They cannot have regular soil. Only specific carnivorous soil or pure sphagnum moss (not miraclegro or any with any additives/fertilizers). Put it in a bowl with *only distilled or rain water* to bottom water & a day after the bowl dries, fill up again. The drainage holes must be in the water. They like water & the evaporating water will create humidity. Don't trip the traps. If you want to feed it (indoors only), the bug must be ⅓ size of the trap.
Feed about every 4-6 weeks in the beginning, then once stable & healthy, can be as often as 2wks. Try not to exceed that, but if one catches a bug, nbd.
They need *a lot* of light. If growing outdoors, full sun. If indoors, a good grow light is required. When the traps start turning red, you know they're getting good light. I have 2-3 wands of a cheap grow light about 8" from mine.
Don't fret over dying or black leaves, they die over time (see pics).
@ExecutiveFunction404 @YouInMyEye You're feeding yours how often?! Is it warmer where you are? I honestly haven't seen benefit to more than once / month -- the plants simply weren't gaining back the energy they were expending to trap / digest. Temperature difference perhaps?
I guess their success rate of catching a bug isn't that good in nature... like many carnivores.
@YouInMyEye @agunn
Idk how much they eat in nature, so it's possible. I always assumed it was due to a perfect environment vs a created one. Can we ever reproduce their environment completely? I'd think it's extremely rare, if so. Therefore, I surmised they don't need as much energy, hence the low food requirement.
But that's just a guess 🤷♀️