MUST KNOW REASONS WHY YOUR VENUS FLYTRAPS DIED DURING WINTER DORMANCY

[@PetalsonthePavingSlabs]

As ever, I learned a lot from watching this, thank you Brad!

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Thank you!

[@vontassenfarm4813]

Good informative video. Thank you. I keep my traps in the window in one of my bathrooms since it tends to be the coolest room in the house. I live in an area where temps are very similar to North Carolina, so it doesn't get too freezing cold. My traps are dormant with the small winter traps, and I keep the water level very low as well (mine are planted in moss).

[@BradsGreenhouse]

awesome! sounds like success!

[@tylerkrug7719]

If your Temps are similar to North Carolina, then put them outside? Guaranteed there not getting enough light

[@vontassenfarm4813]

@@tylerkrug7719 I'm just hesitant to leave them outside since we do get lots of below freezing temps at night and can get light snow on occasion. I feel way more comfy keeping them inside. They're dormant right now, so their light requirement is fine on the windowsill. I've had these plants three years now. The first year I did not allow them to go dormant and kept them watered and under grow lights. I started out with just one plant and because they multiply so fast, I've been dividing them every summer so they won't get over crowded. Love these plants!

[@vontassenfarm4813]

@@BradsGreenhouse Yep! I'm enjoying the ride!

[@grandtheftgameryt]

Any direct sunlight?

[@markhaunert5029]

Well basically I did everything wrong. Thanks for great info. Definitely new subscriber.

[@Nadya5]

just got my venus fly trap from home depot in that "death cube" I have repotted it and would like to know, how I can revive it from near death?

[@Aaron_Heininger]

I got mine from walmart and think my brother got a near death one for 2 dollars at home depot. All he did was get peat moss and pearl light. He only put it in a jar to as simple way to keep it moist. Me i put mine in a 14 dollar aquarium with two in it. I know i may regret but at the time i didn't know about having to put new soil every year. But worse case if transplanting them become a death threat then I'm just gonna leave them as is and try to figure out other ways to avoid changing the soils.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

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[@BradsGreenhouse]

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[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

I'm from Florida

[@BradsGreenhouse]

@@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening Hey Man! hows the weather?

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

@@BradsGreenhouse the weather is great I can grow my nepenthes and orchids outside all year round and I can have annual flowers bloom all year round too!

[@BradsGreenhouse]

@@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening must be nice! haha

[@bouncyblight2001]

This is my first time putting these things in dormancy and so far they look exactly like yours so my worries are practically gone.

[@WCiossek]

@WCiossek One misconception is, that Dionea muscipula need dormancy for thriving. I live in an area , where sunshine is very rare and the winter are very long and very wet with frosts down to -20°C and frequent thaw periods which stresses the plants. Keeping them outside in the winter kills all the plants, because they were smashed from wet ice. We have a lot of rain and I have them outdoors at the end of May until September. It is not enough time to build enough substance. I have this Dionea muscipula since 53 years and made experiments in dormancy, because this plant propagate very strongly. Dormancy under frost free conditions and long winter kills them, because they need a lot of time after spring to rebuild some leaves and four or five months vegetation period is too short and dormancy more than a half year is too long. They get smaller and weaker every year until they die. Another group of plants were cultivated during the winter time under artificial light and a temperature of 25°C about 50 years and these plants are very strong and compact in growth. Without artificial light, the leaves become very broad to catch light as much as possible and the traps becomes very small, but recover faster in the spring than when subjected to hibernation. Heavy rainfall and standing in water for months do not seem to harm it. If the substrate dries a bit, the rhizomes are stimulated to grow vigorously and anchor the plant more firmly in the substrate as the rhizome grows downwards.

[@unoriginal1086]

i love how its almost spring for you in january, but for me its the very dead of winter.

[@Tatusiek_1]

for me there is no winter

[@donnacone4714]

I’ve learned lots from you! Thank you 😊

[@dickiegreenleaf750]

Thank you for this. Finally one that answered my questions

[@jimpearson9292]

I wish mine looked like that. I live in Toxteth in Liverpool UK and we've had a mild winter. I have a cold frame full of fly traps and sundew. Both pretty much disappear over winter but go nuts from Spring onwards when it warms up again.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

awesome!

[@Admiral_Pumpout]

Jim I hope mine does ok. Never had one alive for so long, so pleased so far. I’m near Leeds so not far from you, I’m surprised you’ve left yours out in a cold frame.

[@jimpearson9292]

@@Admiral_Pumpout to be honest, I didn't hold much hope for them the first year but it's been 4 winters now and they keep coming back. The sundews do especially well, there's a carpet of babies each year.

[@stitISH]

@@jimpearson9292 Hi, I am new to this , i just bought my firsy flytrap , how do take care for them during dormancy , what do you do exactly ? thank you

[@kyddoemiko100]

Definitely a good idea clipping that black dried up Venus flytrap and the use of micro dissecting scissors, 🍃🍃🤓🍃🍃

[@MicksMasdevalliaorchids]

All looking good Brad, great advice, excellent video. Thanks for Sharing.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Thanks Mick!

[@Aar0nDown]

When you put Venus fly trap in the fridge do you have to do something similar to acclimating, in fridge for a few hours each day, then after a week or so the plant stays in the fridge all day every day for 3 months, or just put them in the fridge right away and leave them there, no acclimation? (after prepping them of course: changing the soil separating the plants cleaning etc. ) after 3 months can I take the plant out of the fridge, pot it up and no longer put it in the fridge until next winter? Or do I have to gradually acclimate the plant leaving it out of the refrigerator for a few hours each day, then after a week stop putting it in the fridge and keep it all the time out of the fridge? I live in Saskatchewan could the dormancy work on my windowsill ? My windowsill gets a little cold, its a south facing window temperature does not go down to freezing, if yes can I just put it on the windowsill or do I need to acclimate the plant?

[@Khvicha.kvaradonut77]

Wish I knew this before my vfts got fricking snowed on

[@dannywong1941]

Dis is great thank you

[@Aaron_Heininger]

Well my problem that I'm concerned with is California it gets cold at night and hot in the day. And that is happening during my winter. Plus my humidity levels are low so i got mine in an aquarium with the peat moss and pearlight mixture. So far they are doing well and are growing nice and green. I've been researching as much as i can so i can keep them for as long as possible till i have to get more.

[@sromero6738]

That's what I keep looking at. I also live in California.

[@connorcoyle9396]

Hi I’m looking for a tiny greenhouse like under 100 for my carnivorous plants does anyone have any suggestions or websites I should visit

[@unrealhit88]

Connjiff Coyle yea amazon 4 tier green house

[@DJJumpdancer]

4:46 what cultivar is in the bottom left corner ? the traps are huge

[@edwardlittlefield447]

Thanks for the info Brad!

[@BradsGreenhouse]

thanks for watching!

[@vvvkk]

Even that the peat still looks wet enough to me for spring and summer. Wonder what's your peat looks like in summer.

[@ericgillin4319]

what would cause deformed leaves( traps). I did not put mine into dormancy, not yet, the way my weather is they will not be outside until june. the plants do not know what month it is, jest light and temp. plus a lot of mine are from a plant that I thought was dead but when I took it out of the pot there were about 8 plants growing along the sides of the pot , so I planted them, and figured it would be best to let them get a chance to grow a little, and they did. I only water them about every 5 or 6 days and I have been feeding one trap about every three or four weeks since November . they get about 14 hours of light a day and the high temp is around 73 and low temp 63. the plants have nice red traps and look better then they ever did , plus my two (death cube plants) are dividing. one of them is the one with the most new growth that is deformed. long ? I know! I could go on but I will not. thanks for the great videos

[@bimalkumbhar12]

Hi sir, do you mist your venus Flytrap regularly or weekly,,, does it need misting ?

[@haroldsimpson2020]

good information at the right time thank you

[@karenricks5630]

Thank u because o got one

[@wolfe1970]

Are they ok in the fridge where it would be pitch black for a few months

[@sadieshepard8693]

My trap came when it was 12f and the heads started to turn black and fall off what should I do?

[@HyeonsikLi]

Can I leave my VFT outside during the winter? We usually have temperatures between 20-40F. Usually around 30F maybe.

[@bouncyblight2001]

I was told that as long as the temperature doesn’t drop below 20 they should be fine

[@HyeonsikLi]

@@bouncyblight2001 im a Blight main LOL

[@dumbflop2070]

A few of mine were fine at first, these last few months some completely turned black :(. I dug them up yesterday and some were mushy. My guess was some type of fungus? If you could reply and maybe tell me why. I would really appreciate it :)

[@midnitesilverrun8631]

So pretty much gonna be impossible for me to keep carnivorous plants alive here in the upper Midwest.

[@ScaryFear]

I enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing. I have a rescued death cube nepenthes. Sold as ventricosa turned out to be a ventrata. I posted my own video on it. I should try to rescue some flytraps.

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Glad you liked!

[@monke1919]

I've never seen a death cube nepenthes. Where did you get it at?

[@ScaryFear]

@@monke1919 Go watch my video on it. I've had two.

[@matthewloomis2942]

What would happen if you cut every single trap off of a venus flytrap

[@debbiethomas3687]

Thanks for the excellent information. I don't have any at the moment, having lost my one trial plant over winter a couple of years ago. I would like to have a couple but they would need to be in the greenhouse with my masdevallias and draculas, and the humidity is very high in there - 80-99%. The temp is kept to a minimum of 8-10C, but may go up to 18-20C on a sunny winter day, and there's a big fan running 24/7. Would that be too humid, or too warm, for them?

[@BradsGreenhouse]

the 20C is a bit warm for winter but not impossible, humidity should be ok as well

[@debbiethomas3687]

@@BradsGreenhouse Thanks Brad. The 20C is rare, our winters are damp and chilly and we don't get much sun, it might be just one or two days when it goes over 15C in the greenhouse. I'll give them another go this year.

[@freyahascrafts4u814]

Please help me I ordered a venus fly trap and it won't open HELP

[@eemil.saapasmalmi9840]

Won't open?

[@davidhimself9556]

Is pinguicila tina subtropical, tropical or not tropical?

[@danevans740]

Awesome! 👍👍👍

[@BradsGreenhouse]

Dan Evan's thanks Dave!

[@travelandfestivals]

Can someone tell me why mine is starting to bloom now... I kept it outside all year and it grew pretty well. Now its in my attic where its around 10 degrees celsius, with light coming from a north facing window. I thought it entered dormancy but its sprowting a bloom. I have a drosera filiformis kept the same way and that one has already a hibernaculum.

[@travelandfestivals]

Help?

[@potatopoii2720]

Филип Б. No

[@tylerkrug7719]

Interesting

[@TF2Scout..]

I WANNA KEEP THEM AQUARIUM IS IT POSSIBLE? WHAT DO I NEED TO CHANGE AND KEEP THE TEMPERATURE IN AQUARIUM? PLEASE ANSWER MY QUESTION PLEASE....

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

Why do you gotta yell? And no you can't Venus flytraps do absolutely terrible in almost any terrarium setup

[@BenjiNights]

Love this I’ve tried dionea loads of tiles but I can’t keep them , o have a warm greenhouse and a frost free one maybe I’ll try in there 🤣🤣 I’ve only tried on the windowsill haha after watching your channel for years I should’ve of tried them in my greenhouse by now 🤣🤣

[@BradsGreenhouse]

yeah Windowsill is the worse place. Kills me to see the pale limp plants 😆

[@BenjiNights]

Brads Greenhouse & Gardening 😅😂😂

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

At 3:13 where did you find those? I've been trying to track those down for years

[@migueldesanchez9653]

I have some of them that I'd be willing to give to you I also have pigmy Venus flytraps

[@andreasrieser326]

Nice!!!! :D

[@SuperPokefan15]

Can anyone give me some tips I have my flytraps in the Bacement and I just did a re pot of them all and I think I killed them I'm not sure my rhyzomes are all dried out and brown and the one that wasn't was rotten badly I removed the rot but did I kill them or is there a chance they will come back

[@BradsGreenhouse]

sounds like they may have been to wet, repotting when dormant is normally ok

[@SuperPokefan15]

@@BradsGreenhouse thank you I'll be sure to keep a closer eye on them. haha I feel like it was fated this video came out cause I was just looking for a very similar video on your channel yesterday to see if I've killed them or not

[@sebituri]

Hi Brad! Any Cephallotus Focullaris tips please?

[@BradsGreenhouse]

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[@sebituri]

@@BradsGreenhouse thanks!

[@leafjaws6454]

Here in Greece spring begins in Martch. My plants are dormant from mid Octomber and I think they will wake up at Martch. Is 4-5 months to much for dormancy or it is ok? Another thing. Spider mites attacked my flytraps but I think I killed them. Is it normal to have spider mites in winter?

[@nonesoherpetological8974]

That Dormancy is fine. Here in America, dormancy begins in October and ends in Feburary or March depending on where you're located, so it's totally fine.

[@leafjaws6454]

@@nonesoherpetological8974 thanks

[@BradsGreenhouse]

yes, I agree with ZD, totally fine.

[@leafjaws6454]

Is it normal for spider mites at winter?

[@Tatusiek_1]

Leaf Jaws no

[@user-sr3xg6wg5w]

If i see small new leaves in the center but all the other big ones are dead i'm in good way ???

[@BradsGreenhouse]

I think so yes, sounds good

[@user-sr3xg6wg5w]

Brads Greenhouse & Gardening I hope so !!!

[@user-sr3xg6wg5w]

Nepenthes need dormancy ???Nice video !!!

[@BradsGreenhouse]

thanks! no Nepenthes don't need dormancy

[@user-sr3xg6wg5w]

Brads Greenhouse & Gardening Thanks a lot !!!!

[@thecrazerkid2146]

Have you ever dropped a flytrap and broke them?

[@karengregory4522]

Do venus fly traps need to be fed when dormant?

[@BradsGreenhouse]

nope the traps hardly can even move

[@tylerkrug7719]

Fly traps don't need to be fed

[@RomainQ]

Not really liking the relatively new clickbait-y titles and thumbnails :/

[@Royaliize]

👌

[@BradsGreenhouse]

thanks!

[@unrealhit88]

Wish you would sell to America :(

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

He does... Since when was Canada a whole different continent? Last time I checked it still part of North America

[@bensmall6548]

They mean The United States of America.

[@rollzolo]

Flys don't have a chance in your collection