Originally Posted by Ford Prefect

On Wed, 1 Jun 2005 19:58:44 +0000 (UTC), "batgirl"
wrote:

Did a quick google check and found...

http://www.easycarnivores.co.uk/dionaea/ quote:
This plant is hardy down to a few degrees centigrade and can even be grown
outdoors in the UK in sheltered positions. It is advisable though to bring
your plants in for the winter and keep them on a bright, cool windowsill.

Also this guy http://www.steveconrad.co.uk/bog/typevft.html really seems to
know his stuff, quote from website:

a.. These plants can be grown outdoors, especially if you live in warmer
climates than here in the UK. However, I have a VFT in the garden at the
moment, buried in it's original pot (to maintain the nutrient free compost)
and close to a run used by the local ants. When I first planted it, within
half an hour, all six of it's current traps had been triggered!
a.. The temperature must not be allowed to drop below freezing, so I'll have
to re-dig up the pot and bring the back indoors before the first frosts
arrive in October.

So maybe worth a go? Hope this is of some help.

Clare


"lunarstablos" wrote in message
...

I have just bought a small Venus Fly Trap plant and the label said they
need lots of light and moisture.

Would it survive if I was to repot it in the garden for the summer?

Cheers


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lunarstablos

Sorry to post yet again but where did you buy the plant? if it was
from a garden centre, repot it any way most of the time there watered
wrong (it's got to be rain water they hate tap water) just pot it in a
mix of 50-50 sphagnum moss peat and washed (children's play) sand,
stand it on a window sill in 1" or so of rain water and keep it that
way until winter then keep it just damp 'till spring and up the water
yet again. Some people (including me) cut off any flower stalks that
form as I've found the flowers aren't much to look at and the plant
seems to put soo much effort into making them that the traps suffer.
If you ever get bitten by the CP bug try
http://www.hampshire-carnivorous-plants.co.uk/ not only is the owner
very helpful he's won another Gold at this years Chelsea Flower Show.
I'll shut up now :0)
Ford.