Bare root flytrap !
 

Hi guy,
My friend buy some flytrap (about 14 ) but after he have it, most of them die ! what wrong with it ? How to grow new plants bare root !

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Huh???Bare-root???You need to put them in medium.Stop your friend's mass Vft killing and ask him to put them in sphagnum moss!!!

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He allready put it and the flytrap get kill in 2 week later.

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Did your friend planted the VFT in sphagnum moss?
Did he keep in sunny place?
How many days did the plants take to arrive?
Did he get a lot of water?
I must know it to advice better your friend.
Thanks and please PM me

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Maybe the root was damaged?

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Hi,
I think so, may be the root get damege went it travelling.

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Tranminh,

Just keep the sphagnum moss moist, cover the pot. Should be able to root once again.

Don't throw the purportly dead ones away, might grow new plants from the brown/black leaves. I mean from the tuber. Just keep them wet. Throw them away only after a month.

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Hi bactrus,
Actually my friend have do a mass kill flytrap and the plants die with black leaf with rotten. I have wonder why so I ask you guy !

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ask your friend to check the "dead" plant rhizome, if white rhizome still in good condition then it will grow out the new leaf very soon.

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You must answer what marcos ono asked, in order for us have clear idea what may causing it die.

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hi guy,
I have talk to marcos ono.
Did your friend planted the VFT in sphagnum moss? yes pure sphagnum moss, my VFT die in pure sphagnum moss it rotting !
Did he keep in sunny place? Well his place a kind of hot
How many days did the plants take to arrive? he didn't tell me
Did he get a lot of water? he put the pot in water

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Hello...

Here is what i do when i recieve vft that were sent to me by postage...

When vft are sent from other country they suffer great stress while they are in the parcel... no light and sometimes the heat they bare while trevilling around... it could and would kill it if it's not handled with care...

What i usually do is after reporting them i keep them under 50% shade and keep the media to minimum moisture level during the first 2 weeks, 'for them to recover from the stress'
then use another 2 weeks to slowly add light level and moisture level'for them to acclamatise'

Give your vft time to recover and acclamatise, do not directly dump them under hot sun right after you reported it... the first impact was the stress when it was trevelling in the parcel and direct sunlight stright after comming out from the parcel will most cirtainly kill it...

Regards
Jonathan

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Did your friend planted the VFT in sphagnum moss? yes pure sphagnum moss, my VFT die in pure sphagnum moss it rotting !
--> Previously, some of my VFT growing in spagnum moss. My previous red VFT that I posted in forum long time ago is growing at that media. So, I dont think that is issue.

Did he keep in sunny place? Well his place a kind of hot
--> We must keep those newly brought CPs that suffer from transport for long time in bright and cooler place. Only give them more sunlight or artificial light slowly.

How many days did the plants take to arrive? he didn't tell me
--> In my experience, 10days suppose no issue. Not sure they can doing well more then 10days.

Did he get a lot of water? he put the pot in water
--> Many people said they prefer drier media if compare drosera and sarracenia. They doing well in water tray as well. It is better, if water level is lower. Around 1/4 of yours pot or lower.

Just 2cents

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Thank guy ! Really helpful information !