Any tips and advice on growing a venus fly trap from seed? ?

I'm growing a venue fly trap - its been planted now for about 2 days. Any tips to how to grow one? Any tips and advice on growing a venus fly trap from seed? ?
Growing Venus Fly Traps from seed is a difficult and long process. It's very rewarding if you're successful, but if you're new to growing Venus Fly Traps, it can be very hard to succeed.





Getting them to germinate is quite easy. Keep them in a warm humid location that gets about 16 hours of light. I use my terrarium to germinate the seeds. Once germination has occurred, which can take up to 6 weeks, I move the plants to a sunny windowsill and let them grow there. I have left them in my terrarium, but they seem to grow faster in a windowsill or outside.





All Venus Fly Traps, whether they are babies or not, require the same growing conditions. In case you are new to growing them, I'll give you the basics. There are really only 4 things Venus Fly Traps require to stay healthy:


1) Sunlight - at least 4 hours of direct sunlight a day


2) Water - rain, distilled or reverse osmosis water only


3) Soil - Nutrient poor soil such as peat moss


4) Dormancy - Venus Fly Traps require a 3-4 month dormancy period





Venus fly traps like lots of light. Try to give it at least 4 hours of direct sunlight a day. The more you can give it the better. It is best to grow your fly trap outside where it can get plenty of sun and catch its own food. You don't actually have to feed a Venus Fly Trap anything other than sunlight and water. If you do choose to feed it, don't over do it. Feed it only insects and at most only a couple a month.





Venus fly traps need clean water. Usually tap water will not do. It is best to use distilled water, rain water, or reverse osmosis water. Venus fly traps need water with a TDS (total dissolved solids) measurement of 50 ppm (parts per million) or less. In order to get this, you probably need to use distilled water or reverse osmosis water or rain water. Their soil should be kept wet at all times except during the winter when it should be just moist. It is best to use a tray and set the plant in an inch or two of water.





If you need to repot, for soil you can use a combination of peat moss and perlite. Most growers use a 50:50 mix of peat moss and perlite. I have been leaning toward using pure peat moss lately. Venus Fly Traps aren't picky, but be sure to use some form of peat moss or sphagnum peat moss with perlite or vermiculite to ensure that the media is nutrient poor.





Since summer is over and fall has started, you need to start thinking about providing dormancy for your Venus Fly Trap. Without a dormancy period, your plant's health will start to decline and it will eventually die. You can read more about dormancy here:


http://www.flytrapcare.com/venus-fly-tra鈥?/a>





If you have any more questions, you can join the forum on my site and ask them there:


http://www.flytrapcare.com/phpBB3/





Hope this helps!Any tips and advice on growing a venus fly trap from seed? ?
dont use any fertilizers, and keep it extremly damp, in a tray with water at the bottom.





there extremly difficult to grow from seed!!





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I have just found out that it can take upto 1 year for the seeds to germinate (start to grow)





i suggest that you put the seeds in the fridge for 1 week, this will fool the seeds into thinking it's winter, then when you take it out, they will think it's summer and time to grow. (some seeds need you to do this anyway for them to grow)





http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/forums鈥?/a>
They like it humid and warm.

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