Hi my name is Wes on behalf of Expert Village.com, and in this video segment I am going to show you how to grow the Venus fly trap. If you want to know more about carnivorous plants and Venus fly traps, you can visit us at equilibriocarnivorousplants.com. In this video segment, I am going to talk to you about basic growing tips for the Venus fly trap. Now a commonly held misconception is that the Venus fly trap is a very difficult plant to grow. This isn’t true necessarily but most people shy away from growing this plant because they are afraid that they are going to kill it as soon as they receive the plant. It is important to know that you really want to replicate the conditions that this plant grows in nature. You want to always think about what the conditions would be like in the Carolina’s. These plants tend to grow in bogged areas, so you need to think very wet. For example, we have these plants growing here in lots and lots of water; soaking in water constantly. They also need poor soil conditions. We are going to talk about that in another later segment. They need absolutely no fertilizer under any circumstances. Also since they grow in the Carolina’s, they need very humid conditions and a lot of light all the time. You want to think 14 or more hours of direct sunlight every day. Another aspect to growing Venus fly traps is that they need a period of winter dormancy. This period is few months where they need to be in conditions of about 30 to 40 degrees. Again this is replicating the conditions that they have in nature, which is the type of conditions that would be happening in the Carolina’s in the January, February and December months. Another thing also that you want to do is, if you want to grow healthy fly traps, is to feed them insects or other types of food, just like things they would get in the wild.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片二：Various Forms of Venus Flytraps 不同個體的小捕
In this video segment, I am going to talk to you about the various forms of the flytrap. In the wild, the Venus fly trap only grows in one small area naturally in North and South Carolina. In cultivation, there are about 12 different forms of the flytrap. In the wild however, there is a lot of different variation between the form and color of this plant. In cultivation, these different variations have been selectively bred to bring out very different types of characteristics. We can see this in the three main types of flytraps that you will find in cultivation. These include the typical fly trap, the Dentata and the Akai Ryu fly trap. Here we have the typical fly trap. It is characterized mostly by its long thin teeth, and by the fact that it can have this nice red hue inside of its traps. Over here we have the Dentata fly trap. This is characterized by shorter more triangular teeth. It is best seen when you compare it to the typical fly trap. You can really see the difference between the two forms. The next form we have is the Akai Ryu fly trap, which actually mean red dragon in Japanese. The most distinct characteristic of this form is the bright red hue that this trap takes on when it is exposed to plenty of sunlight. You can also see that it has the long teeth that the typical fly trap also has.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片三：How to Prepare the Best Potting Mix Used of Venus Flytrap 如何準備最佳的小捕栽培介質？
In this video segment, I am going to talk to you about what kind of potting mix to use. Now when you are trying to decide on what kind of potting mix to use, you want to focus on again the kind of growing conditions that these plants have in the wild. In the Carolinas, the soil that they grow in is extremely poor. They grow almost completely in the fine white sand. The kind of soil that we like to use is a combination of peat moss and pearl light. Now peat moss is very very poor in nutrients and slightly acidic, and the pearl light is just an inert substance that you can use to have more aeration. Depending on the kind of mixture that you want to use, you always want to use peat moss as a base, but you can also use something like silica sand instead of using pearl light, or you can use a mixture of peat moss, pearl light and silica sand; or you can also throw in some sphagnum moss in addition to everything else. We like to use a mixture of about 50 percent peat moss and about 50 percent pearl light. When we make this mixture, you want to have these two elements completely incorporated with each other. Before you pot your fly traps, you always want to make sure you have the soil well moistened and again, incorporate the water into your mixture.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片四：How ＆ Where to Buy the Best Venus Flytrap 如何！去哪！購買最好的小捕？
In this video segment, I am going to talk to you about how and where to buy the best Venus Flytrap. In general, you want to avoid buying fly traps from the big retail stores. This is because these plants are usually grown under the wrong conditions and can be under a lot of stress. Some times you can find a plant that may look like it is okay or alive, but in a few weeks, because it has been under so much stress, it could die. Things you want to avoid are a plant that looks like this. We can see here that it already has a few dead traps, and in general it is small and looking in sort of sad shape. This could be for a number of reasons. It could have been grown in a low light level. It could be about ready to go into dormancy, or there could be some other pests that are causing it to die out. A fly trap that you want to look for is something like this, that has full green leaves and looks like it is in nice shape. Places where you want to go to buy good fly traps are specialty stores that specialize in carnivorous plants. There are a few nurseries around the country that you can go to. You can look them up on the internet just searching for carnivorous plants, or you can go to a local nursery that has a good reputation. Usually the people there should be able to tell you how to cultivate the Venus Fly Trap. The growing conditions are very specific, and you want someone who is very knowledgeable about them.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片五：The Venus Flytrap’s Fly Trap 小捕的捕蟲夾
In this video segment, I am going to talk to you about how the traps on this plant close. It is important to note that the traps of the Venus Fly Trap are really just modified leaves, just like on any other plant; and the way these traps close, is through a complex system of sensitive trigger hairs and electrical impulses. What actually happens when the trap closes…is that the sensitive trigger hairs that are located on the inside of the trap trigger the cells on the outside of the leaf to grow almost instantly. This causes the plant to close like this on any insect that is on the inside. We can see this happening inside of the plant when we trigger the sensitive trigger hairs ourselves. The trap closes almost instantly, on any insect or something else that would be crawling inside of the plant. The Venus Fly Trap is almost unique in the plant world for its ability to move like this. That is one thing that makes it an incredible plant. It is important also to know that you shouldn’t trigger the trap to close when you are trying to cultivate this plant. Doing this too often will make the plant expend too much energy on growing quickly, and not enough energy on growing itself. This can actually cause too much stress on the plant, and even cause the plant to die if it is done too often.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片六：How to Feed a Venus Flytrap 如何餵食小捕
In this video segment I am going to talk to you about feeding your Venus fly trap. So the most important guideline when you are feeding your Venus fly trap is to only give it food that it can find in the wild. Things like insects, spiders, crickets and ants are perfect for the Venus fly trap. You want to stay away from foods like hamburger or hot dog or ham. These types of food, that we may think are good for the fly trap, can kill the plant in a matter of days or weeks. You can also use insects that are newly killed. Our customer’s often ask us about this. So if you have an ant that you are afraid that will run out of the trap, you can squash it and put it right inside of the fly trap. The types of thing we like to use are these worms. These are from a glarus species of moth. They contain absolutely no or very little calcium. This is very important, because worms that have a high calcium content, like Phoenix worms, will cause the plant to go rigid after feeding several times. So when you are feeding your fly trap, you want to place the insect or food item directly inside of the trap, wait till it starts to close, and then remove your tweezers or your fingers. You can feed the fly trap as often as it will open its traps, and you can feed as many traps as the fly trap has. Usually it will take about 5 to 10 days for the trap to open again, at which time you can put more food inside. If you are growing your fly trap outside, especially during the summer, the plants will have no problem catching insects on your own.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片七：Treating Pests & Diseases of the Venus Flytrap 治療小捕的蟲害和疾病
In this video segment, I am going to talk to you about common diseases that may plague your Venus fly trap plant. In general, there aren’t very many diseases or pests that may harm your plant, but the most common ones you may encounter are things like aphid or different types of fungus. It may seem a little bit ironic that a carnivorous plant may suffer from an insect disease, but this does occasionally happen. If you are suffering from aphids, you can use a product called Ornithine; this is something we like to use. It comes in a pellet form as you can see here, and you just want to treat the soil of the plant. You really only want to put on a dozen or so of these small pellets around the soil of the plant. This product, this insecticide will be absorbed into the soil through the roots and up into the leaves of the fly trap. When the insects try to bite the leaves of the fly trap, they will then die from the poison, but this shouldn’t harm your plant. Another common pest, or disease rather, is the fungus. You can see here that this plant is looking kind of sad shape, and it may have a little bit of fungus on the plant or on the soil. You want to make sure that this plant isn’t dying for another reason, like a low water level, or it could be going into dormancy before you treat it. We like to use here this captane, or other fungicides that you use for the plant. Here, you want to mix it up in solution, and then spray it on top of the plant like this, and that should take care of your fungus problem, or any of your insect problems that you are having.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片八：Venus Flytrap Leaf Cutting Propagation葉插和分株繁殖小捕
In this video segment, I am going to talk to you about propagating your Venus fly trap through leaf cutting and division. Once you have a mature plant like this one here, you will see that it should start to grow smaller fly traps from the base of the plant. At this point, you can start to divide your Venus fly trap and propagate it through leaf cutting. So the first step is to remove it from the pot as gently as possible, and you want to remove the soil from around the base of the plant. At this point, sometimes as you can see here the smaller individual plant will be completely separate from the mother plant. You want to set this one aside and continue taking the soil away from the mother plant. At this point, you can see that the mother plant is ready to be divided at the rye zone. All we need to do is just find more or less where the two separate plants are, and then divide them separating as much roots as we can. We can even make another division in the case of this plant, again, peeling the plant that from the rye zone as carefully as possibly. After you have divided the fly trap, you want to take your potting soil—make sure that it is nice and moist—and then we could just plant these plants directly in the soil like so. When you are propagating your plant from leaf cutting, you want to take the plant here by the leaf and peel it back from the rye zone. Very gently, like this. Similar to peeling a head of lettuce. You want to go down and get the whole plant. After you’ve peeled it back, you want to use some sort of rooting hormone, place the base of the leaf just a little bit in the rooting hormone like this, and then you want to place the leaf flat on the soil. You can put a little bit of soil around the leaf to hold it down. Normally new plants will start to sprout from the base of the leaf.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片九：Venus Flytrap Seed Propagation播種繁殖小捕
In this video segment, I am going to talk to you about propagating your Venus Fly trap from seeds. Every spring, the Venus Fly Trap produces a flower. If that flower is pollinated correctly, it will produce seeds. So here in this container we have dried flowers and seeds from the Venus Fly Trap that produced them earlier this year. Now the seeds of the Venus Fly Trap are these tiny shiny black things. They are very small, but each Venus Fly Trap will produce dozens of them per flower. When you are growing them from seeds, you want to take a small black pot, using the same soil that you would pot mature plants in. You want to make sure that the soil is real moist, and you can put several seeds in each pot. You want to make sure that you place this pot under lots of light, and you also want to make sure that the soil stays nice and moist and it is in very humid conditions. This plant has been growing from a seed for about a year. As you can see, the plant is extremely small. When grown from seeds, Venus Fly Traps really grow very slowly. This one here has been growing for about 2 years from seed and again, you can see how small it is. The Venus Fly Traps will grow for about 3 or 4 years before they reach their mature size. At which point you will be able to tell they are fully mature, because they will start to produce a flower every spring. From that flower, they will produce hundreds of seeds every year.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片十：Transplanting Venus Flytrap移植小捕
In this video segment, I am going to talk to you about transplanting your Venus Fly Trap. Now there are a few reasons why you would want to transplant your fly trap. You want to make sure that you are not transplanting it directly after you just bought it. This is usually because the plant can be under some stress after it has been transported, and you don’t want to disturb it too much. Usually after the plant has grown for several years and is quite large like this plant or this one here, it is about time to transplant it to another place. Also, if you want to make a nice center piece, we are going to use this bowl here, you can transplant your fly traps. You do want to make sure to note, though, that transplanting your plants will cause them a little bit of stress, and you want to leave them alone for a while after you start transplanting them. So again, we want to use the right kind of soil. Here we have a mixture of peat moss and pearl light that has already been moistened. We are going to fill the bowl up about a quarter of the way up, and you want to make sure not to pack the soil down too much. You want to leave the soil nice and loose for the roots of the fly trap. When you start to transplant, you want to be very careful of the leaves of the plant. Gently taking the plant out of its pot…and you want to remove quite a bit of the soil from around the roots of the plant. Here we can see that the actual root ball of the Venus Fly Trap is extremely small. The roots are very shallow, and they really don’t need a whole lot of space for their roots. Here is the rye zone of the plant, which is really the core of the Venus Fly Trap, this white fleshy part. So we are going to make a small hole for this fly trap, place it down in the soil and just bring the soil right around the plant. Nice and easy. You don’t want to pack it down too hard. We are going to repeat this part process for each one of these plants. After you have planted the fly traps, you want to make sure to give them a good watering afterwards; and now we have a nice display piece.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片十一：Venus Flytrap Conservation保育小捕
In this last video segment, I am going to talk to you about the conservation of the Venus fly trap. Even though these plants are very common in cultivation, they only grow in one small area in North and South Carolina. Their habitat is constantly threatened by development and other things. They grow in wetlands, like bogs or other wet areas, and these areas are constantly being threatened by drainage for developments like shopping malls and housing. Another important thing to note is to make sure that you are buying your plants from a reputable source. This is because some plants that you can find have been poached from the wild. Poached plants are usually much larger or much more expensive than plants that you can buy in cultivation. If you have a doubt of the reputation of the source that you are buying your plants from, don’t buy the plants. These plants are extremely easy to find in your local nursery or even on-line. It is extremely important that we conserve the natural habitat of the Venus fly trap because it is dying off in the wild. You can do your part by making sure that you get your Venus fly traps from a reputable source. You can enjoy this plant in your private collection extremely just by following very simple growing directions, and you can also do your part by making sure that you grow new and healthy plants.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片十二：Venus Flytrap Lighting小捕的照明
So here we have a set up of lots of different carnivorous plants, and we are growing them all under florescent light. That’s one of the most important things if you are using artificial light for your Venus fly traps. You want to take them here and place them about a foot…12 inches or less, underneath the lights. You always want to make sure when you are using artificial light, not to use any type of light that produces a large amount of heat; so any type of incandescent light will burn your plants and kill them in a matter of hours sometimes. Of course, natural light is the best kind of light you want to use. If you can grow your plants outside, in an area that is going to get 14 or more hours of direct sunlight every day, you want to do that. Otherwise you want to make sure that they are getting artificial light for about that same amount of time. Now a good item that we like to use is this automatic plant light. This works well for a single small plant, like this. You want to make sure that the plant light is about 4 or 6 inches above the plant. Because this light is not very intense, you want to have it as close to the plant as possible. And again, providing your plant with about 14 or more hours of direct light every day.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片十三：Pruning a Venus Flytrap小捕的修剪
In this video segment, I am going to talk to you about pruning your Venus Fly Trap. It is important to know that the traps of the fly trap, like I said before, are just modified leaves that you would have on any other plant. These leaves will grow old and die. This is just the natural life cycle of the Venus Fly Trap. So usually what happens is that, as the fly trap leafs out a new trap like this one, an old trap will start to die, as you can see here. What you want to do when you are pruning…we like to use just simple pruning scissors. You go in and trim the dead traps as close to the base of the plant as possible. If you have traps that are just dead at the top, like this one here, you can just trim off the dead head and leave most of the stem. This is because the stem is still going through the process of photosynthesis and is still producing energy for the plant. At the end of the summer and before the plant goes into dormancy, you can start to trim off as many leaves as you like really just for aesthetic purposes, to create more symmetry and to make your plant looking as best as possible.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片十四：Watering a Venus Flytrap小捕的給水
In this video segment I am going to talk to you about watering your Venus Fly Trap. So again like I was talking to you about before, you want to make sure you try to replicate the conditions that these plants grow in naturally as much as you possibly can. These plants grow in bogged type conditions, so you want to grow them in a lot of water like we have here. The kind of water that you use is very important. You want to make sure that you only use distilled water or rain water. This is extremely important, because any type of water that has any chlorine in it or any other strong minerals can kill these plants in a matter of days. If you are growing your plant inside of your house, and there is a lot of air humidity, you can grow it in a small pot like this, but you also need a small dish of water so that the plant can soak in water constantly. You always want to make sure that the soil of your Venus Fly Trap is well moist. You can grow it like this. You can also grow this plant outside in a region that has high air humidity. If you are growing your plant in an area that is very dry and has very dry air, you can grow it in a bowl like this. The shape of the bowl will keep most of the humidity in, but you also want to make sure you are misting this bowl almost every day or several times a day. You can grow this inside or outside, but you want to make sure to keep top of this bowl uncovered. This is because the plants need a lot of air circulation also.
________________________________________________________________________________ 影片十五：Venus Flytrap Winter Dormancy小捕的冬眠
In this video segment, I am going to talk to you about dormancy. Dormancy is extremely an important part of the natural life cycle of the Venus Fly Trap. In nature and its habitat in the Carolina’s, it goes through a period of cold temperature where most of the plant dies back. In the spring, it will grow again and you will have a nice healthy plant, but it is important to replicate this natural life cycle if you don’t live in an area like the Carolina’s. If you do live in a similar climate that is going to be humid and relatively warm throughout the winter, you can keep this plant growing outside, as long as the temperature does not go much below the 30’s or 40’s. This plant here has started to go into dormancy. What we want to do is trim back the dead leaves and get ready to put it into the winter dormancy. If you live in a very hot climate, you can place this plant in your refrigerator, and if you have a lot of plants, what you can do is take it out of the pot first. We can see that there is still a good amount of soil around the base of this plant. You want to put some soil in a plastic bag first; just a little bit of soil. Place the plant inside the soil inside the bag, and this is to lock in humidity and moisture for the plant. You want to place a rubber band or something else to secure the bag. You can place this inside the vegetable drawer of your refrigerator. Other places that you can put this plant is inside your basement, maybe on a window sill where it is going to be nice and cool over the summer, but still receive a bit of direct sunlight. Again the most important thing here is to make sure that it gets plenty of humidity and moisture throughout the winter. It needs a period of dormancy of about 3 or 4 months usually from about December to late February or March.
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