Update on my VFT

[muscipula]

well my Venus Flytrap (like you've wanted) has been situated into the humidity tray WITHOUT the pebbles and is now put into the pot without them so its sitting in the the saucer in the rainwater. well my plant has been planted into a 3 " pot so if anyone disagrees with this size speak up. although i think its ok since the plant itself looks small and young enough to be within its container now. if anyone has got any further details i should know about my plant for better results in growing please do so i love to know techniques that makes my plant twice as likely to be successful. well my plant receives southern light from inside all day while I'm away in school from 7:30 to 2:30 (when i get home) and sometimes on occasion when the weathers warm enough i let it have dappled light outside to not shock the sudden light amount it receives when weather is nice enough I'll gradually let it stay out in full sun. and in afternoons i let the plant receive afternoon sun from the window within my house when temperatures drop. ohh and one more thing i also keep my tray filled whenever it drys out and i check under the sphagnum moss to see if its dry also. is water from above fine when dry or is filling the tray more better..? anyways thats about it i can go on forever but i'd be taking your time so thanks for reading and i hope you can help
(p.s) heres the address to see my plant from earier post ocps.proboards78.com/index.cgi?board=dionaea&action=display&thread=1834

[lloyd]

If it's nice outside start it on some sunlight.

[muscipula]

alrighty i thought it'd shock it a bit.

[lloyd]

The sun isn't that high up yet so you can start off with partial sun and work it up over a week or so.

[vraev]

One thing I found that VFTs need is LIGHT. It is probably the most important variable for success. They do not care of humidity. Just give them some nice pure water, nutrient free media.....high light...and you can have VFT's that look like little jaws of horror.

[mabudon]

Personally I would not worry too much about shocking the thing with too much light, I usually don't do much to "harden" plants, they'll start making sun-resistant growth pretty much right away so even if a lot of leaves DO get "sunburned" within a week or two it'll be like it never happened, don't sweat it too much!!

[prmills]

I agree, as long as you have light it'll be ok. When you let the water in the tray dry out, don't let the media dry out too or you may kill it. About the pot size, it'll be fine too. Come winter it'll go into dormancy anyways and when it comes out you can take it out of the pot and give some new media and split it apart for more plants if it'll let you

Glad to hear all is going well with it!