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Recent content by Clueless

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    TOTALLY FRUSTERATED

    Well my trap is finally almost completely closed after all this time!! I think that trap may just have not been mature enough. What does everyone think? Could this be the cause?? Also...I thought it was normal for the trap to blacken after eating a bug?? LoL, and yes it was dead. I would never...
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    TOTALLY FRUSTERATED

    Is it possible for the spider to be too big for the trap? And is it possible for the trap to take a full 24 hours to close all the way in the winter time? Because it looks to be closed as far as it can now, but the spider may be too big. Will this be a problem?? And the trap looks fully formed...
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    TOTALLY FRUSTERATED

    Oh my goodness you guys...should I take the bug out? I left it in there because I thought maybe it would close after a while...but it hasn't! What should I do? Is it not getting enough light? Or water? Or too much? What should I do to help?
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    TOTALLY FRUSTERATED

    But the one I fed it to was a new trap. And what do I do with exhausted traps? Was it something I did to make it exhausted? Does it have anything to do with the lighting, temp, or the amount of water I am giving it? Is this all normal or is my plant dying?
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    TOTALLY FRUSTERATED

    I fed my flytrap a spider the other day and the traps wouldn't close around it!!! They wouldn't even move! What the heck is up with this?? HELP!!
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    Should I seperate my traps??

    My venus flytrap arrived with about 16 traps on it, 3 died in the shipping process and its aftermath, therefor I still have around 13 traps on my flytrap...and that little 3-incher just isn't enough for it, but I don't have the right soil to replant and haven't been able to find the additives I...
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    Light Requirements?

    LoL must not be plastic...but feels a little like it. Its a 17 watt Ott-Lite, and I have it about 3-5 inches away from the plant right now. I have it on about 14-15 hours of the day. Does that sound ok???
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    Light Requirements?

    It looks like a regular lightbulb, but its plastic and doesn't get very hot at all...its been on for a good 10 hours already today and I can still barely feel warmth, and then only when I lay my fingers directly on the blub. As to the wattage, I'm not sure, but its low. It also said on the box...
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    Light Requirements?

    I got a grow light at the store today and a light that clips onto the side of my terrarium (I have my plant in the origional pot sitting in a small pie tin with about 1/2inch water at the bottom). It says 8 hours of direct sunlight, but I have heard that it needs 12-16 hours if you are not using...
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    Replanting

    Hey guys, just got my flytrap today and was wondering when and how to replant? Any tips or guidelines to follow?? I have a 5gal terrarium with good soil and drainage and was wondering if you could tell me how long to wait to replant and give me any other tips. Thanks!!
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