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[Luvachicken]

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

[Eggasperated]

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.