Living SoilCarnivorous plants
Venus flytrap: best soil mix and feeding guide
Venus flytrap is in Living Soil's Carnivorous plants group. Plants that catch their own food, and are killed by ordinary compost and feed. Its guide gathers what published references say about feeding, spotting problems, cautions, mixes and where the sources differ, with 4 mixes that suit it.
What the Venus flytrap guide covers
Every item carries the reference behind it. Where references disagree, the guide shows both.
- Feeding2
- Spotting problems6
- Cautions8
- Mixes4
- Where the sources differ4
The count is how many sourced items each part of the guide holds.
Mixes that suit Venus flytrap
4 mixes are made just for Venus flytrap, inside its guide.
Feeds made for it
Each mix comes with the reference behind every figure, measured for your batch, pots or bed.
Good to know
- The mistake to avoid: Mineral rich tap water, and any fertilizer at all. Use rain, distilled or reverse osmosis water.
- Also known as: flytrap, fly trap, dionaea, dionaea muscipula and vft
Questions
What is the best soil for Venus flytrap?
Living Soil lists 4 mixes that suit Venus flytrap, each from a published reference. 4 are made just for it. The app measures any of them for your batch, pots or bed.
Is the Venus flytrap guide free?
Its overview is free: what the guide covers and which mixes suit it. Opening the full guide takes credits, and the app shows the price before you confirm. Credits never expire.
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