Want to see how this terrarium is doing months later? Then check this video! They made it through the winter and are ready to go for spring and summer. ua-cam.com/video/4wzZWwMETXo/v-deo.html
@Serpa I was wondering where you apx live? I'm in Arizona our local Lowe's sells Venus fly traps. Our winters are not entirely cold, do you think it will still work for my region?
@@Nakira2000 they can live anywhere indoors with proper light and hydration keep in mind flytraps go dormant in the winter. If you want more versatile carnivorous plants, sundews are found in almost every environment whereas flytraps are only found in one or two states. Butterworts might do well in AZ also. Hope this helps. I live in zone 5 and have sundews, pitchers, butterwort, and flytraps
“Naturally, I sorry for the plants because no one wanted them” I DO THIS ALL THE TIME!!!! If I pick up a piece of produce at the store and then try to put it back and pick another one, I feel bad for the first one and keep/love it.
I was literally at the store earlier today, and feeling so bad for the potted herbs being neglected in the produce section. They just look so sad, and they clearly needed water and sun :(
I am so glad you mentioned their dormancy requirements right away. I look forward to seeing how this progresses. There are a bunch of sundews or even pings that are amazing as windowsill/terrarium plants should you want to revisit it.
I bet butterworts would be lovely. Mines just turned this awesome pink color due to seasonal changes. Its gorgeous and almost holographic in the sunlight
Edit: Woah never thought anyone would be bothered to read my rambling. Thanks guys! Good job, you really did your research and it looks great! For feeding them, I would recommend using smaller bugs though, because if it's sticking out the trap in any way, while the plant may be able to extract some nutrients from it, the trap will definitely go black and rot from the bacteria entering it. This is especially a problematic for mold growth in a close humid environment like a terrarium. I know from experience. Some flytraps do better with food that's a great deal smaller than the traps. I use freeze dried bloodworms for feeding betta fish as you can give them enough to fill the traps, but not too much, and measure it out. If you feed them these though, make sure to massage the traps so they are triggered multiple times, or else it won't recognize it as prey and will just open up again and the food will rot/mold. Moss is actually very beneficial for CPs. So long as they don't have ferts attached you don't have to worry about contaminants, because it grows alongside carnivorous plants in the wild. I have a pot with a sundew that's been taken over by star moss I think, and I'd say it's probably one of my healthiest plants. The moss prevents all mold/algae growth by taking it over and "eating" it, and I only have to water the plant like once every few weeks, because it holds moisture so well. This will be great for flytraps, because they are extremely drought intolerant. Leave them a day with dry soil and you'll find them black and shriveled. Good choice on keeping the container open, I have found that flytraps prefer much dryer and less humid conditions than any other Carnivorous Plant, even sarrencias which are another north american CP. And don't worry too much about dormancy. If you skip it once, it's not gonna shorten the lifespan of your plant by a substantial enough amount to notice. I skipped it with my flytrap seedlings before as I decided they were too small to recover from it. Often commercial growers skip dormancy as they grow the plants in-vitro, or just give the plants so many nutrients that that they grow year-round. It's a large debate between CP growers whether or not flytraps will have a shortened lifespan without dormancy, but they are technically immortal, so? Anyways, if the plants are put near a window they'll quickly notice the temperature changes, and at the same time appreciate sun (as they look extremely light-deprived), and figure out when it's time. I'm just being a know-it-all at this point haha, but I hope this info is helpful to anyone who reads it.
I tried keeping carnivorous plants... Venus, various Pitcher and the sticky ones (can't remember the names as it was years ago). Unfortunately they never lasted long :( I hope @SerpaDesign sees this comment and I look forward to seeing this Terrarium experiment in the future!
Home Media Think you’re thinking of sundews. And sometimes just a single factor can influence this and it’s hard to figure out without the right supplied and research, as well as lots and lots of experience. flytraps are one of the easiest and most tolerant, so long as they’re not left to dry, and I didn’t see any major flaws in his choices. I think they’ll do fine :)
Per request, I finally did a Venus Fly Trap Terrarium! I don't know if it will last and to be honest my expectations are low, but I sure hope that it does. I'll do the follow up video for this in late April - early May. As requested, I will also do a less experimental, tropical carnivorous plant terrarium at some point in the future. Let me know what you think, will this terrarium last or no?
i had one in my very established set up , introduced a year in and it died pretty quickly. it looks like the humidity got to it. having it open is an excellent idea! looks awesome. great job!
I think it won't last for one reason; you provided everything the flytrap needs (good substrate, humidity and water) but the sun, these are sun loving plants and will wither inside without direct sun, put them in the sun and they will bake in the terrarium. I think it will be challenging to keep them alive in there because they can take everything but low light (think about all the energy they need to digest those bugs, that means STRONG SUN :) )
Honestly, I feel like they are simple to care for. I've had a 10 gallon terrarium with Venus fly traps. They were planted in peat moss and plenty, plenty of water. Cover the tank with plastic wrap and place a grow light, and they are good. In winter, I just turned off the grow light and kept them near a window, where it's cooler but there is some light. Now, I have one Venus flytrap in a pot that sits in a container filled with distilled water on the windowsill. Grows like a charm.
I think it depends where you live. Where I live the climate is very mediterranean and the coldest I ever remembering it getting was the mid 40s in the middle of the night. An average winter day is somewhere in the 60s so while I would like fly traps I would probably have to rig up some kind of winter set up for them
@@starandfox601 not really, but I've seen them in my bathtub drain before and freaked out and power cleaned and got rid of them. I'm afraid of raising them indoors intentionally and having them spread and infest my home. I suppose they are very easy to get rid of, since they need water, but I suspect people have come up with other solutions that don't involve the use of bugs (not that I don't love bugs and springtails).
@@FusionDeveloper if they are in a enclousred container they shouldn't be a problem. Also not really.Spring tails and other scavaging invertbrates are the best solution cuase they eat mold and fungus along with rotting organic matter like dead plant leaves.which not only prevents mold but also helps with recycling nuititreints. Oh and also spring tails aren't bugs cuase they aren't insects.they belong to their own class called collembola. But if you really don't want ti use them then I guess you could try isopods like the rolly polly.since they also eat decaying matter.
@@sleepingbag968 He's one of those UA-camrs that never refers to himself by name, therefore, most people recognise and associate him with the channel name. Nothing wrong with that.
good luck! I hope they survive for you. I planted some old pitcher plant seeds last year but unfortunately they never grew. I also had another terrarium I set up that seemed dead and now, over 6 months later it's finally beginning to grow life!
I accidentally killed mine as a kid because I gave it a piece of my hamburger. Aaaanyways.... They're such cool plants, and they have some really stunning varieties
The container you selected for this build is perfect. Not only does the opening minimize moisture loss, but it also minimizes unwanted false triggers of the traps by preventing them from being disturbed by any of your other friends being curious and exploring the terrarium.
As a grower of many carnivorous plants, my heart leaped the moment I saw the notification for this! That being said, I'll be carefully inspecting your facts.... 👀
@@parthaveaswar I wrote another comment on this and having grown them myself I can see that it's not that bad, and flytraps are tough and resilient so long as their soil does not dry out past a certain extent. They will do fine in there just long term won't be feasible.
This is unlikely to work. One of the disappointing bits of the video is that he didn't address the issues related to feeding these plants. They have to eat flies or other insects from time to time as they cannot receive any nutrition from the ground. Leave them outside and they'll probably eat enough, but inside you really have to make sure to keep them fed on some sort of reasonable basis.
so I decided to keep house plants again. I happened to see Venice fly trap plants and thought "wow, how Kool is that ", and acquired a few. Of course I had no idea how to care for them, so I inquired at the store and of course Google. That is how I was introduced to your channel and saw the most interesting terrarium. This is how you introduced me to a fascinating new hobby. First I would like to say thank you 😊 second I would like to add pictures of my first attempt at my first terrarium.
In the Carolina's where they grow wild, it's not easy to find these anymore. I've seen them in the wild back in the 70's... but many of their habitats are now golf courses and retirement communities around the Wilmington and Myrtle Beach areas :( I found a huge colony of these once near Conway SC. The bog also had large populations of Drosera and Sarracenia Flava... it was amazing! I'll add, I also encountered an eastern diamondback rattlesnake in that bog! Commercial ventures grow these by tissue culture (much faster) and in no way harms the wild populations (few that are left).
Awesome build! I was thinking the substrate looked a bit off color visually, but covering it with the lava rock and moss really makes the terrarium look whole. I look forward to seeing where this goes.
I like the video and concept a lot but I'm skeptical about this one lasting long term. a "bog pot" or "bog garden" would have made a better and more natural home for the traps and you could have added sundews and pitchers as well. If this experiment doesn't pan out, you should consider making a bog garden outside adjacent to the pond you want to build! could make for a really cool episode or series!! Still love this though, I hope it works out! Thanks for all of the advice and tips over the years! You are the best info on terrariums anywhere around and helped me take the leap and get into the hobby finally just this past spring!
Thank you for all your ideas! I built my first mini-terrarium a couple of weeks ago and one of the plants I picked is growing roots! I live in Canada and we are just getting over winter. It is so nice to have greenery inside when the outside is cold and frigid.
Every plant absorbs nutrients from dead animals in the soil. "Carnivorous" plants just happen to be able to absorb nutrients with their leafs because they evolved on poor soils.
@@foxmulder8955 so you're saying that through a series of events the vegan eating his kale is consuming second generation nutrients from a dead animal...that's like really cruel to animals vegans should just stop eating everything
I have well over 50 flytraps, they are at least 3 yrs old now. I usually just put a loose plastic bag over them thank you for making this tutorial had given me lots of ideas thank you.
I was hoping it would be a self sustaining terrarium with one or two species of bugs living in there. That way, the fly traps get fed naturally and you get to watch the ecosystem.
firexgodx980 I’m pretty sure the flies would go instinct very quickly as it’s such a small container, but maybe in a larger area with the traps much less densely placed.
Although that opening is relatively shallow and difficult to get at, I’m thinking that spiders would still be aroused by the sweet scent and would be able to make their way into that lovely fortress of arachnid hell - or am I merely fantasizing LOL?
I have a venus fly trap in my home. I always water it with rain water & sometimes it gets the mosquitos that fly into my room in the summer. It is now about 3 years old. It gets very cold in the winter and very hot in the summer in my home but the plant seemed fine. It once grew a very long tentacle arm with a small flower on top that was really cute.
You have truly admirable levels of patience to do something so fiddly. I honestly don't think I could have done that without losing the plot and finding a nice big hammer to finish the build.
I’ve ALWAYS wanted a VFT and Walmart had these plants just sitting there with no loving. I picked up two. I’m glad I stumbled on your channel you inspired me to give these guys a nice setup. You got a nice channel and you earned another sub. Thanks 🙏
Yay, you saved the flytraps from the Death Cubes! I just found your channel and love your work, and as a person who grows a lot of carnivores, I was excited to see what you’d do. Normally I don’t recommend terrariums for flytraps because (contrary to the common perception) they just don’t need that steamy environment, but as long as you can meet their very high light requirements without cooking them, why not? On dormancy, some “orthodox” growers will squawk, but unlike most temperate carnivores, flytraps actually can skip their dormancy IF you provide the consistent high light. But that won’t happen without artificial light, which is why so many of them end up dying. There are several other warm temperate bog carnivores you could grow with them too and even one Sarracenia, rosea (the other Sarracenias will just stop growing they miss more than one dormancy). I grow mine outdoors year round but I live in Seattle and we have pretty mild winters. Still they can take low 20s with no problem as long as they don’t dessicate. Well, now I have to go check and see how these did!
I have my venus fly traps growing in a pot that is sitting in a tray with about 1/4" of distilled water and under my aerogarden light. I read that a 25w LED light bulb on a 14-hr per day cycle would be enough to suffice. I'm thinking about creating a terrarium for them in a 3 gallon fish tank under a 25w LED bulb. Would that work ok?
@@txgemini1979 I hear mixed reviews. Some people say it works fine for a few years and then the plants poop out. But I have also heard of plants surviving a lot longer than that. I can’t see any reason not to try it.
Well, I now understand why my fly trap plant died shortly after I purchased it a few years ago. I look forward to trying again & creating my first terrarium. Also, your channel is my favorite on UA-cam - you are so talented at everything you do!
I know you say that the substrate shouldn't be soggy, but I think they grow better if the substrate is soggy. You can literally pour water into your terrarium so there is like a half inch of water on the bottom
@@asialong1687 Really? I've heard every pro carnivorous gardener warn heavily against ground beef. I recently started a meal worm colony in order to feed mine, I also have a worm bin, but they can make themselves skinny enough to escape. I just wondered what they had access to in this small terrarium with no natural bugs to have access to.
@@Beansie Thats Okay too! It's your decision on what you think is best for your plant and what you know it needs. Ground beef is only a suggestion, It Just happened to have worked for me.
@@Beansie mealworms are no good for this. I had the same idea when I started my colony. Crickets should work decently. Although they go dormant in winter and once its warm enough i put them outside so there isnt a huge need
@@samverner4547 Actually if you never feed them yourself and just give them the intense light they need they can live really well without being fed. Small fungus gnats and other tiny bugs fro mthe soil will naturally get in the traps and they don't need to eat often :)
What a crazy coincidence that today I heard the episode "Dropping like Flies" through Criminal Podcast... Keep up your beautiful Terrarium creations and thank you for sharing...
Wow, this is the first time I've watched something like this and I loved it. Venus Fly trap is my favorite carnivorous plant and the way you made this terrarium is just great! The artificial environment with the moss suited it very well. Great job! You just got another subscriber!!!!
Huzzah,, oh thank you, thank you, I have always wanted this very thing. I will keep looking for updates on this project. I wish you the best of luck on this and all your projects.
Hey dude, I tried this last year and my traps started turning black almost right away. Half of them died by the time they were re-potted. SAVE THEM NOW.... On the plus side they survived and separated a couple times and I now have like six plants :D Apparently pitcher plants do well in terarriums?
Wow. I clicked this video thinking "PFFT this guy doesnt know venus fly traps hate being in terrariums." But you really impressed me! You did your research and if any venus fly Trap terrium is gonna work it'll be this one, this was a fantastic video. :) good luck with it
NO! BAD! Flytraps are not well suited for terrarium culture. They need at least 5 hours of direct sun to grow well. Preferably more. The setup in this video encourages a long, slow death over the course of a few years as they lose more and more stored energy until they eventually succumb to a disease or other issue. The only way you might get this to work for long term growth is if you provided them with LED light equivalent to sunlight. LEDs produce less heat than other other artificial light sources and would allow you to give them enough light to grow well. Using sunlight will bake the plants in that container ... yes, even with the top open. In addition, the lack of bottom drainage will cause two problems ... 1. If we're talking about a permanent environment over years of time then salts will eventually accumulate even if you're using distilled water. The soil needs to be flushed occasionally to keep it from going bad. 2. The constant moisture on the plants roots will cause rot over time. Flytraps like it a bit drier than other bog plants. Look, if you want to grow flytrap just put them in a 1:1 peat:perlite or sand mix, put them in an oversized pot so they have plenty of room of their root systems (their roots can extend up to 8 inches into the medium), put them outside in a sunny location during the warm months, and if you live north of zone 6 then bring them indoors for the winter in a cold, sunny room or garage. The only place in the world where venus flytraps are native is North and South Carolina. They're found typically on the sunny slopes around peat bogs near the coast. The closer you can get to that type of environment, the better your plants will do. My $0.02
@@roxik1073 That may be a little pessimistic. From my experience, flytraps in this kind of environment will go through a long, slow death by attrition. It may take a year or two but eventually they'll succumb to something as their energy levels get lower and lower. If they're able to blast that terrarium with enough LED light and are able to provide a decent dormancy period then the flytraps might be able to last for a while. My $0.02
I know but plants from shops and supermarkets are extremely weak. I got one myself and even I cared for it the best I could, it died after 3 weeks... Now I have new one from a keeper and it's super strong and grows like crazy!
Actually they are no longer allowed to be taken from their natural habitat. However, some plant specialists have figured out how to take a leaf and some root powder and start a new plant. All traps now sold in stores are grown this way.
The ones I buy are from a specialty house that specializes in propagating carnivorous plants. They really shouldn't be taken out of the wild for other reasons. It does a ton of damage to the environment where they live and they are pretty sensitive to environmental conditions.
Ignoring poached plants, most aren't taken out of the wild. The ones you see in box stores come from special nurseries. With that said, the only guilt you feel is the guilt you get when one dies on you.
It’s not that picky, honestly grows just like other plants only with nutrient free soil & water. They propagate by leaf pullings in tissue culture, but also they flower and produce seeds like other plants. The seeds sprout in moist substrate. It’s not that hard to get a few hundred plants year after year if you have a collection and are actively propagating them. All of the cultivars are a result of selected seeds produced in people’s collections.
Unless it's an invasive plant, on private property (that you have permission to take from), or have a collection permit, you shouldn't really take anything from the wild
This isn’t very ideal for Venus fly traps, their roots like to go straight down into the ground. This is making it uncomfortable for them but it looks cool lol
I like the VFTs at Walmart and Lowes, etc because honestly, that is most people's first major introduction to carnivorous plants. Without seeing those on the shelves waiting to be purchased, we might never have entered a nursery or some specialty CP store and bought some. Those VFTs sitting in their plastic plant cubes or cylindrical plant ... uh, cylinders, are the gateway plant, for many people, into the whole world of carnivorous plants.
Wow! I've never even commented on a UA-cam video before, but I just have to say that a month ago I bought myself and my boss a couple Venus fly traps. I also bought them at Walmart, they were also on clearance and I also bought them because I felt sorry for them lol. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who does that.
I remember when I first got a venus flytrap for my birthday as a child. My parents told me it was tropical and it eventually died and I was so confused, but never looked into why. I had no idea it was temperate or that it needed a winter dormancy period. This video taught me so much about the plant lol.
here's the thing: flytraps won't work in terrariums. they need a lot of sun, they will rot in high humidity, and most importantly need a dormancy period. i and a lot of other people have had most success keeping them outside.
I can't wait to see the outcome of your experiment. I've tried fly traps twice, after a few months the plants gradually turn yellow and then entirely black. I watered with RO water and had the plants under T5 lights. I have much better results with pitcher plants.
Nice looking terrarium. The only thing that strikes me in the build as a real issue is the very shallow substrate; flytraps like some depth. I grow them in a tall 4” pot to start with. There’s not really any need to have pebbles in the bottom; as long as you’re careful in watering (moist not swampy), the root room will be more useful to them than a pool of water below. The moss isn’t a problem; you’ll probably get mosses growing on the peat within a few weeks anyway! What does concern me is light. Are you growing under lights? It’s nearly impossible to give a Venus Flytrap sufficient sun indoors. In a large unobstructed south window you have a chance, but it’s still hard. However under a bright grow light they can grow beautifully, and if you maintain a summer daylength, they seem to be able to skip dormancy. I love the Yescom LED panels; they’re cheap and very effective.
Want to see how this terrarium is doing months later? Then check this video! They made it through the winter and are ready to go for spring and summer. ua-cam.com/video/4wzZWwMETXo/v-deo.html
@Serpa
I was wondering where you apx live? I'm in Arizona our local Lowe's sells Venus fly traps. Our winters are not entirely cold, do you think it will still work for my region?
Would be nice to see your traps now while it's summer 👍 great content, cheers
@@Nakira2000 they can live anywhere indoors with proper light and hydration keep in mind flytraps go dormant in the winter. If you want more versatile carnivorous plants, sundews are found in almost every environment whereas flytraps are only found in one or two states. Butterworts might do well in AZ also. Hope this helps. I live in zone 5 and have sundews, pitchers, butterwort, and flytraps
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SerpaDesign looks nice man. I want to build one for my son. How often do you add water? Or could you close it off with a lid to avoid rewatering?
“Naturally, I felt sorry for the plants.”
Haha ly man
I laughed when he said he felt sorry for them and then puts a living insect into their fangs haha poor insect isn't a cute plant
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Chained Scythe love you
@@kingcobrajfssepaboosterclub oh ok thanks
I felt that in my soul 😂
“Naturally, I sorry for the plants because no one wanted them” I DO THIS ALL THE TIME!!!! If I pick up a piece of produce at the store and then try to put it back and pick another one, I feel bad for the first one and keep/love it.
Camimae707 that’s crazy man
Omg same 😅😂
I was literally at the store earlier today, and feeling so bad for the potted herbs being neglected in the produce section. They just look so sad, and they clearly needed water and sun :(
Regina Oliver yeah and I find it annoying that stores don’t put instructions on the plants.
@@thingsnstuff7526 It's so true! The little sticks offer little to no info
I am so glad you mentioned their dormancy requirements right away. I look forward to seeing how this progresses. There are a bunch of sundews or even pings that are amazing as windowsill/terrarium plants should you want to revisit it.
I bet butterworts would be lovely. Mines just turned this awesome pink color due to seasonal changes. Its gorgeous and almost holographic in the sunlight
O my god i love your channel
Love your bog garden
O’Leary! Didn’t expect to see you here
Edit: Woah never thought anyone would be bothered to read my rambling. Thanks guys!
Good job, you really did your research and it looks great! For feeding them, I would recommend using smaller bugs though, because if it's sticking out the trap in any way, while the plant may be able to extract some nutrients from it, the trap will definitely go black and rot from the bacteria entering it. This is especially a problematic for mold growth in a close humid environment like a terrarium. I know from experience. Some flytraps do better with food that's a great deal smaller than the traps. I use freeze dried bloodworms for feeding betta fish as you can give them enough to fill the traps, but not too much, and measure it out. If you feed them these though, make sure to massage the traps so they are triggered multiple times, or else it won't recognize it as prey and will just open up again and the food will rot/mold.
Moss is actually very beneficial for CPs. So long as they don't have ferts attached you don't have to worry about contaminants, because it grows alongside carnivorous plants in the wild. I have a pot with a sundew that's been taken over by star moss I think, and I'd say it's probably one of my healthiest plants. The moss prevents all mold/algae growth by taking it over and "eating" it, and I only have to water the plant like once every few weeks, because it holds moisture so well. This will be great for flytraps, because they are extremely drought intolerant. Leave them a day with dry soil and you'll find them black and shriveled.
Good choice on keeping the container open, I have found that flytraps prefer much dryer and less humid conditions than any other Carnivorous Plant, even sarrencias which are another north american CP.
And don't worry too much about dormancy. If you skip it once, it's not gonna shorten the lifespan of your plant by a substantial enough amount to notice. I skipped it with my flytrap seedlings before as I decided they were too small to recover from it. Often commercial growers skip dormancy as they grow the plants in-vitro, or just give the plants so many nutrients that that they grow year-round. It's a large debate between CP growers whether or not flytraps will have a shortened lifespan without dormancy, but they are technically immortal, so? Anyways, if the plants are put near a window they'll quickly notice the temperature changes, and at the same time appreciate sun (as they look extremely light-deprived), and figure out when it's time.
I'm just being a know-it-all at this point haha, but I hope this info is helpful to anyone who reads it.
I tried keeping carnivorous plants... Venus, various Pitcher and the sticky ones (can't remember the names as it was years ago). Unfortunately they never lasted long :( I hope @SerpaDesign sees this comment and I look forward to seeing this Terrarium experiment in the future!
good info here. I've never tried bloodworms do you feed them during dormancy or no?
Home Media Think you’re thinking of sundews. And sometimes just a single factor can influence this and it’s hard to figure out without the right supplied and research, as well as lots and lots of experience. flytraps are one of the easiest and most tolerant, so long as they’re not left to dry, and I didn’t see any major flaws in his choices. I think they’ll do fine :)
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Per request, I finally did a Venus Fly Trap Terrarium! I don't know if it will last and to be honest my expectations are low, but I sure hope that it does. I'll do the follow up video for this in late April - early May. As requested, I will also do a less experimental, tropical carnivorous plant terrarium at some point in the future. Let me know what you think, will this terrarium last or no?
SerpaDesign have you ever thought about building a terrarium inside of one of those solar powered lawn lights?
i had one in my very established set up , introduced a year in and it died pretty quickly. it looks like the humidity got to it. having it open is an excellent idea! looks awesome. great job!
I think it won't last for one reason; you provided everything the flytrap needs (good substrate, humidity and water) but the sun, these are sun loving plants and will wither inside without direct sun, put them in the sun and they will bake in the terrarium. I think it will be challenging to keep them alive in there because they can take everything but low light (think about all the energy they need to digest those bugs, that means STRONG SUN :) )
Serpa have you ever thought doing a terrarium in a huge fish tank like one of your vivariums but with methods you use with terrariums
i would suggest an LED grow light for these aswell
your right about finding the right amount of sun in a terrarium where they can essentially cook
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It’s hard to imagine these plants as plants, I always see them as little animals lol
Honestly, I feel like they are simple to care for. I've had a 10 gallon terrarium with Venus fly traps. They were planted in peat moss and plenty, plenty of water. Cover the tank with plastic wrap and place a grow light, and they are good. In winter, I just turned off the grow light and kept them near a window, where it's cooler but there is some light. Now, I have one Venus flytrap in a pot that sits in a container filled with distilled water on the windowsill. Grows like a charm.
I think it depends where you live. Where I live the climate is very mediterranean and the coldest I ever remembering it getting was the mid 40s in the middle of the night. An average winter day is somewhere in the 60s so while I would like fly traps I would probably have to rig up some kind of winter set up for them
Any containers with minimal air-flow, moisture and organic matter, always result in mold/fungus for me. I had to give up on high-humidity plants.
@@FusionDeveloper have you tried spring tails?
@@starandfox601 not really, but I've seen them in my bathtub drain before and freaked out and power cleaned and got rid of them. I'm afraid of raising them indoors intentionally and having them spread and infest my home. I suppose they are very easy to get rid of, since they need water, but I suspect people have come up with other solutions that don't involve the use of bugs (not that I don't love bugs and springtails).
@@FusionDeveloper if they are in a enclousred container they shouldn't be a problem.
Also not really.Spring tails and other scavaging invertbrates are the best solution cuase they eat mold and fungus along with rotting organic matter like dead plant leaves.which not only prevents mold but also helps with recycling nuititreints.
Oh and also spring tails aren't bugs cuase they aren't insects.they belong to their own class called collembola.
But if you really don't want ti use them then I guess you could try isopods like the rolly polly.since they also eat decaying matter.
This guy and ants canada need to do a project together
Yes, yes, yes, yes!!!!
ants canada is mikey bustos by the way. Do you even know him?
@@sleepingbag968 He's one of those UA-camrs that never refers to himself by name, therefore, most people recognise and associate him with the channel name. Nothing wrong with that.
I'm subbed to both lol
@@sleepingbag968 cringe
good luck! I hope they survive for you. I planted some old pitcher plant seeds last year but unfortunately they never grew. I also had another terrarium I set up that seemed dead and now, over 6 months later it's finally beginning to grow life!
You’re verified but there’s no comments I feel bad here have a comment
@@mikealberts993 lol
Which pitcher plant? There are like 5 different ones
Yes! I never knew I wanted to see a venus fly trap terrarium but now I'm really glad you did it.
itsthosehour s YOUR PICTURE IS PRECIOUS!!!!!
I accidentally killed mine as a kid because I gave it a piece of my hamburger.
Aaaanyways.... They're such cool plants, and they have some really stunning varieties
Lmaki condolence
I did this as well 😂
dang 😂😂
I killed mine spend it sprinks
Mine recently died because I think i missed one of the watering
The container you selected for this build is perfect. Not only does the opening minimize moisture loss, but it also minimizes unwanted false triggers of the traps by preventing them from being disturbed by any of your other friends being curious and exploring the terrarium.
I love venus flytraps. I had one as a child but it died because I didn't know how to take care of it.
I killed so many as a kid. Now I'm hooked on carnivorous plants. I have 6 😂
Little More Lela I had one too and never fed it bc i didn’t know how. I still feel bad about it lol
I have too
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As a grower of many carnivorous plants, my heart leaped the moment I saw the notification for this! That being said, I'll be carefully inspecting your facts.... 👀
it's perfect
the mighty blue duck no, this isn’t really ideal for venus flytraps
@@parthaveaswar I wrote another comment on this and having grown them myself I can see that it's not that bad, and flytraps are tough and resilient so long as their soil does not dry out past a certain extent. They will do fine in there just long term won't be feasible.
This is unlikely to work. One of the disappointing bits of the video is that he didn't address the issues related to feeding these plants. They have to eat flies or other insects from time to time as they cannot receive any nutrition from the ground. Leave them outside and they'll probably eat enough, but inside you really have to make sure to keep them fed on some sort of reasonable basis.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade im pretty sure he have insects because he also have lizard and amphibian pets
Hang on guys, gotta feed my plants.
I read that wrong 😂
Marie Solocio 😂 me too, i read it as as "boutta peed my pants"
I mean pretty much all plants need to be fed but these are just a little stranger than others lmao
I mean plant feed does exist.
Carnivorous plant keeping is an amazing and rewarding hobby.
reminds me of coronavirus
You're a kind fella! You basically adopted those orphaned fly traps. 😋
Yeah so kind murdering insects by feeding them to the plants.. YOUR STUPIDITY IS INCOMPREHENSIBLE
@@TheKonga88 shut up
@@TheKonga88 insects are part of their diet
They are endangered in the wild 🤷♀️
Kunta Kinte go eat yourself
They have evolved to eat insects. We have no right to insult nature for letting evolution take place...
I watched a couple of your videos and these are honestly some of the most beautiful creations I've seen.
4:50 normal people: *using fanbrush to put on highlighter*
Serpa Design: *uses fanbrush to brush sand*
so I decided to keep house plants again. I happened to see Venice fly trap plants and thought "wow, how Kool is that ", and acquired a few. Of course I had no idea how to care for them, so I inquired at the store and of course Google. That is how I was introduced to your channel and saw the most interesting terrarium. This is how you introduced me to a fascinating new hobby.
First I would like to say thank you 😊
second I would like to add pictures of my first attempt at my first terrarium.
Try a frog tank with a small fish pond inside
so a vapalidarium
@@XfilesandHorrorClips no a delapadarium
I knew aquarium, vivarium, terrarium, riparium and paludarium; I don't think my brain can take any more...
@@OmniversalInsect aquarium- fish
Terrarium- free movies
Riparian- song by Kaitlyn aurelia Smith
@@hammer.11011 nice just got my fish for my aquarium.
You have the patience of a saint. I would have thrown that thing across the room after 5 minutes of trying to put the screen in
In the Carolina's where they grow wild, it's not easy to find these anymore. I've seen them in the wild back in the 70's... but many of their habitats are now
golf courses and retirement communities around the Wilmington and Myrtle Beach areas :( I found a huge colony of these once near Conway SC. The
bog also had large populations of Drosera and Sarracenia Flava... it was amazing! I'll add, I also encountered an eastern diamondback rattlesnake in that bog!
Commercial ventures grow these by tissue culture (much faster) and in no way harms the
wild populations (few that are left).
A lot of it was floral arrangements as well due to their unique physical characteristics.
Guys... they aren’t endangered anymore
@@woffil3644 dude they are endangered
i didnt think i was going to like the black lava rock, however once it was all setup I was shocked at how amazing it looked! great job.
Glad I’m not the only one who “feels bad” for plants like that.. 😂 awesome terrarium!
This video was more informational than the pages I found online. Thank you.
Super-cool! My daughter loves her venus fly traps. This is something I will create for her as a surprise
i love waching the older videos , just cause ur editing has changed so much and it so funny but obv best ytber lmao
I don’t know why this is in my recommend but I am intrigued
Awesome build! I was thinking the substrate looked a bit off color visually, but covering it with the lava rock and moss really makes the terrarium look whole. I look forward to seeing where this goes.
I like the video and concept a lot but I'm skeptical about this one lasting long term. a "bog pot" or "bog garden" would have made a better and more natural home for the traps and you could have added sundews and pitchers as well. If this experiment doesn't pan out, you should consider making a bog garden outside adjacent to the pond you want to build! could make for a really cool episode or series!! Still love this though, I hope it works out! Thanks for all of the advice and tips over the years! You are the best info on terrariums anywhere around and helped me take the leap and get into the hobby finally just this past spring!
Thank you for all your ideas! I built my first mini-terrarium a couple of weeks ago and one of the plants I picked is growing roots! I live in Canada and we are just getting over winter. It is so nice to have greenery inside when the outside is cold and frigid.
So what do vegans think about animal-eating plants?
Every plant absorbs nutrients from dead animals in the soil. "Carnivorous" plants just happen to be able to absorb nutrients with their leafs because they evolved on poor soils.
@@foxmulder8955 so you're saying that through a series of events the vegan eating his kale is consuming second generation nutrients from a dead animal...that's like really cruel to animals vegans should just stop eating everything
@@johnniewalker4212 facts
@@foxmulder8955 r/whooosh
What should they think about it ? They need it to survive. Can't do anything about it
The terrarium ended with a very natural look. Especially good arrangement of the rocks.
I thought the sphagnum moss was a bunch insect carcasses at first
lmaooooo same
I have well over 50 flytraps, they are at least 3 yrs old now. I usually just put a loose plastic bag over them thank you for making this tutorial had given me lots of ideas thank you.
I was hoping it would be a self sustaining terrarium with one or two species of bugs living in there. That way, the fly traps get fed naturally and you get to watch the ecosystem.
firexgodx980 I’m pretty sure the flies would go instinct very quickly as it’s such a small container, but maybe in a larger area with the traps much less densely placed.
Yes but the insects is not all they need to sustain themselves you would still need to occasionally water them.
If somehow the flies actually survive then you'd end up overfeeding your fly traps.
You could add them he just chose not too
Although that opening is relatively shallow and difficult to get at, I’m thinking that spiders would still be aroused by the sweet scent and would be able to make their way into that lovely fortress of arachnid hell - or am I merely fantasizing LOL?
I love binge watching all his videos, they're so well made. This terrarium looked super cool loved all the green and black rock.
Damn it looks so difficult to assemble the terrarium through that tiny hole on top
Your Terrarium Builds are Amazing!
I have a venus fly trap in my home. I always water it with rain water & sometimes it gets the mosquitos that fly into my room in the summer. It is now about 3 years old. It gets very cold in the winter and very hot in the summer in my home but the plant seemed fine. It once grew a very long tentacle arm with a small flower on top that was really cute.
Mine is doing that now!
You have truly admirable levels of patience to do something so fiddly. I honestly don't think I could have done that without losing the plot and finding a nice big hammer to finish the build.
I need this on my desk :D
It's cool ❤
I disagree
I’ve ALWAYS wanted a VFT and Walmart had these plants just sitting there with no loving. I picked up two. I’m glad I stumbled on your channel you inspired me to give these guys a nice setup. You got a nice channel and you earned another sub. Thanks 🙏
Yay, you saved the flytraps from the Death Cubes! I just found your channel and love your work, and as a person who grows a lot of carnivores, I was excited to see what you’d do.
Normally I don’t recommend terrariums for flytraps because (contrary to the common perception) they just don’t need that steamy environment, but as long as you can meet their very high light requirements without cooking them, why not?
On dormancy, some “orthodox” growers will squawk, but unlike most temperate carnivores, flytraps actually can skip their dormancy IF you provide the consistent high light. But that won’t happen without artificial light, which is why so many of them end up dying. There are several other warm temperate bog carnivores you could grow with them too and even one Sarracenia, rosea (the other Sarracenias will just stop growing they miss more than one dormancy).
I grow mine outdoors year round but I live in Seattle and we have pretty mild winters. Still they can take low 20s with no problem as long as they don’t dessicate.
Well, now I have to go check and see how these did!
I have my venus fly traps growing in a pot that is sitting in a tray with about 1/4" of distilled water and under my aerogarden light. I read that a 25w LED light bulb on a 14-hr per day cycle would be enough to suffice. I'm thinking about creating a terrarium for them in a 3 gallon fish tank under a 25w LED bulb. Would that work ok?
@@txgemini1979 I hear mixed reviews. Some people say it works fine for a few years and then the plants poop out. But I have also heard of plants surviving a lot longer than that. I can’t see any reason not to try it.
your scientific and artistic understanding of nature blend harmoniously 💚
I love those things!
I have one in a fishbowl that I grow outside in NC. I only give It rain and distilled water, it gets huge every summer
These things just grow out in the opens on the east coast of the USA. They definitely don't grow in a jungle.
You say "on the east coast of the USA" like they have a large range. Their range is actually pretty tiny and they don't grow many places at all.
They grow in VA, NC, SC. So they're used to a humid environment, with mild winters.
Well, I now understand why my fly trap plant died shortly after I purchased it a few years ago. I look forward to trying again & creating my first terrarium. Also, your channel is my favorite on UA-cam - you are so talented at everything you do!
I know you say that the substrate shouldn't be soggy, but I think they grow better if the substrate is soggy. You can literally pour water into your terrarium so there is like a half inch of water on the bottom
You definitely have one of the most aesthetically pleasing flytrap terrariums on youtube, awesome job!
Ok...ready for update! I want to know what you've been feeding them!
Small crickets, house flies, lean ground beef( no fat at all), Dry Caterpillar and Earthworms is fine..
@@asialong1687 Really? I've heard every pro carnivorous gardener warn heavily against ground beef. I recently started a meal worm colony in order to feed mine, I also have a worm bin, but they can make themselves skinny enough to escape. I just wondered what they had access to in this small terrarium with no natural bugs to have access to.
@@Beansie Thats Okay too! It's your decision on what you think is best for your plant and what you know it needs. Ground beef is only a suggestion, It Just happened to have worked for me.
@@Beansie mealworms are no good for this. I had the same idea when I started my colony. Crickets should work decently. Although they go dormant in winter and once its warm enough i put them outside so there isnt a huge need
@@asialong1687 animal protein is difficult for them to digest. Fish food would be better for the plant
This looks very cool. I like how you put things that you wouldn’t think would look good in a terrarium and look amazing! This looks very cool.
I wanted to get one. Does it need insects, or can it live like a regular plant?
Since they are a carnivorous plant, the plant needs insects. 😊
@@samverner4547 Actually if you never feed them yourself and just give them the intense light they need they can live really well without being fed. Small fungus gnats and other tiny bugs fro mthe soil will naturally get in the traps and they don't need to eat often :)
@@lindsay6518 right 😁 they still need insects, but you don't have to feed them by hand😊
of course they do....
Trust me, they don't need any. I work at a place were they are grown, none of them have ever seen an insect in theyre life.
What a crazy coincidence that today I heard the episode "Dropping like Flies" through Criminal Podcast... Keep up your beautiful Terrarium creations and thank you for sharing...
I use to have one when I was younger, I kept sticking my finger to let it close.. but I’m sure we all have haha.
Wow, this is the first time I've watched something like this and I loved it. Venus Fly trap is my favorite carnivorous plant and the way you made this terrarium is just great! The artificial environment with the moss suited it very well.
Great job! You just got another subscriber!!!!
Thank you so much for doing this. Wanted to do one and didn't know how
Huzzah,, oh thank you, thank you, I have always wanted this very thing. I will keep looking for updates on this project. I wish you the best of luck on this and all your projects.
that aquarium looks like it adds difficulty to feeding them lol
I love your visual and content quality so much that sometimes i watch your videos just to relax
Hey dude, I tried this last year and my traps started turning black almost right away. Half of them died by the time they were re-potted. SAVE THEM NOW....
On the plus side they survived and separated a couple times and I now have like six plants :D Apparently pitcher plants do well in terarriums?
You just did it wrong
Wow. I clicked this video thinking "PFFT this guy doesnt know venus fly traps hate being in terrariums." But you really impressed me! You did your research and if any venus fly Trap terrium is gonna work it'll be this one, this was a fantastic video. :) good luck with it
NO! BAD! Flytraps are not well suited for terrarium culture. They need at least 5 hours of direct sun to grow well. Preferably more.
The setup in this video encourages a long, slow death over the course of a few years as they lose more and more stored energy until they eventually succumb to a disease or other issue. The only way you might get this to work for long term growth is if you provided them with LED light equivalent to sunlight. LEDs produce less heat than other other artificial light sources and would allow you to give them enough light to grow well. Using sunlight will bake the plants in that container ... yes, even with the top open.
In addition, the lack of bottom drainage will cause two problems ...
1. If we're talking about a permanent environment over years of time then salts will eventually accumulate even if you're using distilled water. The soil needs to be flushed occasionally to keep it from going bad.
2. The constant moisture on the plants roots will cause rot over time. Flytraps like it a bit drier than other bog plants.
Look, if you want to grow flytrap just put them in a 1:1 peat:perlite or sand mix, put them in an oversized pot so they have plenty of room of their root systems (their roots can extend up to 8 inches into the medium), put them outside in a sunny location during the warm months, and if you live north of zone 6 then bring them indoors for the winter in a cold, sunny room or garage.
The only place in the world where venus flytraps are native is North and South Carolina. They're found typically on the sunny slopes around peat bogs near the coast. The closer you can get to that type of environment, the better your plants will do.
My $0.02
I am pretty sure these plants won't last more than 2-3 weeks :(
@@roxik1073 That may be a little pessimistic. From my experience, flytraps in this kind of environment will go through a long, slow death by attrition. It may take a year or two but eventually they'll succumb to something as their energy levels get lower and lower.
If they're able to blast that terrarium with enough LED light and are able to provide a decent dormancy period then the flytraps might be able to last for a while.
My $0.02
I know but plants from shops and supermarkets are extremely weak. I got one myself and even I cared for it the best I could, it died after 3 weeks...
Now I have new one from a keeper and it's super strong and grows like crazy!
@@roxik1073 Good point.
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Nice video! My venus flytraps got flowers last summer! They had big stems with white flowers!
"I'm afraid charcoal will add unwanted nutrients"
*Eats charcoal for dinner*
I love this video!! I've never had much luck with venus fly traps but now I'm willing to give it another go! Thank you for sharing!!
Is nobody gonna talk about the sand?
It got me so confused to it looking like gravy.
Ellaine Ferrer I believe it just had water in it to make it wet.
Great video. I just bought a venus fly trap and wanted ideas on care and how to make an appropriate terrerium. Thanks . Look forward to more videos.
I was young when I had Venus fly traps and I didn't know why they kept dying :( I'm guessing it was because I used sink water
Carnivorous plants are amazing!
Touchy...
Big fan!
No wonder people aren't buying flytraps these plants shouldn't be taken out of the wild its really picky
Actually they are no longer allowed to be taken from their natural habitat. However, some plant specialists have figured out how to take a leaf and some root powder and start a new plant. All traps now sold in stores are grown this way.
The ones I buy are from a specialty house that specializes in propagating carnivorous plants.
They really shouldn't be taken out of the wild for other reasons. It does a ton of damage to the environment where they live and they are pretty sensitive to environmental conditions.
Ignoring poached plants, most aren't taken out of the wild. The ones you see in box stores come from special nurseries.
With that said, the only guilt you feel is the guilt you get when one dies on you.
It’s not that picky, honestly grows just like other plants only with nutrient free soil & water. They propagate by leaf pullings in tissue culture, but also they flower and produce seeds like other plants. The seeds sprout in moist substrate. It’s not that hard to get a few hundred plants year after year if you have a collection and are actively propagating them. All of the cultivars are a result of selected seeds produced in people’s collections.
Unless it's an invasive plant, on private property (that you have permission to take from), or have a collection permit, you shouldn't really take anything from the wild
No joke just bought one before this video, and have been watching for a while... So it's awesome!
This isn’t very ideal for Venus fly traps, their roots like to go straight down into the ground. This is making it uncomfortable for them but it looks cool lol
Facts!
❤this is really nice! Looks beautiful
Up Next: *Sundew Terrarium*
knowing how finicky those plants are, this is a bold idea. but i must applaud you for it, you really are on top of your game.
i was afraid you wouldn't know what kind of care VFTs would need... phew...
I was just looking for a carnivorous plant terrarium and you finally made a video about it :)
Five bucks! I'm on my way to wally world RN oct 20th 2019 almost a full year later..... Don't let me down Wally!
I like the VFTs at Walmart and Lowes, etc because honestly, that is most people's first major introduction to carnivorous plants. Without seeing those on the shelves waiting to be purchased, we might never have entered a nursery or some specialty CP store and bought some. Those VFTs sitting in their plastic plant cubes or cylindrical plant ... uh, cylinders, are the gateway plant, for many people, into the whole world of carnivorous plants.
Those poor plants need a lot more light
Wow! I've never even commented on a UA-cam video before, but I just have to say that a month ago I bought myself and my boss a couple Venus fly traps. I also bought them at Walmart, they were also on clearance and I also bought them because I felt sorry for them lol. It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who does that.
"Didn't want it to be soggy"
Don't flytraps grow in marshy and waterlogged environments?
Yep, they sure do. Buy my flytraps do well whether their pots are in standing water or not.
I remember when I first got a venus flytrap for my birthday as a child. My parents told me it was tropical and it eventually died and I was so confused, but never looked into why.
I had no idea it was temperate or that it needed a winter dormancy period. This video taught me so much about the plant lol.
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you have done my favorite terrarium man. Venus Fly Traps are my one and only favorite carnivorous plants
here's the thing: flytraps won't work in terrariums. they need a lot of sun, they will rot in high humidity, and most importantly need a dormancy period. i and a lot of other people have had most success keeping them outside.
Did you not watch the video?
@@biktikz i did. my experience is flytraps don't do well at all in terrariums
This looks really cool!
I literally killed mine the first week
Very cool video and terrarium! Great tips! I cant wait to see how it progresses.
this is great! I just bought a Venus flytrap a few months ago I want to try this also. Please update this. Cheers :)
Great Information!! Glad to see the traps are doing well! You also kept the video entertaining which was nice! Cool fish tank!
Great video! One suggestion--I believe the netting you used was made of fiberglass, not carbon fiber.
Love your work man! Looks awesome! Im a newbie to the terrarium world and your videos help so much!
I can't wait to see the outcome of your experiment. I've tried fly traps twice, after a few months the plants gradually turn yellow and then entirely black. I watered with RO water and had the plants under T5 lights. I have much better results with pitcher plants.
Nice looking terrarium. The only thing that strikes me in the build as a real issue is the very shallow substrate; flytraps like some depth. I grow them in a tall 4” pot to start with. There’s not really any need to have pebbles in the bottom; as long as you’re careful in watering (moist not swampy), the root room will be more useful to them than a pool of water below.
The moss isn’t a problem; you’ll probably get mosses growing on the peat within a few weeks anyway!
What does concern me is light. Are you growing under lights? It’s nearly impossible to give a Venus Flytrap sufficient sun indoors. In a large unobstructed south window you have a chance, but it’s still hard. However under a bright grow light they can grow beautifully, and if you maintain a summer daylength, they seem to be able to skip dormancy. I love the Yescom LED panels; they’re cheap and very effective.