How to tend a Dionaea muscipula Typical
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Like wet environments, water thoroughly after soil surface dries, reduce water in winner dormancy
Sunlight
Full sun in spring, autumn and winter, in summer put in places with scattered light and good ventilation, may result in dark green leaves under insufficient light
Soil
Sphagnum moss or mixture of peat and perlile, replace once a year
Fertilizer
Like low concentration fertilizers, may nourish itself by capturing insects, also can apply liquid fertilizers at 1/3 recommanded strength on leaves in each month
Pruning
Remove flower stem, diseased and rotten leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- North America
- Category
- Droseraceae, Dionaea
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height 15-18 cm
- Blooming period
- Carnivorous plants, flowering period May-July
- Flower colors
- white, leaf turnning red with adequate sunlight