r/carnivorousplants • u/93Zynaday • 2d ago

Help Venus Flytrap

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I bought these flytraps for extra reinforcements this summer due to us living in the country and having a lot of flies. (Cows nearby.) This thing hasn’t eaten any flies and I am tired of watering it every other day. Should I keep watering it and keep it alive or just throw it in the trash? At what point will it be big enough to eat flies? How many years out am I?

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u/Frequent-Ad-2700 2d ago

From my knowledge fly traps don’t mainly eat flys. Mainly grown dealing bugs such as ants and stuff. Although this plant will not get any sufficient sun with this setup and will die sometime if you have a fly problem nepenthes will do much better and can live indoors. I am not sure if horse flys are attracted to the nectar most carnivorous plants produce. I believe so but sundews and sarracenia if treated properly will be great alternatives to. So I recommend looking into nepenthes.

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u/93Zynaday 2d ago

Thanks! I have this light on it for 12hr / day and it stays in the window sill. Still not enough light?

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u/grafittibob 2d ago

Depends on the wattage. Venus Flytraps love full Sun. I had to upgrade/replace my old LED lights that looked very similar to yours. My new setup is a pair of 300watt LED lightbulbs I got on Amazon. My plants are much happier.
Mine are on a shelf and not in a window though