Luvachicken Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Has anyone kept a venus fly trap alive and if so for how long ? How many flies does it need to catch to survive ? I ask because my Mum bought me one for a present. The instructions say to keep it in a dish of rain water and so far I have managed to keep it alive for 3 weeks and it caught one fly with my help because I injured it first. How good are they at attracting flies and how successful are they at trapping them ? Thanks for any info x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eggasperated Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 My Venus flytrap is about 3 years old, it lives in the conservatory and seems to easily catch enough flies. It dies back in the winter and I take off all the dead bits in the spring, repot it in some fresh carnivore compost and it just carries on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
