hmills
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ill try not to KILL 'EM ALL
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Post by hmills on Jul 22, 2011 23:00:58 GMT -5
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Post by sekler on Jul 25, 2011 0:57:54 GMT -5
Impressive! I love VFT forests, especially when they are under good care. The view is stunning, thanks for the pics!
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Post by nwflytrap on Jul 25, 2011 11:18:32 GMT -5
Beautiful setup!
I haven't had much luck with mine catching flies. There are always daddy long legs legs sticking out of traps though.
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Post by curlingguy on Aug 7, 2011 11:21:36 GMT -5
very nice plants- great job in growing them.....always love the silhouettes of bugs already captured...
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Post by will20013 on Aug 7, 2011 16:29:50 GMT -5
WoW nice traps, i wish all of mine were growing that great!
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hmills
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ill try not to KILL 'EM ALL
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Post by hmills on Sept 5, 2011 14:48:22 GMT -5
here is a strange leaf formation that i noticed the other day,looks like 1 leaf split in two with only one trap thats formed  Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us |
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Post by Raymond on Sept 5, 2011 14:52:50 GMT -5
COOL ;D
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Post by will20013 on Sept 5, 2011 17:51:36 GMT -5
Nice! ive never seen that before!  |
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Post by Raymond on Sept 5, 2011 17:59:58 GMT -5
I only see them split by the trap and this... WOW
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hmills
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Post by hmills on Sept 5, 2011 18:36:58 GMT -5
i thought it was an interesting formation,i wonder if this is a one time thing or some genetic thing that might happen more often
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Post by Farya on Sept 8, 2011 18:12:06 GMT -5
Beautiful setup! I haven't had much luck with mine catching flies. There are always daddy long legs legs sticking out of traps though. I can help with a suggestion! Here's how I feed my Venus Fly Traps: I soak freeze-dried bloodworms in reverse-osmosis water in those little milkers / creams that you get from Tim Hortons for about 5 minutes or until they have absorbed enough water. With fine-point tweezers I grap about 5 or 6 bloodworms (they are vey small) and gently stimulate the trigger hairs in each traps with the tweezers. Once the traps close I continue stimulating the trigger hairs so that the plant doesn't register this is a false alarm. Then I slowly take slip the teezers out of the traps. I feel about 4 to 5 traps depending on the size of the plant. After about a week to week and a half, the traps open up revealing the dried un-digested part of the bloodworm. I either pick them off and throw them away or the wind does it for me. I hope this helps I have fed it bloodworms, daddy-long legs mosquito, caterpiller and the common fruit fly (which always finds itself drawn to my VFT's ;D ) |
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Post by H2O on Sept 9, 2011 10:11:37 GMT -5
Beautiful setup! I haven't had much luck with mine catching flies. There are always daddy long legs legs sticking out of traps though. I can help with a suggestion! Here's how I feed my Venus Fly Traps: I soak freeze-dried bloodworms in reverse-osmosis water in those little milkers / creams that you get from Tim Hortons for about 5 minutes or until they have absorbed enough water. With fine-point tweezers I grap about 5 or 6 bloodworms (they are vey small) and gently stimulate the trigger hairs in each traps with the tweezers. Once the traps close I continue stimulating the trigger hairs so that the plant doesn't register this is a false alarm. Then I slowly take slip the teezers out of the traps. I feel about 4 to 5 traps depending on the size of the plant. After about a week to week and a half, the traps open up revealing the dried un-digested part of the bloodworm. I either pick them off and throw them away or the wind does it for me. I hope this helps I have fed it bloodworms, daddy-long legs mosquito, caterpiller and the common fruit fly (which always finds itself drawn to my VFT's ;D ) I like my way of just ignoring them in the back yard, the traps are always closed, way less work  |
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Post by Farya on Sept 9, 2011 10:34:22 GMT -5
I can help with a suggestion! Here's how I feed my Venus Fly Traps: I soak freeze-dried bloodworms in reverse-osmosis water in those little milkers / creams that you get from Tim Hortons for about 5 minutes or until they have absorbed enough water. With fine-point tweezers I grap about 5 or 6 bloodworms (they are vey small) and gently stimulate the trigger hairs in each traps with the tweezers. Once the traps close I continue stimulating the trigger hairs so that the plant doesn't register this is a false alarm. Then I slowly take slip the teezers out of the traps. I feel about 4 to 5 traps depending on the size of the plant. After about a week to week and a half, the traps open up revealing the dried un-digested part of the bloodworm. I either pick them off and throw them away or the wind does it for me. I hope this helps I have fed it bloodworms, daddy-long legs mosquito, caterpiller and the common fruit fly (which always finds itself drawn to my VFT's ;D ) I like my way of just ignoring them in the back yard, the traps are always closed, way less work Good idea! Except for when old man winter creeps in and you want to continue growing them in favorable conditions, like I do. Then when summer starts kicking in, just do what H2O does: leave 'em outside and let them work for their own food  |
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