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Growing VFT'S upside down...

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I saw that Topsy Turvy Tomato thing, and I'm doing it with a Dionaea. String tied around the holes of a three inch pot, filled with soil, and the plant with plastic wrap with holes in it over the "bottom" of the pot. I water it through the holes. The only obvious sign I see is red traps, which I have never had.
 
SirKristoff said:
but i agree, its a good thought, but idk how a VFT would get direct sun hanging under one of those things
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Maybe more like one of the newer ones where the plants are on the side rather than the bottom. Would still be less light than being in a normal pot but more than being out the bottom.
 
I thought those were for people who found it too "time consuming" or "difficult" to stake their tomatoes, not because it was preferable. I can see the leaves growing horizontally maybe to try to get more light. Any particular reason why?
 
silenceisgod said:
Neither do tomatoes or strawberries, but they seem to applaud that.
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Tomatoes and strawberries are scrambling plants that can often be found growing on sharp inclines. They also benefit from inversion due to being a fruit crop, both with particularly fleshy berries - hanging with the root zone above the stem allows gravity to assist hydration. VFTs are not grown for fruit, nor do they produce a stem, so I'm dubious of how much of a difference this could make. However, I think they would appreciate the greater moisture availability and soil temperatures that these things provide, so who knows...
~Joe
 
seedjar said:
Tomatoes and strawberries are scrambling plants that can often be found growing on sharp inclines. They also benefit from inversion due to being a fruit crop, both with particularly fleshy berries - hanging with the root zone above the stem allows gravity to assist hydration. VFTs are not grown for fruit, nor do they produce a stem, so I'm dubious of how much of a difference this could make. However, I think they would appreciate the greater moisture availability and soil temperatures that these things provide, so who knows...
~Joe
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If it says "Edited by Xvart" under my post, it means that isn't exactly what I said. :-))
 
The only people who are going to grow VFTs upside down are fools in my opinion.

  1. How is the plant supposed to catch anything like that? For all I know, flies will NEVER go into an upside down VFT trap. Why should they? Its supposed to be a landing pad for the critters. It works well in that role also! Once two flies, in the process of mating, flew by me. One landed on a large VFT trap. The other, close behind, landed there too. Both were toast. And I saw it happen! That was the coolest part. It may catch an occasional crawler, but the majority of the prey will probably escape by falling out of the jaws, or not even notice the trap.
  2. As was already pointed out, how are the plants going to get much light?
  3. How are you going to enjoy them? Personally, I don't want to stare at the bottom of a pot; nor do I want to lay on my back and get peat on my face when I try to take a nice look at my plant. And just flipping the plant over won't work. It won't be rigid or sturdy because it hasn't been growing against gravity.
  4. This is COMPLETELY unnatural, as was already mentioned.
  5. And, it is a waste of time. You can't water them with the tray system anymore! :-))
 
silenceisgod said:
If it says "Edited by Xvart" under my post, it means that isn't exactly what I said. :-))
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The only thing edited out was unrelated to the topic at hand (i.e. commentary about the original poster).

xvart.
 
silenceisgod said:
If it says "Edited by Xvart" under my post, it means that isn't exactly what I said. :-))
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Xvart deleted the unrelated part.. but that is an exact quote of what you said... aaaaand now I see he already replied and said that haha :-))
 
adnedarn said:
Xvart deleted the unrelated part.. but that is an exact quote of what you said... aaaaand now I see he already replied and said that haha :-))
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It's okay, you only had the window opened for 45 minutes without refreshing... :-))
 
Won't the roots eventually curl downwards and the whole plant fall out onto the floor?
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Yeah, roots grow with the pull of gravity and shoots grow against it. Since venus flytraps don't really vine or need support to grow this sort of pot would be useless in my opinion.
 
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