Vancien Villafarra it’s just calming to watch I guess. I like to garden. It won’t shock the plant if you do it correctly and half the time the soil plants are in, especially from big box stores, isn’t beneficial or even soil at all. It’s a cheap mix of dirt and sand and filler. I just like watching people plant things.
I bought a couple venus fly traps in plastic tubes in a grocery store a couple years ago as an impulse purchase. But don't worry, I have a green thumb. I leave the pots outside in a shallow container, which I fill with reverse osmosis water. I keep the venus fly traps in full sun, on a small table in the middle of my garden. Tons of bugs, of course, so the venus fly traps are very good at feeding themselves. I live in zone six, so I take them inside during the winter, and leave them on the drafty windowsill in my plant room. This is a spare room in my house where I keep my houseplants in the winter (as well as my hamster year-round lol) away from artificial light, so as not to disrupt their circadian rhythms. If taken care of, a grocery store venus fly traps do very, very well.
So I’ve purchased about 5 of these over the last year from Bug Biting Plants and every single one of them had some sarracenia seeds hitching a ride in the potting moss that sprouted a few weeks into spring and now I’ve got 5 sarracenia seedlings growing in my bog garden. 😎
They have Sarracenia SEEDS? I’ve bought those before and thrown away the other media. I don’t think it says anything about seeds being in there. I just figured they didn’t include a Sarracenia.
look how dark the leaves are, chocked full of chlorophyll to aid photosynthesis. The more light, the less chlorophyll to cope with the brightness. You know these havent seen proper light all their life like brad said.
I just bought one in a death cube myself and it’s actually very healthy looking and full of bright red color! I got it out of the cube of course but my question is, can you leave the dirt and everything with it and just put it in a bigger pot?
Yes, but it will obviously need more eventually. But you probably already knew that. If you're wondering if you can use the same dirt and stuff, and add more to it instead of throwing the old dirt away, the answer is yes.
the packaging is a nightmare I literally had to take a pair of scissors to get it open not only is it seal but it had some kind of tape film over it as well 😣🍃🍃
that's my take on it also. people may scorn the death cubes and stores that carry it, but in all honesty, it is probably where most people see VFTs and get into carnivorous plants.
See, i don’t do a good job when It comes to caring about carnivorous plants. I’ve had several Venus fly traps right at my window, direct sunlight etc. and they all burned. I really gave up to be honest but recently saw a sarracenia Purpurea while I was shopping for my other plants. I have it for about three months now and it’s doing really good. I might get a Venus again, just to try, since I gained a bit more experience with plants recently. Thank you very much for this video!
I’ve had VTP’s die too but It’s actually easy to take care of Venus Flytraps if you find the right instruction video. The first and most important thing is to keep them hydrated in separate bowl filled with distilled water and always keep them outside in warm temps with plenty of sun. They really do the rest by attracting and eating small bugs.
Have you kept them in an area which gets plenty of circulation? I have a VFT which I have had since 2012/13 and it used to be on a sunny window which was also cool and shady. It certainly is an art.
What water are you using? VFT do NOT like hard water or minerals in general. Use distilled water or rain water. Also, they can't live in potting soil. The roots will burn, again, from minerals and fertilizers. DO NOT ADD FERTILIZER. They will die. They also have a dormancy period in the Winter and need a temperate climate to live in. They are not from the tropics, they are native to North and South Carolina. So they need a dormancy period in order to live.
@everyone who commented: thank you very much! After I had posted the comment 9 months ago, I got another small VFT and also a few other carnivorous plants, I thought I should give it another try. I am currently holder of about 153 plants in total, not only carnivorous. :) all my carnivorous plants are alive and doing extremely well in my room, they are healthy and hardly ever get a bad leaf. I water almost all my plants with rainwater, I don’t fertilize my carnivorous plants and am keeping them in a special soil mixture I think works the absolute best. so thank you, again, for all the Support, I am very happy with my plantkeeping at the moment and I’m definitely getting more very soon. Can’t ever let go of this addiction, haha. Oh and btw, in the area I live in, the tap water is very clean, but hard unfortunately, that’s why I can’t water my plants with that, but I found that rainwater OR distilled water do their job very fine.
Good video about a subject that confuses many. The vast majority of prepackaged VFT are produced by just a few companies in the US, and I feel safe saying that ALL of them are tissue culture clones of either the straight species or the King Henry cultivar ( also possibly the Dente variety)- they are all identical, not much chance of an 'unnamed cultivar' showing showing up. If you were to get them from smaller independent growers ( not in cubes)then possibly. They are all produced on a strict schedule and packaged (marketing) as soon as they reach a certain age. Most probably do not survive past a certain time unless they are bought early in their lives and treated correctly. That said, the one you got did not look bad, and even the declining specimens can be resuscitated if they aren't too far gone. I produce about 5-6 thousand flytraps a year for the retail market. In addition to the straight species, I grow Dente, King Henry, Red Dragon, and Red Sawtooth- all from TC labs. I also do seedlings ( either chance crosses or deliberate) from my nursery. The large operations ( cubes and cups)have no need for any diversity- it's much easier with all TC clones
You know, the plant you rescued in your video did not need repotting. Your plant looked healthy enough all it needed was distilled watering and some sunlight. Repotting should be discouraged unless a flytrap is currently in the wrong media and/or before spring before the end of their dormancy. It takes longer for a flytrap to have its roots disturbed(during active growing)to fully recover rather than keeping it happy in its current container. Most of my larger flytraps grow happily in 4" pots and 3" pots planted individually. I use 6" pots if I plan to have more than 5 plants at once. Happy growing
Symmetrical Origami I suspect Brad knows all this. Personally I prefer to grow all my plants in the same media. It makes it much easier to care for them.
Well it may be a good idea to put it outside for winter this year. From what I’ve seen, you can safely grow them for 2 years without dormancy but any more than that and they’re toast
This is a great video, thank you. I am just about to do the same. Surprised how rough you were with the plant, but it gives me hope, as clearly it is pretty tough.
I “rescued” my Vinny from the same death cube! I’m happy to say he’s still alive and about to go into dormancy but guess what? EVERY OTHER VFT at the same store died 😡😩. I’m so angry they didn’t take better care of them!
Any of these death cubes I’ve ever seen the plant looks dead. If the top of the plant is dead, is it possible to still save the root system? If so, can you do a video on how to do that?
Are all the mouths dead? A lot of times some mouths will turn black and die but that doesn't mean the plant is dead - unless all the mouths are black - but if they still have some green leaves they live.
Help, I bought two today. It took me about three years to get these. I live in tropical weather[PR]. I know they haven't seen sun light, so, do I put them just for a few hours day on and day on until get used to it or immediately full sunlight. It is March they both seem like they are barely coming out from dormancy. Imma repot them of course. I just want to take care of them. There were plenty of them 🥺😢 in those boxes. I was so sad they were like that. I was so happy to finally found them and I'm anxious since I dont want them to die. They are so cute.
Janice Inkheart Same here! I’m not a very experienced gardener but I was lucky enough to find these in a Florida gift shop during February vacation. I brought them home and kept them in the corner of a windowsill. I didn’t open the window so the sunlight was filtered through the glass to the plant. That seems to have worked well so far and my plant looks pretty healthy. Every now and then (since the weather is getting nicer), I open the window to give them some fresh air. The sun comes in nicely and it allows more bugs to get caught in the traps. Best of luck with your plant and I hope this method might work for you, too!
Brianna Casey filtered sunlight is light coming through some net blinds or something like that. You are exposing your plants too full sun if there is only a pane of glass in between it and the sunshine. They like it anyway, but just in case you start to grow something that definitely needs filtered sunlight. 😃
@@eccremocarpusscaber5159 Thanks. They grew so precious, they even has pretty flowers but then they died. I live un a second story house, they fell to their death, on a very windy day. They in very bad stage, I am trying to save them...
Eccremocarpus scaber Funnily enough, I actually do have blinds in that window that I’ve been filtering light to the plant with and made this change shortly after my comment (sadly, I forgot to edit it). After doing that a while ago my plants are all good now 👍
I have such awful luck with Flytraps... would love to see follow ups on this little plant.... encourages me to try again. PS.... I adore your bullfrog!!! I grew up on South Florida--now in PA and I really miss hearing bull frogs!!! 💖🐸💖
Thank you for the informative video. I recently bought my first Venus Flycatcher. I follow the instructions but doesn’t look happy. It is rather small compared with your plant in video and I was not sure what to do to keep it healthy. Thanks for the tips.
I think many of the flytraps you get in the terrariums are seed grown. Here in the US Lowe's has flytraps under the name "Bug biting plants" and I have many flytraps from them that don't really seem to be of any cultivar at all. I'm familiar with the G16 clone Walmart uses but Lowe's flytraps seem to be all genetically different from each other which I love.
it makes me sad seeing such a wonderful plant getting the care most people give to it my moms friends son who is 6 just got a Venus fly trap and the mom told me it was dying i wanted to care for since i had everything for it right soil, right water, and right sun but the kids was dying it make me sad that a lot of these plants die from people but their are some people like brads greenhouse who actually care and comfort these wonderful plants.
Hi, thanks for this video. I have a question. I bought my death cube VFT a week ago and I ordered some carniverous plant soil (peat moss + pearlite) and have a new plastic pot (4 in diameter, 5-6 in deep) ready to put it in. Should I repot this plant as soon as possible or should I wait a while first? Thanks for any help!
I had 2 VFTs so I gave 1 to my brother, it came time to repot them and we decided to do this together and my brother snapped the root on his and lost interest in it and gave it to me, I replanted it in a hole I made in the peat moss and gave it water then put it under a LED light expecting the plant to die anyway, to my surprise it had a new mouth forming, it was growing!!! I saved a plant from dying!! New soil and some water made a new mouth, I put it outside and it hunted flies!!Just a note for growers who are new to this peat moss and pure water will make traps(I had 6 on mine) but insects make traps grow faster. LED lights are good but sunlight is better.
If you don’t like the look of perlite I highly recommend a 50/50 sand/peat moss mix. That’s what I use for my VFT and sarracenia’s, and in my opinion drains better than perlite. My VFT was a rescue as well but in a lot worse condition. It’s doing fantastic now and has at least one new growth point after it’s first summer since I bought it.
My grocery store just got some in. This is about the 3rd video I've watched of yours and had no clue this was how you care for them! I'm in northern Nevada, (not vegas) so a greenhouse is almost necessary if you're a grower as mother nature is full of surprises. Thanks for all the tips! They will be transfered to our greenhouse to get the full experience.
I also have been keeping our pitchers outside under a tall bush in a shady corner of our garden. Because the air gets so dry during the day here, I’ve been misting them. I meant to say that in the comments before. At night, by the ocean, it gets humid enough to keep them happy. Dropped down to 52 degrees last night. It’s winter here. Our tenants left behind a sandbox full of play sand we’ve been using to mix up low nutrient based soil for our Aloe and other cactus plants. Will the play sand work mixed with sphagum for traps and pitchers? What ratio? Should we soak the moss first as you said in the video? Should we use perlite instead? I’m starting a carnivore plant museum but I don’t want to be disappointed. Also, I’ve seen them stored over lava rocks as well. One of the Venus traps has already caught a fly today. The pitchers I can’t tell. The pitchers are dying off the plants quickly. Should I feed the pitchers? Before I move them or after? How often? Should I cut off the dead pitchers? I’ve looked up a ton of info on Dr. Google. Haha. The best info I always go for is UA-cam because everyone who takes the trouble to make videos seem to have firsthand experience.
They don’t need misting, but they do need full sun! They should be sitting in a water tray. Look up Sarracenia Northwest for how to grow Pitcher plants and other carnivorous plants, including Venus flytraps, successfully.
Mine is from the same grower. I'm in NE Ohio. It's dormant or partially dormant. It's in the same tiny pot. I thought it was a baby, should I repot it?
also, is it suitable to plant them in just spaghnum moss? where i live theres loads of it. im getting a vft from amazon in a few days and i just wanted to know if i ever need to repot it because i dont have carnivorous plant soil right now
they actually grow faster in sphagnum moss, tight or partially loose, you can also grow them in shorter pots and sit them in water all the time, no need to repot until they get too big for their location, the will multiply pretty quickly, just don't let the moss dry.
Just bought one from Walmart, clipped all the black ones off, I was unsure if I should report till I saw this video. Mine is in a 1-2 in pot. Thanks for the video it helped. ~Chris~
Great help thx. Have bought my first one since having one as a kid and love these things. As i live in the UK i have recently purchased a bulb to grow due to the weather here, indoor growth.
- looks like I got the last two at Lowes - one is fairly healthy the other was bone dry and withering with a lot of black leaves and finger things - I had some as a kid but that was well over 60 years ago - So this is a hoot for me, I'm in Az., so I don't know if outside is a good idea,
If it's not too late I'd recommend giving them a bit of sunshade because the sun in Arizona is pretty intense. As for the heat I used to live in Oklahoma and experienced 100-115°F weather during late summer and they did fairly well.
I have a bag of peat moss and another of perlite that's about 3 years old in my garage (Had flytraps in the past). Would they still be fine to use or should I get fresh medium if I want my plants to last?
The Venus fly traps appreciate that very much and for me getting them out of those death cubes it’s just another day at the office metaphorically speaking
Thanks so much I just rescued one without even knowing until I looked some videos up and than I came across yours!! New subscriber here and thanks so much
Hi Brad. I just bought a Venus Fly Trap at my local nursery. I noticed that you removed the Sphagnum moss you purchased your fly trap in. You repotted it in peat moss and perlite. What kind of peat moss and perlite do you use? I ask because some are enhanced with plant food, and I heard that these plants do not need plant food, since they are carnivorous. Is there a brand that you like in particular?
I just bought one today and it won’t close and is clearly dying (they were kept on a bottom shelf indoors so i’m not surprised) so i’m getting some distilled water and i put him outside :)
I tried repotting my flytrap, but I was unprepared and I didn't have enough media for it's new pot, and the tiny pot it came in was crammed so tight with moss that I could barely get it out and I think I was too rough and it seems to be dead now. I put it back in its old pot but I think I did it wrong and it's dying. Do you have any idea if I can fix this?
Thanks for this. I picked up exactly this brand of death cube last week and I was confused that it said 'no sunlight' yet everything I've read said it needs sunlight. I think I won't repot it for now, but I'll repot it next spring.
Love these videos. Never tried to grow outdoors but seems like worth trying. I have grown 1 successful plant which is my 1st attempt. It never sees outside however sees plenty of sun (8 hours) and plenty of moistness. Thanks for some great advise!
@@xxpowwowbluexx I’ve had nothing but success in my year of growing indoors. They have flowered, successfully. They have lovely red leaves and are producing some of the biggest traps I have seen on a Venus flytrap
I just got the same plant at Home Depot last week, but it was planted into Peat Moss. I guess I just have to repot it into bigger pot. Thank you for the video!!!
Thanks for your videos, they are very practical and simple. You have combined your knowledge with the simplicity of the concepts. You are a source of great inspiration to me! Thanks! Andrea Amici
Shriveling up in sunlight isn't really a problem in England. I do put my VFT under a daylight lamp when there is dull weather in winter/spring. My first one got a fungal infection and died in winter.
I was wondering if you could help me with my plant, all of the traps have died and not grown back and ive landed with one leaf left wich is black, how do i bring it back to life
My dad recently bought some Venus Fly Traps from Wal-Mart for my sister and I. Ours came in not a cube, but a cylinder, which we quickly removed and left in the pot given, basically the same one as the one he got in the first place that he removed the plant from. The pot came with what I believe is Peat Moss, and the plant is actually incredibly healthy, with a good amount of red and only a few black traps that we had to prune (I'm thinking they correctly had it in their garden section and in the sun but fed it too much, my sister's has like all of the traps closed compared to mine having had none closed). Should I look into buying a larger pot for the Fly Trap? If so, will the Fly Trap grow more? The tallest trap is about 3 inches and the entire plant is about as wide as the pot, though likely because of the cylinder it was in.
I just wish theese death cubed flytraps were treated in a good way and u know had its own section of flytraps without plastic boxes and actually really being cared properly by the grocery store
Hello! I am a beginner at growing flytraps and made the unfortunate mistake of not reading labels and gave my flytrap distilled water for babies that had vitamins like potassium, they started to die and the traps fell off but the stems are still green. I purchased a gallon of pure distilled water, can I save my flytraps? Will I need new Pete moss/soil?
death cube, that was funny but true. the thing I would also do is water it heavy for a couple of days to get any bad water residue out of it , unless you do what you did and removed all the soil and then you do not have to worry. I jest bought / rescued, two plants. the first one I watered heavy for two days then transplanted using the soil included, the second one , the moss is so heavy the water hardy runs thru it. that one needs a soil change. would also like to see a update video. I know my first one I rescued, is two times bigger, and it has only been two weeks
I absolutely HATE those death cubes too! I feel so bad for the plants. :( I’m also the exact same way about not liking the look of perlite on top! Lol 😬😬
So reading the back of my new fly trap it says leave in the plastic greenhouse or put in a glass globe, greenhouse. So i don’t need to keep it covered????
What is the best soil since I can only find peat moss? I want my babies to live. Also, they haven't eaten in 3 days. Are they ok? And will animals eat them?
I was thinking about doing a research experiment on these plants. Do you think feeding each plant a various type of bug such as an ant, fly, worm will merit any noticeable physical changes in the plant?
Considering the sphagnum moss as a suitable medium, do you see any issues with planting these in a roughly 60/40 sphag/natural orchid bark mix? I'd like to add some of these guys to a large healthy pot currently housing a Nepenthes and a few bromeliads. They've all got their space and it's got a false bottom. I live in Florida so I'm fairly blessed with temps and humidity.
Late but as long as the bark doesn’t have added nutrients, it should work. When I get peat moss for my carnivores, they have little twigs in it but they grow fine
I’ve never seen one look this healthy. Surprised this is considered a rescue!
Yeah mine had a few black and yellowish petels but after i pot it in ground and give it some moisty and warm environment it grew really wel
Seriously the one at my home depot we half the size of this one and all the leaves towards the bottom were black.
Yea isn't this how literally all plants are when you buy them from the store. Isn't that the point? You buy them to repot them.
@Misterlaxx d I don't understand. Does the original pot already sufficient for them?
I'm really curious, as I have just bought one pot of them in it.
There is something so satisfying and calming watching people de-pot plants and get the soil off roots
Vancien Villafarra it’s just calming to watch I guess. I like to garden. It won’t shock the plant if you do it correctly and half the time the soil plants are in, especially from big box stores, isn’t beneficial or even soil at all. It’s a cheap mix of dirt and sand and filler. I just like watching people plant things.
Vancien Villafarra would it be possible to put worms inside the pot of a venus flytrap and if so, what kind of worms?
Vancien Villafarra awesome, thanks for the tip!
I would love to check in on this plant later, to see how it's doing. Would you consider doing a short follow-up video on him next month?
I want to see how this plant is doing also.
Would love this too
But maybe it didn’t make it
@@TCgirl I have one but won't make a video until the summertime. When my whole garden is in full bloom.
So helpful! We got our son his venus fly trap. I wanted to make sure we take proper care of him. Our son names his plant Greeny
Dianne Wassa I named mine Dosenatopalus
Weird name... I know
I wish my parents buy me too.
Qwerty Spectre I feel bad...
@@HunterOfDune i like the name!! (:
Mine is named Vinny
I keep thinking of it as a living sentient being and I’m like “be careful with it” 😫.
Cause it is!! Lol 💚
they’re tougher than they look
It is a living sentient thing in my opinion.
I mean... it's definitely living, dude.
What makes it sentient in your opinion?
I bought a couple venus fly traps in plastic tubes in a grocery store a couple years ago as an impulse purchase. But don't worry, I have a green thumb. I leave the pots outside in a shallow container, which I fill with reverse osmosis water. I keep the venus fly traps in full sun, on a small table in the middle of my garden. Tons of bugs, of course, so the venus fly traps are very good at feeding themselves. I live in zone six, so I take them inside during the winter, and leave them on the drafty windowsill in my plant room. This is a spare room in my house where I keep my houseplants in the winter (as well as my hamster year-round lol) away from artificial light, so as not to disrupt their circadian rhythms. If taken care of, a grocery store venus fly traps do very, very well.
So I’ve purchased about 5 of these over the last year from Bug Biting Plants and every single one of them had some sarracenia seeds hitching a ride in the potting moss that sprouted a few weeks into spring and now I’ve got 5 sarracenia seedlings growing in my bog garden. 😎
Nice!
Rizzo RIZZO woooah thats rad.
Rizzo RIZZO i think i have them growing in mine too! how long did you wait to move them from the fly trap’s moss?
Lucky you........
They have Sarracenia SEEDS? I’ve bought those before and thrown away the other media. I don’t think it says anything about seeds being in there. I just figured they didn’t include a Sarracenia.
look how dark the leaves are, chocked full of chlorophyll to aid photosynthesis. The more light, the less chlorophyll to cope with the brightness. You know these havent seen proper light all their life like brad said.
I just bought one in a death cube myself and it’s actually very healthy looking and full of bright red color! I got it out of the cube of course but my question is, can you leave the dirt and everything with it and just put it in a bigger pot?
Yes you can
Yes, but it will obviously need more eventually. But you probably already knew that. If you're wondering if you can use the same dirt and stuff, and add more to it instead of throwing the old dirt away, the answer is yes.
I rescued my first ever venus fly trap from a death cube now it has a bush of over 20 traps!
the packaging is a nightmare I literally had to take a pair of scissors to get it open not only is it seal but it had some kind of tape film over it as well 😣🍃🍃
I have to admit, it's the death cubes that got me interested in venus fly traps, and all carnivorous plants
that's my take on it also.
people may scorn the death cubes and stores that carry it, but in all honesty, it is probably where most people see VFTs and get into carnivorous plants.
See, i don’t do a good job when It comes to caring about carnivorous plants. I’ve had several Venus fly traps right at my window, direct sunlight etc. and they all burned. I really gave up to be honest but recently saw a sarracenia Purpurea while I was shopping for my other plants. I have it for about three months now and it’s doing really good. I might get a Venus again, just to try, since I gained a bit more experience with plants recently. Thank you very much for this video!
I’ve had VTP’s die too but It’s actually easy to take care of Venus Flytraps if you find the right instruction video. The first and most important thing is to keep them hydrated in separate bowl filled with distilled water and always keep them outside in warm temps with plenty of sun. They really do the rest by attracting and eating small bugs.
Have you kept them in an area which gets plenty of circulation? I have a VFT which I have had since 2012/13 and it used to be on a sunny window which was also cool and shady. It certainly is an art.
What water are you using? VFT do NOT like hard water or minerals in general. Use distilled water or rain water. Also, they can't live in potting soil. The roots will burn, again, from minerals and fertilizers. DO NOT ADD FERTILIZER. They will die. They also have a dormancy period in the Winter and need a temperate climate to live in. They are not from the tropics, they are native to North and South Carolina. So they need a dormancy period in order to live.
@everyone who commented: thank you very much! After I had posted the comment 9 months ago, I got another small VFT and also a few other carnivorous plants, I thought I should give it another try. I am currently holder of about 153 plants in total, not only carnivorous. :) all my carnivorous plants are alive and doing extremely well in my room, they are healthy and hardly ever get a bad leaf. I water almost all my plants with rainwater, I don’t fertilize my carnivorous plants and am keeping them in a special soil mixture I think works the absolute best. so thank you, again, for all the Support, I am very happy with my plantkeeping at the moment and I’m definitely getting more very soon. Can’t ever let go of this addiction, haha. Oh and btw, in the area I live in, the tap water is very clean, but hard unfortunately, that’s why I can’t water my plants with that, but I found that rainwater OR distilled water do their job very fine.
Leigha Kymberlynn what soil should I use for my VFT if not potting mix??
Interesting re-pot . Cute little plant. Thank you for sharing. Good luck with it.
Best 'death cube' VFT I have ever seen.
Just got a little fly trap in a "death cube" just like that and will repot it tomorrow! This video is súper helpful!
Good video about a subject that confuses many. The vast majority of prepackaged VFT are produced by just a few companies in the US, and I feel safe saying that ALL of them are tissue culture clones of either the straight species or the King Henry cultivar ( also possibly the Dente variety)- they are all identical, not much chance of an 'unnamed cultivar' showing showing up. If you were to get them from smaller independent growers ( not in cubes)then possibly. They are all produced on a strict schedule and packaged (marketing) as soon as they reach a certain age. Most probably do not survive past a certain time unless they are bought early in their lives and treated correctly. That said, the one you got did not look bad, and even the declining specimens can be resuscitated if they aren't too far gone. I produce about 5-6 thousand flytraps a year for the retail market. In addition to the straight species, I grow Dente, King Henry, Red Dragon, and Red Sawtooth- all from TC labs. I also do seedlings ( either chance crosses or deliberate) from my nursery. The large operations ( cubes and cups)have no need for any diversity- it's much easier with all TC clones
This video is really helpful! I recently bought a Venus fly tap in a “death cube” surprisingly the moss was really moist
+Mamie Louise Taylor Glad to hear!
You know, the plant you rescued in your video did not need repotting. Your plant looked healthy enough all it needed was distilled watering and some sunlight. Repotting should be discouraged unless a flytrap is currently in the wrong media and/or before spring before the end of their dormancy. It takes longer for a flytrap to have its roots disturbed(during active growing)to fully recover rather than keeping it happy in its current container. Most of my larger flytraps grow happily in 4" pots and 3" pots planted individually. I use 6" pots if I plan to have more than 5 plants at once.
Happy growing
Symmetrical Origami I suspect Brad knows all this. Personally I prefer to grow all my plants in the same media. It makes it much easier to care for them.
I have had mine in the same plastic container for two years. It's growing like crazy still.
Well it may be a good idea to put it outside for winter this year. From what I’ve seen, you can safely grow them for 2 years without dormancy but any more than that and they’re toast
People who think plants don’t have black root Junipers have red and black roots and they turn brown when rotten just a fun little tidbit fact.
This is a great video, thank you. I am just about to do the same. Surprised how rough you were with the plant, but it gives me hope, as clearly it is pretty tough.
I “rescued” my Vinny from the same death cube! I’m happy to say he’s still alive and about to go into dormancy but guess what? EVERY OTHER VFT at the same store died 😡😩. I’m so angry they didn’t take better care of them!
that’s the same name as me
@@VinnyIsEpic my poor Vinny died 💔😞 🪴 2019-2020 RIP
@@ckotcher1 sorry for your lost
@@VinnyIsEpic thank you ❤️🪴
@@ckotcher1
You should've revived Vinny
Any of these death cubes I’ve ever seen the plant looks dead. If the top of the plant is dead, is it possible to still save the root system? If so, can you do a video on how to do that?
Are all the mouths dead? A lot of times some mouths will turn black and die but that doesn't mean the plant is dead - unless all the mouths are black - but if they still have some green leaves they live.
@@seducingluci they're alive*
I got one of these from a local garden centre for £2, but it was in a plastic cup and was so tiny! It's almost doubled in size now! 🎊
Help, I bought two today. It took me about three years to get these. I live in tropical weather[PR]. I know they haven't seen sun light, so, do I put them just for a few hours day on and day on until get used to it or immediately full sunlight. It is March they both seem like they are barely coming out from dormancy. Imma repot them of course. I just want to take care of them. There were plenty of them 🥺😢 in those boxes. I was so sad they were like that. I was so happy to finally found them and I'm anxious since I dont want them to die. They are so cute.
Janice Inkheart Same here! I’m not a very experienced gardener but I was lucky enough to find these in a Florida gift shop during February vacation. I brought them home and kept them in the corner of a windowsill. I didn’t open the window so the sunlight was filtered through the glass to the plant. That seems to have worked well so far and my plant looks pretty healthy. Every now and then (since the weather is getting nicer), I open the window to give them some fresh air. The sun comes in nicely and it allows more bugs to get caught in the traps. Best of luck with your plant and I hope this method might work for you, too!
Brianna Casey filtered sunlight is light coming through some net blinds or something like that. You are exposing your plants too full sun if there is only a pane of glass in between it and the sunshine. They like it anyway, but just in case you start to grow something that definitely needs filtered sunlight. 😃
@@eccremocarpusscaber5159 Thanks. They grew so precious, they even has pretty flowers but then they died. I live un a second story house, they fell to their death, on a very windy day. They in very bad stage, I am trying to save them...
Eccremocarpus scaber Funnily enough, I actually do have blinds in that window that I’ve been filtering light to the plant with and made this change shortly after my comment (sadly, I forgot to edit it). After doing that a while ago my plants are all good now 👍
I have such awful luck with Flytraps... would love to see follow ups on this little plant.... encourages me to try again. PS.... I adore your bullfrog!!! I grew up on South Florida--now in PA and I really miss hearing bull frogs!!! 💖🐸💖
+klcpca Glad to hear!
Check out Sarracenia Northwest. You’ll learn everything you need to know to have a healthy and vigorous Venus flytrap.
Thank you for the informative video. I recently bought my first Venus Flycatcher. I follow the instructions but doesn’t look happy. It is rather small compared with your plant in video and I was not sure what to do to keep it healthy. Thanks for the tips.
The directions always lead to the plant dying. I don’t know why they sell them with such terrible instructions.
I think many of the flytraps you get in the terrariums are seed grown. Here in the US Lowe's has flytraps under the name "Bug biting plants" and I have many flytraps from them that don't really seem to be of any cultivar at all. I'm familiar with the G16 clone Walmart uses but Lowe's flytraps seem to be all genetically different from each other which I love.
it makes me sad seeing such a wonderful plant getting the care most people give to it my moms friends son who is 6 just got a Venus fly trap and the mom told me it was dying i wanted to care for since i had everything for it right soil, right water, and right sun but the kids was dying it make me sad that a lot of these plants die from people but their are some people like brads greenhouse who actually care and comfort these wonderful plants.
I like watching CP videos and hearing "half a centimetre". Speaking my language!
I wouldn’t mind death cubes except that they always have incorrect information on them
Hi, thanks for this video. I have a question. I bought my death cube VFT a week ago and I ordered some carniverous plant soil (peat moss + pearlite) and have a new plastic pot (4 in diameter, 5-6 in deep) ready to put it in. Should I repot this plant as soon as possible or should I wait a while first? Thanks for any help!
Get it out of its death cube as soon as possible!
I took 3 and planted them all in a giant pot. They are thriving! They are healthy as all hell.
I had 2 VFTs so I gave 1 to my brother, it came time to repot them and we decided to do this together and my brother snapped the root on his and lost interest in it and gave it to me, I replanted it in a hole I made in the peat moss and gave it water then put it under a LED light expecting the plant to die anyway, to my surprise it had a new mouth forming, it was growing!!! I saved a plant from dying!! New soil and some water made a new mouth, I put it outside and it hunted flies!!Just a note for growers who are new to this peat moss and pure water will make traps(I had 6 on mine) but insects make traps grow faster. LED lights are good but sunlight is better.
Thank you for this instructive video. I learnt a lot.
Good rescue! Thick leaves and the traps almost look like the "Alien" cultivar...
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We got a small Venus trap plant too, and it’s doing REAL bad. This was a great recommendation I got!
If you don’t like the look of perlite I highly recommend a 50/50 sand/peat moss mix. That’s what I use for my VFT and sarracenia’s, and in my opinion drains better than perlite. My VFT was a rescue as well but in a lot worse condition. It’s doing fantastic now and has at least one new growth point after it’s first summer since I bought it.
I wish that bull frogs sounded like trumpets to me. How audibly interesting life must be for you.
OMG I have that tray... All the way in the UK I actually use mine for repotting.
I just rescued a guy from the claims dept of my job at Walmart great video! Thank you hope I can rescue mine he is in spring mode! And pretty healthy
My grocery store just got some in. This is about the 3rd video I've watched of yours and had no clue this was how you care for them! I'm in northern Nevada, (not vegas) so a greenhouse is almost necessary if you're a grower as mother nature is full of surprises. Thanks for all the tips! They will be transfered to our greenhouse to get the full experience.
Venus flytraps are outdoor plants, full sun.
I just got one too.. and i felt so bad about how cramped it looked in there 😫 had to save the little guy
i just love how this video show you thing step by step
I got the same thing yesterday
I also have been keeping our pitchers outside under a tall bush in a shady corner of our garden. Because the air gets so dry during the day here, I’ve been misting them. I meant to say that in the comments before. At night, by the ocean, it gets humid enough to keep them happy. Dropped down to 52 degrees last night. It’s winter here. Our tenants left behind a sandbox full of play sand we’ve been using to mix up low nutrient based soil for our Aloe and other cactus plants. Will the play sand work mixed with sphagum for traps and pitchers? What ratio? Should we soak the moss first as you said in the video? Should we use perlite instead? I’m starting a carnivore plant museum but I don’t want to be disappointed. Also, I’ve seen them stored over lava rocks as well. One of the Venus traps has already caught a fly today. The pitchers I can’t tell. The pitchers are dying off the plants quickly. Should I feed the pitchers? Before I move them or after? How often? Should I cut off the dead pitchers? I’ve looked up a ton of info on Dr. Google. Haha. The best info I always go for is UA-cam because everyone who takes the trouble to make videos seem to have firsthand experience.
They don’t need misting, but they do need full sun! They should be sitting in a water tray. Look up Sarracenia Northwest for how to grow Pitcher plants and other carnivorous plants, including Venus flytraps, successfully.
You’re so good with your Venus fly trap. 👍🏼👍🏼💕🌿
Mine is from the same grower. I'm in NE Ohio. It's dormant or partially dormant.
It's in the same tiny pot. I thought it was a baby, should I repot it?
I work at a nursery where we sell these, all you have to do is keep the lid open and keep them watered well
also, is it suitable to plant them in just spaghnum moss? where i live theres loads of it. im getting a vft from amazon in a few days and i just wanted to know if i ever need to repot it because i dont have carnivorous plant soil right now
Wow. I've never seen a nakey Venus fly trap.
So helpful thanks
I got this cube and he’s my healthiest plant outgrown 2 pots
they actually grow faster in sphagnum moss, tight or partially loose, you can also grow them in shorter pots and sit them in water all the time, no need to repot until they get too big for their location, the will multiply pretty quickly, just don't let the moss dry.
Just bought one from Walmart, clipped all the black ones off, I was unsure if I should report till I saw this video. Mine is in a 1-2 in pot. Thanks for the video it helped. ~Chris~
Found one in my grocery store today and just had to save one! Thanks for the video!
Great help thx. Have bought my first one since having one as a kid and love these things. As i live in the UK i have recently purchased a bulb to grow due to the weather here, indoor growth.
- looks like I got the last two at Lowes - one is fairly healthy the other was bone dry and withering with a lot of black leaves and finger things - I had some as a kid but that was well over 60 years ago - So this is a hoot for me, I'm in Az., so I don't know if outside is a good idea,
If it's not too late I'd recommend giving them a bit of sunshade because the sun in Arizona is pretty intense. As for the heat I used to live in Oklahoma and experienced 100-115°F weather during late summer and they did fairly well.
I just now got the notification for this video 🙄 UA-cam is so slow these days anyways glad that flytrap is getting the care it deserves
is the pot too small???
I have a bag of peat moss and another of perlite that's about 3 years old in my garage (Had flytraps in the past). Would they still be fine to use or should I get fresh medium if I want my plants to last?
No one said they had to be hardened off!! glad I kept mine in the windowsill for this week.
Beautiful 😍💚
The Venus fly traps appreciate that very much and for me getting them out of those death cubes it’s just another day at the office metaphorically speaking
Thanks so much I just rescued one without even knowing until I looked some videos up and than I came across yours!! New subscriber here and thanks so much
Hi Brad. I just bought a Venus Fly Trap at my local nursery. I noticed that you removed the Sphagnum moss you purchased your fly trap in. You repotted it in peat moss and perlite. What kind of peat moss and perlite do you use? I ask because some are enhanced with plant food, and I heard that these plants do not need plant food, since they are carnivorous. Is there a brand that you like in particular?
Pike nursery has the most well kept death cubes very moist and I think hand fed
I just bought one today and it won’t close and is clearly dying (they were kept on a bottom shelf indoors so i’m not surprised) so i’m getting some distilled water and i put him outside :)
I tried repotting my flytrap, but I was unprepared and I didn't have enough media for it's new pot, and the tiny pot it came in was crammed so tight with moss that I could barely get it out and I think I was too rough and it seems to be dead now. I put it back in its old pot but I think I did it wrong and it's dying. Do you have any idea if I can fix this?
Wonder what the plants thinking Durning this
"Ah yeah. That feels much better. 😍"
"Yes. These are my real roots. 😉"
@Kurloz makara yea they are.
Thanks for this. I picked up exactly this brand of death cube last week and I was confused that it said 'no sunlight' yet everything I've read said it needs sunlight.
I think I won't repot it for now, but I'll repot it next spring.
It died, didn’t it? They require full sun.
I noticed you soaked the moss and perlite. For those who don’t know, the warm water you soak it in, is it distilled?
Love these videos. Never tried to grow outdoors but seems like worth trying. I have grown 1 successful plant which is my 1st attempt. It never sees outside however sees plenty of sun (8 hours) and plenty of moistness. Thanks for some great advise!
Venus flytraps are outdoor plants, full sun.
@@xxpowwowbluexx I’ve had nothing but success in my year of growing indoors. They have flowered, successfully. They have lovely red leaves and are producing some of the biggest traps I have seen on a Venus flytrap
@@xxpowwowbluexx you have been listening to the fear mongerers too much
@@xxpowwowbluexx oh and also I have a sarracina too, which is also growing with no issues at all
I just got the same plant at Home Depot last week, but it was planted into Peat Moss. I guess I just have to repot it into bigger pot. Thank you for the video!!!
same
Thanks for sharing!
So you have to bare the roots to plant it, or leave the moss that comes with it then plant it?
I don’t know how mine has survived so long it’s deathcube! Thankfully i got the supplies to replant it and im going to transfer it today
Thanks for your videos, they are very practical and simple. You have combined your knowledge with the simplicity of the concepts. You are a source of great inspiration to me! Thanks! Andrea Amici
No death stars here. Death cubes it is, and I like it. 💅👌
Shriveling up in sunlight isn't really a problem in England. I do put my VFT under a daylight lamp when there is dull weather in winter/spring. My first one got a fungal infection and died in winter.
I don't like the look of perlite on top either- why didn't I think of this?
Great video, as usual
+Mintakah Not Sure 🤔
Will a venus flytrap still be alive if I plant then on just a regular soil?
I was wondering if you could help me with my plant, all of the traps have died and not grown back and ive landed with one leaf left wich is black, how do i bring it back to life
My dad recently bought some Venus Fly Traps from Wal-Mart for my sister and I. Ours came in not a cube, but a cylinder, which we quickly removed and left in the pot given, basically the same one as the one he got in the first place that he removed the plant from. The pot came with what I believe is Peat Moss, and the plant is actually incredibly healthy, with a good amount of red and only a few black traps that we had to prune (I'm thinking they correctly had it in their garden section and in the sun but fed it too much, my sister's has like all of the traps closed compared to mine having had none closed). Should I look into buying a larger pot for the Fly Trap? If so, will the Fly Trap grow more? The tallest trap is about 3 inches and the entire plant is about as wide as the pot, though likely because of the cylinder it was in.
I just brought two from Walmart less than 224 hours ago and they are dead! I'm pissed!
@@msmoxie866, look up Sarracenia Northwest. They have excellent growing instructions.
I just wish theese death cubed flytraps were treated in a good way and u know had its own section of flytraps without plastic boxes and actually really being cared properly by the grocery store
Hello! I am a beginner at growing flytraps and made the unfortunate mistake of not reading labels and gave my flytrap distilled water for babies that had vitamins like potassium, they started to die and the traps fell off but the stems are still green. I purchased a gallon of pure distilled water, can I save my flytraps? Will I need new Pete moss/soil?
death cube, that was funny but true. the thing I would also do is water it heavy for a couple of days to get any bad water residue out of it , unless you do what you did and removed all the soil and then you do not have to worry. I jest bought / rescued, two plants. the first one I watered heavy for two days then transplanted using the soil included, the second one , the moss is so heavy the water hardy runs thru it. that one needs a soil change. would also like to see a update video. I know my first one I rescued, is two times bigger, and it has only been two weeks
I bought peat but the wrong kinda perlite. It was the enriched kind. Will it be fine with just peat?
I absolutely HATE those death cubes too! I feel so bad for the plants. :( I’m also the exact same way about not liking the look of perlite on top! Lol 😬😬
I was too rough transplanting my three and now I think they are dying! Why are these plants so hard to care for?!
They’re not. Check out the info from Sarracenia Northwest on how to grow them successfully.
So reading the back of my new fly trap it says leave in the plastic greenhouse or put in a glass globe, greenhouse. So i don’t need to keep it covered????
Nice. My single flytrap that I rescued is doing good so far. I hope it makes it past it's first year.
@Carnivorous Plant Channel Thanks but we'll see after winter because in my area we don't get cold for long so no real dormancy period.
@Carnivorous Plant Channel That will work. I'm zone 9.
What does the peet moss do for plants
Im just thinking about Pan frying with cajun creole seasoning the frog.😂
What is the best soil since I can only find peat moss? I want my babies to live. Also, they haven't eaten in 3 days. Are they ok? And will animals eat them?
I was thinking about doing a research experiment on these plants. Do you think feeding each plant a various type of bug such as an ant, fly, worm will merit any noticeable physical changes in the plant?
Considering the sphagnum moss as a suitable medium, do you see any issues with planting these in a roughly 60/40 sphag/natural orchid bark mix? I'd like to add some of these guys to a large healthy pot currently housing a Nepenthes and a few bromeliads. They've all got their space and it's got a false bottom. I live in Florida so I'm fairly blessed with temps and humidity.
Late but as long as the bark doesn’t have added nutrients, it should work. When I get peat moss for my carnivores, they have little twigs in it but they grow fine
Where are you guys purchasing these plants ? They're only legally allowed to be sold near where the plant is grown, in the green swamp of NC:)
I purchased mine at my local Walmart in FL!
Thats a healthy plant albiet slightly dry with a decent sphagnum moss medium. All that plant needed was a position in the sun and rainwater