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Post by muscipula on Apr 17, 2008 15:42:06 GMT -5
I GOT ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY FIRST EVER VTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   My soil consists of Spaghum peat moss and peat and lots of perlite I'm so happy!  this is also helped out with a humidity tray  my little friend is waiting for spring to warm up a bit more! so i can't wait! when nighttime temps are never below freezing. |
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Post by lloyd on Apr 17, 2008 15:44:28 GMT -5
I don't think I will ever see, something as lovely as a VFT.
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Post by dvg on Apr 17, 2008 18:11:31 GMT -5
Congrats on your recent acquisition...sounds like you've wanted one for a while. One tip for a robust and happy vft...outside in a southern exposure with full sun. Just make sure there is always water in the tray so your vft doesn't dry out. An outside vft outshines an inside plant every time. You don't even have to feed it...it feeds itself.
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Post by Flytrap on Apr 17, 2008 20:06:17 GMT -5
Congratulations! What a great feeling it is, right? ;D
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Post by PingKing on Apr 17, 2008 21:41:56 GMT -5
Nice plant.  |
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Post by curlingguy on Apr 17, 2008 22:57:04 GMT -5
Congratulations!!!
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Post by mabudon on Apr 18, 2008 9:27:18 GMT -5
Congrats, it's the beginning of the end for you now, this is where we ALL started  A suggestion to you, get rid of the gravel and just sit the plant in that tray and keep it watered like that, it looks shallow enough that even topped up it'll only be part way up the pot. that plant will get pretty big pretty fast just you wait! |
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Post by Rick Hillier on Apr 18, 2008 9:29:09 GMT -5
Yup... I have to agree with Mabudon... you're hopelessly past the point of no return, but that's not such a bad thing.
Enjoy that venus flytrap and don't be afraid to expand your collection.
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Post by prmills on Apr 18, 2008 14:41:42 GMT -5
I agree with the rest on addiction, I got my first VFT last october... now I've got 7 of them, a ping, a sundew, a ceph, working on building a terrarium and a small bowl bog for outside this summer   I give you a few more months at the most before you get antsy wanting more As Mabudon said, keep it sitting in that water tray without the rocks and fill the tray everytime it almost gets empty. They are bog plants so they love thier water! Congrats again! |
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Post by muscipula on Apr 18, 2008 17:46:28 GMT -5
Thanks everyone, i have removed the pebbles and my whereabouts is newfoundland so thats just to set thing straight on my current weather.. my little friend will have to wait a while before i can trust it to go out 24/7. anything else i should do.? is my pot to small.?oh my. well thanks for your congrats's.!  |
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Post by mabudon on Apr 19, 2008 8:23:14 GMT -5
Pot size is fine for now, you'll know when it's "too big" for it, looks like a single growth point right now so that should be fine for 2-3 years. Just don't let it freeze solid (sounds like you have that part figured out  and it'll grow nicely once the warmer temps kick in. Not a concern right now, but do start looking into options (here on the forum) for dormancy so you can have a plan in advance |
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Post by muscipula on Apr 19, 2008 14:38:07 GMT -5
alrighty thanks, yes i can't wait for those warmer temps i hope no1 thinks newfoundland like Antarctica cuz it ain't. I'd say by the end of this month the weather should be reasonable for daytime outside days but not during the night BRR!. dormancy isn't a problem to be until it comes but i do have a reasonable idea and it ain't my own stubborn idea its an experts idea so I'm fine |
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Post by muscipula on Apr 19, 2008 15:05:27 GMT -5
Congrats on your recent acquisition...sounds like you've wanted one for a while. One tip for a robust and happy vft...outside in a southern exposure with full sun. Just make sure there is always water in the tray so your vft doesn't dry out. An outside vft outshines an inside plant every time. You don't even have to feed it...it feeds itself. Thanks DVG and thanks on my new future plants coming soon!! I've also karma'ed you twice |
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and it'll grow nicely once the warmer temps kick in.