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Flytraps eat bugs. This fascinates people no matter what their age. This is a great learning opportunity for the whole family that will be fun for your children to share with others.

Not only will your child have to take the time to learn about how to care for this plant, but they will have to provide it with the proper bugs. They will also have to exercise restraint from teasing the traps just to get them to close. They will also have to take a leadership role and inform their friends why this should not be done as well.

This is a great start of the summer gift for your children. A super fun, super interesting learning opportunity!

And, don’t forget, flytraps do go dormant. So, don’t throw it away in the winter!

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It is a beautiful and interesting plant on it’s own for most of the year.  Of course, it does take a beauty break during dormancy.  The dormancy period causes your plant to look horrible.  In fact, many new flytrap owners think their plant is dead or dying during dormancy.  Other than this, the plant is very attractive and interesting to the eye.

Many people are so enthralled with the plant that they do not realize that it does flower.  The venus flytrap produces a white flower on top of a long stem that grows from the center of the plant.  The stem, if allowed to grow and produce the flower, grows well above the plant.  Many believe this is the plant’s way of ensuring that the flower can accommodate visits from bugs that will pollinate it.   The tall stem keeps the bugs well above the traps that would trap and use them for nutrients.  It is very interesting that nature takes care of this possible problem on it’s own!

If pollinated, the flower is where the plant produces seeds.  If you do allow the flower to grow, or forget to remove it in time, you can remove the seeds and use them later or sell them.

Many people believe that the venus flytrap flower should be removed immediately.  And when more flower stems attempt to grow, those should be removed as well.  This is due to the fact that they believe a flowering plant may die.  And, in fact, it is true that if you are not an experienced grower your plant may die.  Often, the plant will survive and will be weak for up to one year from the time it is allowed to flower.  The decision is yours.

The flower stem will look different from any other stem on the plant.  It will be long and skinny with a bulb-shaped end.  If you are going to remove it, do so immediately upon noticing it.  If the bud begins to open, you have waited too long and should allow the flower to bloom.  If this happens, you may as well attempt to get seeds fro

The venus flytrap flower is pretty and white.  But allowing the plant to flower is not recommended until you have some experience.

Venus flytrap plants should be fed bugs.  More specifically, the proper bugs like flies, spiders and crickets.  For more information, check out Feed a Venus Flytrap.

• Planting your flytrap in the garden or in common soil.  See venus flytrap soil.
• Playing with the traps.  Setting the traps off over and over is a surefire way to kill your venus flytrap.
• Feeding your flytrap hamburger meat.  Don’t do this!
• Not getting your flytrap enough sun.  When placing in a terrarium or indoors anywhere, it is very important that the plant gets at least 8 hours of sun.

Many times new venus flytrap owners mistakenly believe that their flytrap has been killed or is dying during the period of time from November to February.  The plant will get black and appear to be dead or dying.  Put the plant in a dark space and leave it alone!

Avoid these common venus flytrap killers and you will have a better chance of becoming a successful flytrap grower.

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Once the trap has closed and your flytrap begins the process of releasing fluids inside the trap, the digestive fluids will break down the bug so that the soft, inner part of the venus flytrap can be digested.  This can take anywhere from 7-12 days.  Be patient.  Do not do anything to the trap while this in in progress or you may end up killing your plant.

Once the process is done and the inner part of the bug is digested, the trap opens and the shell or dried up carcass of the bug is allowed to drop or blow away.  For more more venus flytrap feeding information, visit Feed a Venus Flytrap.

The most common is that  your flytrap just doesn’t need to eat.  They are not plants that need to eat often.  In fact, they can go a couple of months between meals.   So, just wait a week and try again.

Is the meal alive?  If you don’t have a live bug, the trigger hairs that are inside of each trap may not be triggered properly.  Two hairs have to be triggered in a row for the trap to close.  You can mimic this by gently moving a dead bug across the hairs with tweezers.

If  you have made the traps close over and over just for fun, this may have poorly affected your plant.  In fact, not only will the traps stop closing, your plant may die.

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The reality is that the largest venus flytrap is just over 2″.  A plant with 2″ traps is considered a nice, large size venus flytrap.  There are some plants that have reached near 3″, but this is rare.  So, anyone with thoughts of feeding your pesky little brother or sister to the plant will be disappointed.

You can grow one of the largest venus flytrap plants with special care and experience.  Who knows.  Maybe you will set a new record.

Many people believe that the best way to ensure the conservation of the venus flytrap in it’s natural habitat is to buy a lot of the land that is the plant’s natural habitat.  Although the plant could always continue to be grown by people out of it’s natural environment, there is nothing like having plenty flytraps growing in a place in nature that they will thrive naturally.

Some say there should be a surcharge on the purchase of each venus flytrap plant that is purchased.  This money can then be used to purchase and maintain the proper habitats and lands for these beautiful and interesting plants.

It is hugely important to ensure that we always have plenty of venus flytraps growing in the marshlands and natural habitats.  Conservation for the venus flytrap in it’s natural and original environment should be supported by all.

Many people do not see the seeds that the venus flytrap produces, however.  This is because the plant produces the venus flytrap flower, which provides the seeds.  Most hobbyists, beginners in particular, do not allow the flower to grow.  As soon as he stem starts to grow, they cut it off.  This is because when the plant is allowed to flower, it weakens the plant.  Many beginning hobbyists will lose their flytrap after it flowers.

But, if you want the seeds, you will have to allow your venus flytrap to flower and pollinate them.  Once that is done, you can harvest the seeds and grow more plants.