How do you take care of a venus flytrap plant?
Congratulations on your new plant. You do not need to feed your fly trap anything other than sunlight. If you do feel like feeding it, don’t feed it anything other than insects. There are three major points to keeping a Venus fly trap healthy. 1) Sunlight 2) Water 3) Soil Venus fly traps like lots of light. Try to give it at least 4 hours of direct sunlight a day. The more you can give it the better. It is best to grow your fly trap outside where it can get plenty of sun and catch its own food. Venus fly traps need clean water. Usually tap water will not do. It is best to use distilled water, rain water, or reverse osmosis water. Venus fly traps need water with a TDS (total dissolved soilds) measurement of 50 ppm (parts per million) or less. In order to get this, you probably need to use distilled water or reverse osmosis water or rain water. Their soil should be kept wet at all times. It is best to use a tray and set the plant in about 1/2 inch of water. Humidity isn’t that important.
