FT001L Venus Fly Trap LARGE Dionaea muscipula

Large Mature plants in 12cm pots Venus Fly Traps will grow well on a sunny windowsill or in a frost free greenhouse. Avoid making the traps shut artificially and force feeding the plants with pieces of cheese or dead insects (it has been known) the plants will catch enough food for themselves. These plants do well on a sunny windowsill or frostfree greenhouse.Stand the plant in a large saucer of rainwater from March to Sept always watering from the saucer,pinch out any flower buds before they form as these can weaken the plants.Never make the traps shut artificially or force feed the plants . During the Winter months the plants will go into dormancy and most of the foliage will die back turning black in colour ,if growing indoors move Venus Flytrap plants to a much cooler position at this time,keep the compost just damp rather than wet and remove any dead black foliage.Plants can be repotted in our com 1 Feb-March time when they will come back into full growth.Remember these plants loose most of their foliage over winter.