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Hi! My venus flytrap started eating my pets and-j/k No, what its doing is its just growing insanely well. But the problem is that when a new leave sprouts, its really really big, but the thing on the end just stays closed, and never opens. A lot of them don't even grow the little spiny thingies. Plus it keeps trying to grow flowering shoots, and i was told to keep cutting those off cuz it'll die if it blooms.
Sooooooooo what should i do about my non-opening pods? Annnnnnnnd is it okay to let it flower? cuz i like flowers, and i don't like cutting them off before they bloom >.<
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oh well it doesn't have much of a root system to begine with lol. That's just the way they are *shrugs* I donno what to repot it into though, cuz its got this mossy stuff in it, and apparently it needs that mossy stuff to survive, and i donno where to get the mossy stuff. I'm also afraid to put in potting soil mixes cuz they have fertilizer in it, and that'll kill it >.o I'd looooooooooove to repot it into a bigger pot again though. I just visited it today, and its like totally huge! 3 giant leaves with giant traps on them o.O one caught something big lol. Got a leg stickin out of it. so ya ^.^ that's good that they opened finally lol.
Anywayz, hopefully someone'll help me with the flowering thing ^.^
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They are so much fun ^.^ I gotta stop giving in to my cravings to feed it though lol. If you feed it, apparently it desides to concentrate on digesting whatever you fed it. So ya ^.^ it stops growing if i feed it. I'm happy with it.
Lets seeeeeeeeeee, i fed it a caterpiller a few minutes ago, cuz the big trap on it was just open and going "feed me! feeeeeeeeeeeeed me!" lol
but ya, they're like 7.50 here in one of the greenhouses. ^.^ I got it for my birthday last month.
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You can re-pot it into sphagnum moss (the green stuff). You should be able to get it at Home Depot or some such big box. They like the moss (the same way orchids do) because they keep their feet wet but not sopping wet. Since these guys get all their nutrition from the flies and whatever else you have been feeding them (I don't want to know!), they don't need it from their soil.
Be gentle when re-potting. I think they have fleshy roots like an orchid which can break easily. If they break, water sparingly until you think they've healed up.
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o.O oh wow! Thank you Sachis! That site has like everything i need! I went to another site (carnivorous plant club thing or something like that) and they treated me like dirt >.< This site is friendly, and apparently i can let it flower ^.^ yay!
Anywho, the caterpiller disappeared o.O I held the trap up to the light, and the little line where it was is gone! iiiiiiii hope it didn't escape o.O i hate those things! *waves hands around* ew.
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