Love your content bro very helpful just rescued my first ever VFTs I got 4 at $2 each from WM since they were wilted I brought them home took them out of the death cube, watered them and now what do you know they look pretty good. Love this channel gardener for 6 years new to VFT but glad to learn from you 👍
I bought several from Lowes and have repotted them following yours and others tips. If they do well I plan on purchasing some from y'all. I live in North Carolina but have yet to find a nursery that I feel I can trust. Great information.
Great video. I can't help feeling sad for the bouquet. Would you recommend separating them even if you are going into a bigger pot? Also my plants shipped today 🙌 im so excited😀
Thank you for your order! If you are upsizing their pot you can definitely add more to the pot but for that many plants, you’d have to get a huge bowl if you want them to continue to multiply out really well!
I've repotted my venus flytraps just few hours ago, and I did almost exactly the same 🙂. The biggest one had three babies; I put them near the mother plant in the same pot.
I was interested to hear you mention Superthrive and it got me thinking if you haven't already done so, could you make a video on the use (or not) of additives and fertilising CP's? covering the benefits and pitfalls. Methods of application ie into the pitcher or mist spray etc. or root feed and dilution rates, specific brands. Maxsea popular in the States is difficult and expensive in the UK to obtain, any alternatives? I've read Orchid Focus works well . Have you ever done any comparisons between a control set of plants and those that were fed, was there a noticeable improvement etc.
Wanted to know why my fly trap isn’t growing. I put it through winter dormancy. It started to grow back a little bit. I cut the flower stock, and then it just stopped growing. It’s in the proper pot proper media clean water gets plenty of sunlight. I’ve been spraying them with Maxi fertilizer once a month and still no growth.
@@California_Carnivores Outside. Aurora Illinois. I have them on the south part of my house. Last year I had them on the railing of my porch. They were getting plenty of sunlight all day long and did well. This year I tried putting them on a table so they wouldn’t fall over if it got windy. But I noticed a shadow would cast on them in the morning from the railing. and later, on in the day, they would have some cover from a tree blocking the sunlight. My B52 was growing fine, but my regular flytrap wasn’t growing. I just put them back on the railing in the same place I had last year that gets more sunlight, so I hope that works
I'm about to repot mine, but I'm not sure if the plant needs another secondary pot or something to keep water in? I was looking at another how to and it never mentioned it, but the kit that came with the trap has it. So I have the pot with the plant in another container that I keep half filled with water.
do the flytraps spread into a bunch naturally or is that a bunch combined artificially, if artificial, how much should i space out in a 1 foot long plastic pot? I bought 9 typicals from you guys this year btw!
Is it advisable to repot yearly especially if you see spores budding after dormancy? And how risky is it to repot now that we're a month or two out of dormancy?
We do like to divide and repot every year! It’s okay to repot now but be sure to trim off flowers to help the plant put lots of energy into their growth!
Question, does using the hose water hurt the plants? I soak mine in distilled water but the hose looks a lot more efficient. I treat any other water other than rain water as poison but am I overreacting about the water?
Our water comes out of the hose at a very low TDS so we’re lucky and can use it for everything safely. That being said, for bare rooting, you can totally use a hose and then just give the plants a quick rinse in distilled afterwards! It’ll make the work so much easier!
@@California_Carnivoresis there a way to check what TDS my hose water is without getting a special meter for it? I live in scotland and ive heard water here is pretty good?
I did this today and it did not go well. The rhizomes were beige-brown and squishy, almost the consistency of uncooked chicken breast. Does that mean it is dead? We are in the Carolinas (where they are native) and in zone 7b/8a. However, right around Christmas we had a cold snap where the temperature did not climb out of freezing and got as low as 9 F. Maybe it was too cold. Now I am worried my pitcher plants may have the same problem. The flytrap was completely blackened on top. My pitchers are in various stages of dry brown to reddish purple.
Oh no! Usually they can tolerate a cold snap like that but sometimes things do go wrong. If the rhizomes were squishy and not firm, that is a sign they are not going to bounce back. I would wait and see with the Sarracenia because they may surprise you still. I’m sorry! It’s always so hard when something like that happens 😫
@@California_Carnivores I hope the pitchers do OK. I repotted some and they had significant roots but no rhizomes could be felt. And two so far have had firm rhizomes (very dark brown, but could be staining from the soil). Those two rhizomes were about 3/4 inch long. I made two videos. The first shows the RIP Venus Flytrap squishy. The second shows the lineup of my Sarracenia which are half reddish purple and half dried out brown. Interesting that some of those red ones were green at one time and some were the same red. I may be shopping for some more from you soon! th-cam.com/video/hGvdA4NjPvQ/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/yNJeUEauC1o/w-d-xo.html
This happened to me last year I lost almost all of my plants 14 of them. It took some time, but most of them recovered after the full growing season. They were all real healthy before the cold snap, but it only got down to 29 that night. I wouldn't give up hope they will recover, but it will take some time.
So, my flytrap did the most bizarre thing, I wanted some input maybe on what I can do? I had a B52 Venus Flytrap that was growing well since it came in, it wasn't one of yours since I'm in europe but it was healthy and growing nicely. After it got settled in, I decided to repot it into fresh soil. As soon as I did that though, the rhizome quite literally split in half. The old, dark, black bits of thr rhizome just fell off while the white, firm part stayed, well, white and firm. Since then, the plant stopped making new leafs, and every pre-existing leaf started to die back *extremely* slowly. The rhizome is still white, firm and healthy, and I *think* I see new leafs comming up but I can't tell, but yeah, the plant isn't doing well lol Any idea on what happened and what i can do to help it recover? Thank you!
It could be that was just a timing thing; we often see older parts of the rhizome turn black and die back and it could’ve already been starting that cycle when you were potting. Then, that big chunk of rhizome was a lot of the momentum for the plant. So it’s now a smaller plant with less power behind it. I would just give it time and it should get back to growing. You can apply a diluted fertilizer to it to give it a boost as well. We use Maxsea.
Are these guys suppose to be, I guess you can call it lethargic, the traps aren't opening, also, do I need to put the moss back on like they came, thanks
@@michaelgiddens4118 if you just got them, it may be that they just need a little time to acclimate and the traps were triggered in shipping and will open again with time. they don’t need moss on top!
If they’re large enough to not escape the interlaced cilia (teeth) as they close. If they’re small sugar ants, they’ll just crawl out through those teeth
So cool to see you don’t have to be so gentle with the plants when repotting. Some of us like it rough😮
They're pretty hard to kill
made me cringe lol, i handle mine with so much care 😵
Just make sure you have a safe word :p
Classic. 😂
This is so useful to me. I'm a total novice and have a lot to learn.
You clearly know your stuff.
And your methods are very clearly working great.
Awesome!
Love your content bro very helpful just rescued my first ever VFTs I got 4 at $2 each from WM since they were wilted I brought them home took them out of the death cube, watered them and now what do you know they look pretty good. Love this channel gardener for 6 years new to VFT but glad to learn from you 👍
I bought several from Lowes and have repotted them following yours and others tips. If they do well I plan on purchasing some from y'all. I live in North Carolina but have yet to find a nursery that I feel I can trust. Great information.
Thank you and happy growing!
Bro go to the a local bog you literally live in carnivore land
That's a felony and that's why I bought a Red Dragon from California Carnivoros. Bruce is doing great.
@@martindelacruz2927 please never dig up plants from the wild as they are extremely rare and it is a felony to do so
@@California_Carnivores sorry I’m from Texas didn’t know regulations was just being dumb.
You seem like the friend a friend would like to have
great video. i have several like what you showed to repot and was expecting 3-5 plants out of it, but this shows me i will need more pots.
Wow that pot was amazing!
Full of giants!
I’m just about to get my first VFT and nephentes hybrid. Im learning so much from your videos!
You guys are very helpful after dormancy I think my Venus flytrap will split so I needed to know how to split them
Great video. I can't help feeling sad for the bouquet. Would you recommend separating them even if you are going into a bigger pot? Also my plants shipped today 🙌 im so excited😀
Thank you for your order! If you are upsizing their pot you can definitely add more to the pot but for that many plants, you’d have to get a huge bowl if you want them to continue to multiply out really well!
I've repotted my venus flytraps just few hours ago, and I did almost exactly the same 🙂. The biggest one had three babies; I put them near the mother plant in the same pot.
Damon where do you get those really tall domes behind you at 0:54? I can never seem to find them that tall.
We get a lot of our supplies from local nursery suppliers and local hydroponic suppliers. But you can also find a lot at GreenhouseMegastore.com
@@California_Carnivores Thank you!
My Venus fly trap grows more babies than my Aloe Vera and she a baby factory. I’m new to the Venus world but I love it already.
When I bare-rooted mine to overwinter this year, i had many tiny offshoots that broke off. What do you do with those little ones?
Plant them! They'll be tiny for a few years, but they'll grow up, eventually.
Pot them up! They should grow with time, like Robert says 😊
How many years would one expect to have a plant as big as the one in the video?
It depends a little on care but about 5 years!
im thinking of doing this next year since the VFT i got from amazon a while back is massive and i reckon theres about 3-4 plants in the one pot
U mene ih je šest,to je stari lavor s rupom u jednom većem s vodom pa prilično su živahne i odgovara im klima
I was interested to hear you mention Superthrive and it got me thinking if you haven't already done so, could you make a video on the use (or not) of additives and fertilising CP's? covering the benefits and pitfalls. Methods of application ie into the pitcher or mist spray etc. or root feed and dilution rates, specific brands. Maxsea popular in the States is difficult and expensive in the UK to obtain, any alternatives? I've read Orchid Focus works well . Have you ever done any comparisons between a control set of plants and those that were fed, was there a noticeable improvement etc.
I’ll add that to the list of videos! We have done some experimenting with fertilizers and we can definitely talk about that!
Wanted to know why my fly trap isn’t growing. I put it through winter dormancy. It started to grow back a little bit. I cut the flower stock, and then it just stopped growing. It’s in the proper pot proper media clean water gets plenty of sunlight. I’ve been spraying them with Maxi fertilizer once a month and still no growth.
Is it inside or outside? How many hours of direct sunlight does it get? What area are you in?
@@California_Carnivores Outside. Aurora Illinois. I have them on the south part of my house. Last year I had them on the railing of my porch. They were getting plenty of sunlight all day long and did well. This year I tried putting them on a table so they wouldn’t fall over if it got windy. But I noticed a shadow would cast on them in the morning from the railing. and later, on in the day, they would have some cover from a tree blocking the sunlight. My B52 was growing fine, but my regular flytrap wasn’t growing. I just put them back on the railing in the same place I had last year that gets more sunlight, so I hope that works
@@DeadlyPlants2024 give them a few weeks to acclimate to the new spot and I bet they start growing more robustly! They really like a lot of sun!
I'm about to repot mine, but I'm not sure if the plant needs another secondary pot or something to keep water in? I was looking at another how to and it never mentioned it, but the kit that came with the trap has it. So I have the pot with the plant in another container that I keep half filled with water.
They do like a lot of water so we like to grow them sitting in deep saucers of water!
Should this be done at a specific time of year, like winter dormancy, or can this be done whenever?
We like to do it during dormancy but right before they start growing for spring, so usually January!
do the flytraps spread into a bunch naturally or is that a bunch combined artificially, if artificial, how much should i space out in a 1 foot long plastic pot? I bought 9 typicals from you guys this year btw!
They do clump over time by themselves but you can start with 6-9 and they’ll spread out nicely!
@@California_Carnivores thank you!
Is it advisable to repot yearly especially if you see spores budding after dormancy? And how risky is it to repot now that we're a month or two out of dormancy?
We do like to divide and repot every year! It’s okay to repot now but be sure to trim off flowers to help the plant put lots of energy into their growth!
Excellent technique using the water to separate them. You could have put them in about 50 individual pots. 🙂
I just bought a couple flytraps from you the other day. Can I put 3 different strains together ? In same pot ?
Yes! You can!
Question, does using the hose water hurt the plants? I soak mine in distilled water but the hose looks a lot more efficient. I treat any other water other than rain water as poison but am I overreacting about the water?
Our water comes out of the hose at a very low TDS so we’re lucky and can use it for everything safely. That being said, for bare rooting, you can totally use a hose and then just give the plants a quick rinse in distilled afterwards! It’ll make the work so much easier!
@@California_Carnivoresis there a way to check what TDS my hose water is without getting a special meter for it? I live in scotland and ive heard water here is pretty good?
That’s a huge pot of vft wow!
That's nothing, you should see his REALLY BIG bowls of flytraps! AMAZING!
I did this today and it did not go well. The rhizomes were beige-brown and squishy, almost the consistency of uncooked chicken breast. Does that mean it is dead?
We are in the Carolinas (where they are native) and in zone 7b/8a. However, right around Christmas we had a cold snap where the temperature did not climb out of freezing and got as low as 9 F. Maybe it was too cold.
Now I am worried my pitcher plants may have the same problem. The flytrap was completely blackened on top. My pitchers are in various stages of dry brown to reddish purple.
Oh no! Usually they can tolerate a cold snap like that but sometimes things do go wrong. If the rhizomes were squishy and not firm, that is a sign they are not going to bounce back. I would wait and see with the Sarracenia because they may surprise you still. I’m sorry! It’s always so hard when something like that happens 😫
@@California_Carnivores I hope the pitchers do OK. I repotted some and they had significant roots but no rhizomes could be felt. And two so far have had firm rhizomes (very dark brown, but could be staining from the soil). Those two rhizomes were about 3/4 inch long. I made two videos. The first shows the RIP Venus Flytrap squishy. The second shows the lineup of my Sarracenia which are half reddish purple and half dried out brown. Interesting that some of those red ones were green at one time and some were the same red. I may be shopping for some more from you soon!
th-cam.com/video/hGvdA4NjPvQ/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/yNJeUEauC1o/w-d-xo.html
This happened to me last year I lost almost all of my plants 14 of them. It took some time, but most of them recovered after the full growing season. They were all real healthy before the cold snap, but it only got down to 29 that night. I wouldn't give up hope they will recover, but it will take some time.
Is that soil or a media you made? Great traps by the way!💯💯💯
We make our own mix of four parts peat moss to one part perlite!
Question, can I grow a Venus fly trap in a terrarium?
You can but they don’t do well, in general, in terrariums. They are full sun plants that like tons of insects and good airflow
How old was that one before you had to separate it? Two years old? 5 ? I did not see this question listed in the other comments.
This pot was divided about three years ago last but the plants are probably ten years old!
So, my flytrap did the most bizarre thing, I wanted some input maybe on what I can do?
I had a B52 Venus Flytrap that was growing well since it came in, it wasn't one of yours since I'm in europe but it was healthy and growing nicely. After it got settled in, I decided to repot it into fresh soil.
As soon as I did that though, the rhizome quite literally split in half. The old, dark, black bits of thr rhizome just fell off while the white, firm part stayed, well, white and firm.
Since then, the plant stopped making new leafs, and every pre-existing leaf started to die back *extremely* slowly. The rhizome is still white, firm and healthy, and I *think* I see new leafs comming up but I can't tell, but yeah, the plant isn't doing well lol
Any idea on what happened and what i can do to help it recover?
Thank you!
It could be that was just a timing thing; we often see older parts of the rhizome turn black and die back and it could’ve already been starting that cycle when you were potting. Then, that big chunk of rhizome was a lot of the momentum for the plant. So it’s now a smaller plant with less power behind it. I would just give it time and it should get back to growing. You can apply a diluted fertilizer to it to give it a boost as well. We use Maxsea.
WHAT SOIL DO YOU USE?
We use our peat and perlite mix! All of our soil recipes are on our website!
@@California_Carnivores Thanks. Unfortunately I can only find fertilized substrate at our big box stores 👎🏼
@@Jessica-gt8id that’s so frustrating! We use Sunshine Brand peat moss - you may be able to find that with the name!
What type of soil?
We use five parts peat moss to one part perlite
Are these guys suppose to be, I guess you can call it lethargic, the traps aren't opening, also, do I need to put the moss back on like they came, thanks
@@michaelgiddens4118 if you just got them, it may be that they just need a little time to acclimate and the traps were triggered in shipping and will open again with time. they don’t need moss on top!
The Dionea Muscipula B-52 was my first Venus Flytrap that, I hasn't killed through People like you Guys
is it normal for my venus flytraps to become limp after repotting? why is it like that pls help me ;-;
and how do i revive it?
They may have lost some roots in the repotting process, gotten hit by a freeze or need more water. Are they outside? Is the pot sitting in water?
@@California_Carnivores i repot yesterday and watered it today using the tray method
@@mariah_filzah271 How are they doing now? Are they inside or outside?
Can you feed ants to Venus flytraps?
If they’re large enough to not escape the interlaced cilia (teeth) as they close. If they’re small sugar ants, they’ll just crawl out through those teeth
The chill gay hippy vibe is just working. I bet this guy makes a great ceviche 😂🤌🏾
Actually I’d say East Asian cuisine is really where he shines 😂