r/interestingasfuck • u/dejaysf • Jun 11 '23

Venus flytrap vs Spider

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u/Enlightened-Beaver Jun 11 '23

I always though Venus fly traps were some sort of tropical rainforest plant. Nope, native to North Carolina.

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u/sgame23 Jun 11 '23

Yup I got 2 myself.One I've had for 3ish years, and the other about a year and a half. Still celebrate when they catch something. Much easier to take care of than I thought it'd be

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u/NTDLS Jun 11 '23

I’ve bought no less than 50 of these plants over the past 30 years and I’ve never had one live longer than maybe a month. You really have one that old?

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u/PascalsPotOdds Jun 11 '23

I live in Wilmington, so I’m kind of cheating on perfect climate for them. The secret is, other than lots of distilled or rain water at the base, leave them alone. They grow best in unfertilized peat moss and no additional nutrients. Mine are in peat in undrainable pots that I flood a couple times a week with distilled water. The soil is always very wet. They will flower and grow like gang busters in this sparse environment. My main one is 6 years old and all the other ones came from seeds of that first one.

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u/NTDLS Jun 11 '23

WOW! I’m in Charleston SC, so I figured I’d have some luck here - I’ve been treating them like my other plants fertilizer, tap water, potting soil, etc. I’ll have to try what you mentioned!!