The carnivorous Venus Flytraps require careful maintenance if you want to enjoy them for a long time. Regular care measures also include repotting, which is always necessary when the plant has become too big for the pot. How to repot a Venus Flytrap.

A Venus Flytrap should be repotted regularly

When does the Venus Flytrap need to be repotted?

Repotting the Venus flytrap is always on the agenda when the previous pot has become too small. You can tell by the fact that the roots have penetrated the entire root ball and the plant also protrudes over the edge of the pot.

Since Venus flytrap reproduces via rhizomes, you will need to repot the plant almost every year. At the same time, the substrate is renewed so that the plant receives sufficient nutrients.

The best time to repot is late February to early March, when you are taking the Venus flytrap out of winter quarters and acclimating to warmer temperatures.

How to repot Venus flytraps

  • Prepare pot
  • Stuff Venus Flytrap
  • remove old substrate
  • cut off dead roots
  • Put the plant in the new pot
  • fill with substrate and press lightly
  • Water the pot well

Prepare a new, larger pot with adequate drainage holes, a bottom drain and special carnivore soil.

Only fill the pot about two-thirds full with substrate so that you can use the Venus flytrap easily.

The root system of the plant is not very pronounced, so the Venus flytrap does not have to be set too deep when repotting.

Carefully place the Venus flytrap in the new pot. Fill in fresh substrate until the planter is completely full. Don't press the soil too hard to avoid compacting it too much.

Caring for the Venus flytrap after repotting

Bring the pot to a bright, warm spot. You should only place the Venus flytrap in direct sunlight if there are still enough roots on the plant. Slowly acclimate them to sun exposure. If necessary, you should spray the leaves to ensure sufficient humidity.

Pour rainwater or distilled water on the substrate - not on the plant! - until the water runs out at the bottom. Place the pot in a saucer.

Keep the substrate well moist, but make sure that there is no waterlogging. It is ideal if you leave one to two centimeters of water in the saucer. If the water has dried up, wait two days and only then refill the liquid.

tips

If you have to repot your Venus flytrap anyway, you can multiply it by dividing it right away. The new rhizomes are carefully separated from the mother plant and placed in their own pots. The cuttings have to be watered more frequently because they have to form new roots first.

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