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it could holf 1 vft for a while but bigger pots are better , they don't really like root distubance but i hear planst with crammed roots tend to have bigger traps .
NickHubbell
It’s a trap!
They will also make good seed starting pots. Seeds only need 1-2" of media to sprout. Once the new sprouts are large enough, or starting to grow into one another, they can be transplanted to larger pots.
vft guy in SJ
VFT and Drosera lover
Terra cotta pots have a tendency to leech minerals and salts (I believe) into the soil over time. Minerals in soil = dead VFTs. For best results stick with plastic or glazed ceramic pots for your VFTs and leave the terra cotta for cactus.
Steve
Steve
I was at Lowes the other day and they have these pots that are glazed ceramic on the outside, have an inner ceramic pot that is not glazed. The idea is to put water in the outer pot and the inner pot will slowly absorb it. Has anyone tried these for a VFT? It would definitely keep the soil moist.
Jeremy
Jeremy
BigCarnivourKid
It's been one of dem days
You'll run into the same thing Steve talked about above. The clay absorbs the water and any disolved minerals in it. Eventually the minerals start leaching back out of the clay/ceramic pot and into the soil your plant is in. It may take longer with this pot, as the minerals will have to work through from the outside, but down the road a few years you will end up with the same thing.[b said:
BCK
A 2" pot will work for 2-3 years after you get a plant fresh from tissue culture. After that, they may start to outgrow it, but you can just transplant them then. In my experience, vft fresh from tissue culture have very tiney root systems
... but my oldest flytrap has enough solid root mass to compleatly fill a 3" pot without any soil 
It is an extream case though 
(does not divide like most plants do when they get big)
It is an extream case though (does not divide like most plants do when they get big)Clay comes from the ground, so it starts out with minerals, salts and other garbage. This makes it unsuitable for CPs. Spider plants on the other hand (and I have no idea what those are, all I know is that they are not carnivorous) may be able to take a higher concentration of minerals, and do fine in a pot like that.
SF
SF
