The Complete Venus Fly Trap Care Guide 🌱

Learn how to care for Venus flytraps from start to finish. This video covers beginner and intermediate growing tips and information to achieve healthy Venus flytraps.

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0:00 Venus flytraps and minerals
0:50 Soil requirements
1:40 Water-type and requirements
3:40 Pots and growing containers
5:11 Proper lighting and acclimation
7:02 Feeding requirements
8:22 Black leaves
9:16 Dormancy
11:09 Pests
11:55 Big Don'ts for Venus Flytraps

[venusflytrapworld]

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[sickofsnow]

Thank you so much. My daughter went out of town for the week and I’m so nervous about plant sitting. This has really eased my mind.

[goldieslacks]

My son and I went and bought some Venus fly traps back in February. So far they are doing well. One is flowering now and they have been catching gnats like crazy. I love the little Venus fly traps. I am glad we got them.

[jaydengarcia]

Wow this video gave the exact 100% information that anybody will need for a Venus flytrap. She did not miss any steps or guidelines for this process. I give this video a 10/10 great job!!

[LOSKOSKI]

Im 43 and I've always wanted one since I was a kid and never got around to getting one, yesterday me and my son were walking around Walmart of all places and they had racks and racks of these things that looked like they were about to die. We grabbed about a dozen of them. Thank you for all the information! We needed it! ✌️

[bonnieupnorth]

This is the most informative video I’ve found about Fly Traps. Thank you for taking the time to make it, you answered a lot of questions I had about them.

[ellenjoymaunes]

Thank you for this. I'm just a beginner in this stuff. I've always dreamed of having venus fly traps and hope to learn more.

[barrelbobcats_rebelion]

Thanks for this. I was recently Seymour in a production of little shop of horrors and was gifted a venus flytrap by a friend

[dogmom]

Very informative. I got two traps last spring, placed them in styrofoam cups, now the cups are covered with babies. Just waiting till end of February to transplant into multiple cups. Got way too many. Learned how to grow from your website, glad to see this video, your site is great, covers everything!

[natalisaraviaauza]

I just got my first Venus flytrap today. Thank you so much for your video! I learned a lot and I’m a lot less nervous. Thank you!!

[heyjohna]

I wish all plant videos were this informative and concise. And with no annoying background music on continuous loop.

[kkkokkki]

I just bought a tiny Venus flytrap yesterday and I'm eager to take care of it. That's how I ended up here.
Secondly I'm grateful that this was the first video I watched because it is very helpful and answered a lot of questions, doubts and information to a beginner like me.
I was recently diagnosed with panic attacks and generalized anxiety disorder, so along the way I decided to buy the Venus flytrap to distract me from...awful involuntary thoughts. It's a win-win for me and to the plant.
I read that they represent 'persistence'. Due to the fact that if the plant has failed to seize a visiting fly, the mouth opens again to try once more.
Thanks a lot for your guidance! Your knowledge is important.

[zachgarrett]

Excellent video and vocabulary! My daughter has successfully cared for her flytrap for about 4 years now and it’s our favorite plant.

[makoto_is_me]

I’ve had my Venus flytrap for about a year and it’s doing well. One thing I’ve noticed is that although it occasionally catches bugs and flys the traps always die off before it finishes digesting. I have just brought a sarracenia purpurea venosa (a pitcher plant).

[johndoe.]

A lot of good information, thank you. I had no idea about the special soil or tap water. You probably saved my plant's life.

[ultimatesunrise]

I just got a baby VFT at Walmart f🎉or $7 a week ago and it's already doubled in size. So cool and amazing little creature!!!😮

[joshuahollis]

I could listen to her talk about Venus fly traps all day long 😍

[talkingfez]

I'm glad you said not to Venus Flytraps meat because that's what a Lowes Employee said on my third one! I haven't much luck with them unfortunately, they always end up dying!

[hoshiko]

This was super helpful! This is probably the most extensive guide abt venus flytraps I've ever seen. I never knew that flytraps have a pot preference n I just kept mine in ceramic cuz I thought it's "objectively" the best material for all plants. I ordered a plastic pot n I'm planning to replant my venus flytrap this week :))

[jrnvanderknaap]

I just bought a Venus Fly Trap. This is the best care guide I found so far!