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- Venus fly traps produce many offshoots
- Venus flytrap multiply vegetatively
- The best time for the extraction of offshoots
- So you maintain the offshoots of the Venus flytrap
- Tips
Multiplication by offshoot is the simplest method
Venus fly traps produce many offshoots
The easiest way to multiply a venus flytrap is to split larger plants. Every year new rhizomes form, which can easily be separated. The offshoots grow very fast and soon bring forth new flowers.
Venus flytrap multiply vegetatively
In addition to seeds, Venus fly traps also vegetate. The plant forms underground new rhizomes, which produce offshoots.
The offshoots can be easily separated from the mother plant by plucking them off. Separate with the knife or scissors.
It is important that sufficient roots and leaves remain on each section.
The best time for the extraction of offshoots
To save the venus flytrap unnecessary stress, wait until spring to split the plant. Then you have to repot larger copies anyway.
Prepare plant pots by draining below and filling them with carnivorous soil or self-assembled peat and sand substrate.
Water the pot well, so that the substrate is completely moisturized.
So you maintain the offshoots of the Venus flytrap
After the split, place the offshoots in the prepared pots. Maintain the offshoots as you treat an adult venus flytrap.
However, you must not put the offshoot directly into the sun in the first few weeks. First, sufficient new roots must be formed so that the plant can supply itself with water. Before you bring the offshoots outside, get used to slowly getting them into the fresh air.
During the first time, the venus flytrap often needs water, which you put on top of the substrate. Many experienced growers even recommend putting a plastic bag over the pot for a while so that the substrate does not dry out. However, the bag must be ventilated more often, so that the offshoot does not mold.
Tips
Venus fly traps can also be grown from seeds. However, it takes several years for the first flowers to form.Another method of propagation is the cultivation of leaf cuttings.