[b said:
Quote[/b] ]What about trap size? The traps can just fit pillbugs now. Will they get bigger? The plant seems to prefer putting up small traps, with a sudden burst of big ones. Those ones are the ones that are dying off.
Just another guess, but it could be that the smaller traps are from a side-shoot coming off the root system, such as I have with one of my VFTs at the moment. Mind you, I can't think why it prefers keeping those smaller ones alive to the main parent's bigger traps, if I've guessed right about what's happening. Perhaps the parent plant is old(?)
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]In CA, would full sun be too much light? I fryed over the course of this week a nep and a dew. I think it was more of the oven effect rather than light though...
Can't help you, mate. I live in the South West of England, so all I know about California, I see on the TV. Having said that, if it's the oven effect rather than direct sun damage that killed your other CPs, perhaps it might me an idea to shift your VFTs outdoors, where they aren't so likely to get cooked. Lack of humidity could be problem then, though. Hmm.
Any Californian growers in the house?
[b said:
Quote[/b] ]BTw, does not using a trap do any harm to the plant? I like to let the small ones eat bugs because the big ones are just to gorgeous when open to stick bugs in them. Would feeding the bigger traps encourage more growth?
I can never resist stuffing a bug into a trap the moment it's ready to feed...
Thing is, the larger traps can eat larger prey; larger prey means more nutrients; more nutrients means more plant. I wouldn't say you're exactly starving your plant by only feeding its smaller traps, but he's not in any danger of getting overweight.