Grow Your own Venus Flytrap Kit – Easily Grow Carnivorous Venus Flytrap Plants with our Beginner friendly Venus Flytrap Kit - Unique Seed Kit Gift idea

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Not only will the distinct foliage of this insect trapping plant add a touch of interest to your interior space, the fact it can trap and consume flies and mosquitoes will have visitors begging for a demonstration every time they visit!The most popular carnivorous plant, the Venus flytrap, is a true marvel to look at. While beautiful, that beauty hides a terrible secret, if you’re a bug that is. While sometimes labeled as difficult to grow, the Venus flytrap can be a breeze to grow with the proper knowledge. Today, we’ll look at all you to grow a Venus flytrap of your very own. Venus Flytrap Overview

So, what’s a plant to do when it can’t find what it needs in the soil? It adapts. In this case, the species evolved to develop a means to lure and digest nutrients in other ways. The most distinctive part of a Venus flytrap, of course, is its red trap. The traps are hinged leaves with tiny hairs along the outer edges. When the hairs are disturbed, the trap snaps shut with lightning speed to catch the insect that landed inside. I have read that the traps can only shut an average of 7 times each, so it's best not to make them snap closed for fun (although we did this endlessly as kids). Chris at Gardening Express concludes, 'People seem really divided over the [John Lewis] advert this year but from a horticulturist point of view it's amazing to see that the ad is inspiring more people to bring plants indoors this season along with their festive fur.' On the other hand, if you have flies in the house, you may not need to feed your flytrap at all. Keep an eye on it, watching to see if any of the traps are shut and lumpy. To better understand why you need only ask its biological history. The Venus flytrap is naturally endemic solely to North and South Carolina, USA.If you feed dead prey (like pieces of mealworm, for example) then these should be hydrated before they are fed to the plant and you will have to move them a little within the trap to stimulate it to shut. From these three options I usually buy distilled water as rain is not available in my area very often and reverse osmosis systems are expensive. You can buy pure distilled water jugs in most grocery stores. This really only applies to plants grown inside, if the plant lives outside it will generally catch enough on its own. Humidity and Temperature

In their natural habitat, Venus flytraps experience dormancy every year. Dormancy is a hibernation/resting period. Use your brush to sweep the soil up to the base of the plants to secure them in place. Step 4 – Care Setup The leaves of a fly trap are designed with feeding in mind. The plant contains modified leaves that are hinged. There is nectar inside the leaf that attracts insects to land on the leaves. Along with the nectar, there are trigger hairs on the interior of the leaves as well. Venus fly trap require carnivorous plant soil, distilled water, and pots that do not leach minerals to the groundSome people use winter-like conditions to induce their plants to become dormant. In the same way that animals hibernate to stay warm during the growing season, they also rest and store their energy. Because Venus flytraps evolved as temperate perennial plants, they had to adapt to cool winters as a result of their adaptation. If you do not want your plants to grow in a bog garden and are too cold to do so, consider purchasing a cold frame. A mini greenhouse will also do well if your plants are young and in small pots. If you live in a tropical environment, your refrigerator will go into dormancy if you do not stay below 55 degrees Fahrenheit (12 degrees Celsius). Although this is one of the few options available, I want to emphasize that it is not. The presence of a constant temperature and no light in a refrigerator does not adequately simulate the natural dormancy of the winter months. Before storing the plants, you should gradually reduce the photoperiod (hours of light) and temperature.