I just got a couple of venus flytraps from Wal-Mart and loving them. Years ago I looked up everything I needed to keep one and had one exploding in my window. Unfortunately I burned my apartment down in an accidental grease fire and the flytrap was no more. I miss all my plants that died in the fire, actually. I practically had a green house in my kitchen lol
Carnivorous plants
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Just picked up this VFT from walmart I tried to one with a lot of new growth but still not bad for $5 
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Looks really good for a WalMart VTF. It's even got some red in the traps, which means its fairly healthy
Now, get some dirt from the CPN, transplant it into a ~6" pot, set the pot in a water dish that always has about an inch of DISTILLED water in it, set it in a sunny window and watch it explode! I would also mist mine whenever I thought about it. They seemed to appreciate it.
Have you heard of using peat moss? There's instructions on the back of the container and it says use peat moss. I was thinking of trying it if I buy another VFT
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I don't see why anyone would want to use peat moss to be honest. In the wild, these things grow in what is basically beach sand with no nutrients, which is why they've evolved the ability to augment their nutritional needs. They're originally from coastal swamps in the Carolinas and there's a possibly introduced population in northern Florida. The best bet would be to try to match it's natural condition as closely as possible.
The swamps where I grew up on the FL/GA line had all sorts of carnivorous plants, though I never found any VFTs. We had pitchers, sundews and butterworts. All of them grew in the nasty white sand we had down there. It was basically wet sugar sand with very little organic material. They normally grew in acidic soil by the pine trees and red oaks as well.
I guess what I'm driving at is that in my experience, I don't really see a reason to put them into peat moss. It may or may not work, but for ideal growth of the plants I don't see an advantage to it.
I don't see why anyone would want to use peat moss to be honest. In the wild, these things grow in what is basically beach sand with no nutrients, which is why they've evolved the ability to augment their nutritional needs. They're originally from coastal swamps in the Carolinas and there's a possibly introduced population in northern Florida. The best bet would be to try to match it's natural condition as closely as possible.
The swamps where I grew up on the FL/GA line had all sorts of carnivorous plants, though I never found any VFTs. We had pitchers, sundews and butterworts. All of them grew in the nasty white sand we had down there. It was basically wet sugar sand with very little organic material. They normally grew in acidic soil by the pine trees and red oaks as well.
I guess what I'm driving at is that in my experience, I don't really see a reason to put them into peat moss. It may or may not work, but for ideal growth of the plants I don't see an advantage to it.
hmm I guess it can be used looked up the soil on CPN this is what the description says. A premium blend of sphagnum peat moss and washed sand, ideal for growing most carnivorous plants. Each bag contains enough mix to fill a 4" pot.
Well give it a try lol. Let me know how it goes! I have a huge bag of left over peat from my blackwater experiement and it would be a lot cheaper to use than the CPN stuff lol.
Ok I will tomorrow I'm going to try and find some in my area. I think this is worthy of an science experiment.
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Ima gunna have to try Home Depot hopefully they have both. Do you think it will matter what kind of sand is it? I know it has to be washed but the only thing popping up is play sand.
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