[Vincent]

To make the actual traps bigger, you set off one trigger,wait a good minute and a half, then do it again.When the first hair is touched, it sends a hormone throughout the plant to start 'growing'. I typically dont do it all the time now,since i work alot, but once a day even keeps the beetles at bay! Also, i know another little trick to make an overall vigorous plant. venus flytraps arent like cobra lillies, in other words, they like their roots hot. You can use black aquarium tank pebbles as a top dressing;or u can use black glass pebbles. Anything black and shiny will work, because black absorbs sunlight. I did both of those techniques when i wasnt working last year, and i was greatly rewarded with a burst in trap size and growth. I got the info from cobraplant.com, which they are in portland, OR.They have a disk that gives you anything you want to know on CPs.Anyways my new flytraps are in the windowsill, and will sit there for dormancy.They get there trigger hairs touched every once and a while, but next years growth with be even bigger. Happy growing Vin~