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❤️5 seeds
❤️️GIN for 15!
Dionaea muscipula(technical name) AKA VENUS FLY TRAP!!

TIPS ON GROWING:
In their native habitat Venus fly traps grow in a nutrient poor, acidic soil, so you will need to sow Venus fly trap seeds in an Ericaceous seed compost.
Using 4 inch pots, sow the Venus Fly trap seeds so that they are resting on the surface of the compost, but do not cover - this can be done at any time of year.
Lightly press seeds onto the compost, spacing well apart to ensure a good contact. and do not exclude light.
The compost should be damp but not soggy. Seal the pots inside a polythene bag or cover with glass and place out of direct sun, but in good light.
If you have a propagator, maintain an optimum temperature of 75-80F (25-27C).
If you can, try to provide a humidity of 90% until most have germinated which takes 20-40 days then reduce to 70-80% - otherwise just do your best with a house-plant mister.
Transplant the seedlings after 3-4 true leaves develop.
Be aware that Venus fly trap seedlings are slow growing. Once the first set of true leaves has developed, give a VERY WEAK solution of liquid fertiliser once a month.

Never over fertilise as this can easily kill them!


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It catches its prey—chiefly insects and arachnids— with a trapping structure formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves and is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces. When an insect or spider crawling along the leaves contacts a hair, the trap closes if a different hair is contacted within twenty seconds of the first strike. The requirement of redundant triggering in this mechanism serves as a safeguard against a waste of energy in trapping objects with no nutritional value.

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