. They'll die back to their bulbs. In the Spring they'll wake back up and go back to growing and you can water them more. They prefer rain water - collect and store lots of it. They prefer very wet conditions while growing too - never let them dry out in the least. These are bog plants. Grown this way, you can keep a VFT going for over a decade. Sadly, most sold in stores only last a few months because people are not informed of how to care for them.
Be well,
Mike
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Originally Posted by Musa_Cavandish
ok my venus flytrap came from a hardware store called "kents" and anyways the soil that came with it has moss (sphagum) ontop and im wondering if this is the right stuff or should i change it..?  |