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Jul 9, 2009 16:04:03 GMT
Post by BRiiZi on Jul 9, 2009 16:04:03 GMT
should u protect your vfts from heavy rain? i recently had a big storm and it filled mey water trays up and damaged some and killed others. help!
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Jul 10, 2009 1:21:35 GMT
Post by unstuckintime on Jul 10, 2009 1:21:35 GMT
Your water trays should have holes which allow it to drain excess water off before it reaches the crown of the plants. True, Dionaea in their natural habitat experience periodic flooding, and survive just fine, but if your tray fills up with water, the medium will become lose, and the whole thing will become Venus Fly Trap and Mud soup... which isnt good for it (since you'd have to repot it, which they dont like to do in the middle of the summer). This has happened to me a few times before i did something about it, and i did lose at least three Dionaea in the process. Heavy rain shouldnt have done any damage to the plants themselves, but hail could break some of the leaves, but unless it totally obliterated the crown, it would recover.
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Jul 12, 2009 16:37:00 GMT
Post by swenger on Jul 12, 2009 16:37:00 GMT
I had some heavy rains as well, and my outdoor flytrap received a lot of direct hits from the rain. Some of the soil splashed out, but only about 2-3 millimeters. Fortunately, the crown of the plant is wrapped in long fiber sphagnum and didn't lose any soil at all. So I guess the moral of the story is to put a layer of long fiber sphagnum on top of your outdoor pots!
Thanks for your advice, unstuckintime. I had been wondering about whether or not to allow water to fill that high.
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