How often should I feed my venus fly trap?
You don’t need to feed your Venus flytrap anything other than lots of sunlight and clean water. Venus flytraps are green, which means they contain chlorophyll and therefore can produce energy from photosynthesis. If you never feed your plant another insect, it will be fine. There are really only 4 things Venus Fly Traps require to stay healthy and insects isn’t one of the. Here they are: 1) Sunlight – at least 4 hours of direct sunlight a day 2) Water – rain, distilled or reverse osmosis water only 3) Soil – Nutrient poor soil such as peat moss 4) Dormancy – Venus Fly Traps require a 3-4 month dormancy period 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. You don’t actually have to feed a Venus Fly Trap anything other than sunlight and water. If you do choose to feed it, don’t over do it. Feed it only insects
