Venus flytraps: a Tutorial!
Venus flytraps! Terror of the botanical world. And you
have the temerity to grow them? Such audacity cost Oppenheimer
many nights of sleep. The quest for knowledge is insatiable.
Help! I'm stuck!
'Justina Davis'
The vast majority of e-mail
queries I have are about Venus flytraps, so I wrote this section to answer just about every question I could think of.
I have dedicated this entire section of the FAQ to you and you alone!
So if you have a question on Venus flytraps, look closely here. I betcha your answer is in here. I betcha!
Do you see the little blue arrows at the bottom? You can use them
to navigate one page at a time, or the menu bar at the top to travel from section to section.
- Tell me about Venus flytraps!
- Where do I get Venus flytraps?
- Where do Venus flytraps come from?
- Can I collect Venus flytraps from the wild?
- How many kinds of Venus flytraps are there?
- Basic cultivation
- Sure fire, easy instructions on growing Venus flytraps
- Should I transplant my Venus flytrap out of the mini-terrarium it came in?
- Should I transplant my Venus flytrap for other reasons?
- How big will my Venus flytrap get?
- Why are my plant's leaves long and skinny?
- Why is my plant growing so fast, or producing a clump of a million leaves?
- Why isn't my Venus flytrap red like in the photos?
- Why isn't my Venus flytrap growing well?
- How do I take care of my sick plant?
- Should I trim off dead or dying leaves?
- What should I do about white fuzzy mold?
- My Venus flytrap is dying! What am I doing wrong?
- I goofed by using bad soil or water. What should I do now?
- Winter dormancy? Huh? What?
- Dormancy tricks that may work
- Is my plant dormant or dead?
- Should a plant bought in winter be forced into dormancy?
- Feeding your pet
- What should I feed my Venus flytrap? Hamburger meat?
- Exactly how do I feed my Venus flytrap?
- How do I get rid of dead bug skeletons in my Venus flytrap?
- It is winter---where do I get bugs for my Venus flytrap?
- How often should I feed my Venus flytrap?
- It is possible to overfeed a Venus flytrap?
- Why do the leaves on my Venus flytrap snap shut slowly, or not at all?
- Why did my Venus flytrap's leaf get a black spot after I fed it?
- Why are my Venus flytrap's traps turning black?
- Advanced cultivation
- Should I let my Venus flytrap flower?
- My Venus flytrap is flowering! What do I do?
- How do I sexually propagate my Venus flytrap?
- Why is my plant making a flower stalk with baby plants on it?
- How do I vegetatively propagate my Venus flytrap?
- How do I care for my tiny seedling flytrap?
- Are Venus flytraps a danger to my pets?
- Why does my plant have two traps on a single leaf?
- How flytraps hunt
- How does a Venus flytrap sense prey?
- Exactly how does a Venus flytrap's leaves close so fast?
- Can Venus flytraps digest human flesh?
- A bit of science
- Do you have any suggestions for my science experiment?
- I need some fast answers on Venus flytraps for my science report...
- How did the Venus flytrap get its name?
- Ending Comments: General Questions on Venus flytraps
