Anyone else keep carnivorous plants?

[MarkS]

I've always been fascinated by them but I don't seem to have the knack for keeping them alive for very long. I just picked up a few more Venus Fly traps to replace a couple that had a terminal white fly infestation. Anyone have any advice on how to keep these going for more than a year?

[GoingPostal]

Very cool-I love the look of them and have considered it but my history with plants is dismal.

[Mike41793]

they always fascinated me but anytime ive bought one it dies pretty quickly. i bought a packet of Sarracenia (sp*?) seeds awhile back and had no luck growing them, the pitcher plants that are supposedly native to where I live haha. good luck!

[Reinz]

I never had any success with those cool plants either, so I gave up on them a long time ago.

[John1982]

Same here, I kill a carnivorous plant every year or two when I get the hankering to try again. I've got some kind of pitcher plant seeds in the fridge now that I'm pulling in a couple weeks. Reading the instructions it states that this particular plant requires a winter dormancy and I'm supposed to toss it in the fridge for a couple months each year after it dies to stimulate regrowth. Maybe there's something like that you need to do with the flytraps?

[MarkS]

Same here, I kill a carnivorous plant every year or two when I get the hankering to try again. I've got some kind of pitcher plant seeds in the fridge now that I'm pulling in a couple weeks. Reading the instructions it states that this particular plant requires a winter dormancy and I'm supposed to toss it in the fridge for a couple months each year after it dies to stimulate regrowth. Maybe there's something like that you need to do with the flytraps?

I had a pitcher plant too last year. When it started to die back I stuck it in a Styrofoam cooler and put it in the garage (I'm in MN and even in the cooler it probably got too cold). A little over a month ago I took it out of 'hibernation' and started watering it again. Nothing... It's deader then dirt, I've been watering a bare pot for a month now. I've been to several carnivorous plant sites and have been reading up but just can't seem to get the hang of it.

[KMG]

They interest me too. Like yall I didn't have any luck keeping them alive. I proved to have far better luck with plants in my koi pond even though one of my lilies didn't come back. I don't think that was my fault.... I think the fish ate it.

If you find the trick Id be interested in learning it.

Good luck!!!

[John1982]

It's deader then dirt, I've been watering a bare pot for a month now. .

Hah, I've been there man. Good luck with the new batch!

[Megg]

I've always wanted to try, but pretty much any plant I'm around dies. Hope you have better luck than me!

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[Kaali]

I do not have carnivorous plants, i love all plants and i realx whe i take care of them (i have two vegetable gardens and many flowers) so i will try with Venus Fly Trap, one of my favourite carnivorous plant. I give private lessons to a girl who keeps a small pot of Venus Fly Traps, they are still young but they are pretty cool to watch, especially when they eat insects I even tried to put my finger in it by triggering terminal portion of the plant's leaves like a prey would do^^ I want to try.