Venus fly trap & pitcher plant

Care tag · 83

“Only rainwater or distilled water, and never any fertiliser.”

1. 01

   Light

   Full sun or strong morning sun, at least 4 hours.
2. 02

   Water

   Always wet. Stand the pot in a saucer of rainwater or distilled water. Tap water slowly kills it.
3. 03

   Soil & pot

   Peat moss or sphagnum moss only. Never ordinary soil.
4. 04

   Feeding

   None. It feeds itself on insects.
5. 05

   What you'll need

   • Peat moss
   • Sphagnum moss

   All available here at the nursery.

Something wrong?

• A trap turns black

  Normal after it catches something or is poked. Don't trigger the traps for fun.

• The whole plant weak and blackening

  Tap water, fertiliser or too little sun. Switch to rainwater and more sun.

• Struggling in the heat

  Fly traps find our lowland heat hard. Sarracenia are tougher.

Balcony or porch