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Making a Flytrap Terrarium HELP!
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<blockquote data-quote="Tony C" data-source="post: 244634" data-attributes="member: 4573"><p>Humidity is not as important as it is often made out to be as long as you aren't talking extremely hot and dry like AZ or western TX. Light is much more important, they need full sun for as many hours as you can give them and in a terrarium that is a death sentence due to the extreme temperatures. They can be grown under artificial light but still don't do as well as those grown outdoors.</p><p></p><p>From your description of the weather I'm guessing you are in the Willamette Valley somewhere? I didn't move to SC until last year, I lived in Eugene and Albany previously and my carnivores did just fine, the weather is well within their range of tolerance. The pics you see in my carnivore thread are mostly from Albany, take a look and judge for yourself how they do outside in OR. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> I have friends as far north as the Seattle are who also do very well with them as outdoor plants all year.</p><p></p><p>I like to use standard 1020 nursery flats as water trays, put the plants out in full sun and let the tray just dry out before refilling for flytraps, keep Sarracenia trays full at all times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tony C, post: 244634, member: 4573"] Humidity is not as important as it is often made out to be as long as you aren't talking extremely hot and dry like AZ or western TX. Light is much more important, they need full sun for as many hours as you can give them and in a terrarium that is a death sentence due to the extreme temperatures. They can be grown under artificial light but still don't do as well as those grown outdoors. From your description of the weather I'm guessing you are in the Willamette Valley somewhere? I didn't move to SC until last year, I lived in Eugene and Albany previously and my carnivores did just fine, the weather is well within their range of tolerance. The pics you see in my carnivore thread are mostly from Albany, take a look and judge for yourself how they do outside in OR. ;) I have friends as far north as the Seattle are who also do very well with them as outdoor plants all year. I like to use standard 1020 nursery flats as water trays, put the plants out in full sun and let the tray just dry out before refilling for flytraps, keep Sarracenia trays full at all times. [/QUOTE]
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