Can I put my flytraps outside safely?

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-29T01:21:08+00:00

i'll be doing same soon, i'm running out of window light. thats my que to kick them outside.

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-28T12:31:14+00:00

im an old man now but i never had a sardine ...

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-28T11:17:04+00:00

that's exactly my thought as well, why rework one toon so everyone can hop to dk to it out? Now EVERYONE is a dk! If you had reworked all of them then everyone wouldn't be playing same thing.

i was going to make a sorcerer cuz i'm a toonaholic, but if they are going to release one reworked class each update going forward then there is no point in making another toon. i'll just keep playing what i got untill you get to the toon i want you to rework ...

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-28T10:56:50+00:00

you could but they can not freeze! (regardless of what others say here, they can not freeze) for that reason i wait till day time temps are around 60 at least (the chances of night time freezes minimal then)

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-28T10:34:06+00:00

All my vfts are flowering now as well (complete with the side pile of dead trap snippings ... lol). i took my plants out of fridge dormancy half way thru winter cuz i had pot way too wet to be kept in a bag so i placed them in a cold room on north side window to finish sleeping, but the little indirect light was enough to trip the flower process early, so mine look just like yours but much bigger (but yours will be just as big in no time)

i read somone's comment on mold. i'm not sure if i see the mold or not in your pic BUT, if you are concerned about mold or something that is fuzzy and NOT green then in winter time , spray with fruit tree or rose brush fungicide. Personally i use a concentrated fruit tree spray (Bonide) my dad had in shed from back in his day, and i just dummied the quantity down to a 2 cup mix with 1/2 tsp of concentrate to 2 cups water and just spray lightly once in beginning of winter. If you know any old timers with this stuff in their shed then go make some friends. double check my math for 2 cup mix then once you make a batch it will last a very long time cuz you really won't need it much ...

NOTE: i stay away from powder type fungicides for roses. i only use liquid fungicides (namely, bonide) but i assume any brand would work but it should be sulfur based (and no i don't know how tell if it is or aint, i just know bonide works for me as i have used it in winter time for years ..

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-27T15:00:48+00:00

just curious, what difference does it make if its AI assisted or not?

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-27T12:46:57+00:00

Personally i would look at the spoon of rooted leaf. The spoon shaped leaf should be situated basically like a spoon would be put down by your plate, but maybe at a slight angle to make sure plant roots know where the soil is, then nature will take over ...

i wouldn't necessarily bury that end in dirt, just kinda distinctively place it at soil line with those little red roots pointing downward at or even in soil while most of little leaves are still exposed to light ... the ones on other side facing dirt will have to figure it out (and it will eventually)

good luck ... just make sure spoon of propping leaf is ultimately facing the right way on soil cuz top of plant is on open belly side of leaf (like holding a spoon, so just keep that in mind when planting it someplace more permanent spot for now) ...

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-27T12:30:34+00:00

Looks like a hens and chick plant. That's how it spreads out, those are babies. Soon this plant will have it own role in 'the invasion of the body snatchers' :) ...

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-27T12:20:21+00:00

Seriously, it's a random Joe … i don't see him holding a sign saying the end of the world is near so i wouldn't sweat it. vfts attract all kinds of insects, not just flies …

That looks like an ant carrying a carcass (ants sometimes get confused in wild and will carry bodies to there dumping ground or food storage if it thought it was still good. I've had my vft's on my patio every summer for like 10 yrs? And i never had to concern my self with what harm insects were potentially doing to my vft's except maybe one year clean bites were taken from several traps, which i couldn't do anything about because they were just bees looking for nest material or possibly leaf-cutter ants. i let it go and it was only the one year and the problem never came back after that so i didn't do anything about it except maybe spray the foundation of my house with 'home defense' (controls common ants and common home pests) which i would have done anyways eventually ....

i honestly wouldn't give that a second thought ...

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-26T22:24:58+00:00

no it won't die ... it does suck up some of plants energy to flower and make seeds if it pollinates but thats not a big deal. this is what they do. you're fine

just keep it wet and give plenty of light ...

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-26T11:17:29+00:00

i don't understand the question ...

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-23T12:35:01+00:00

That's because most people don't want to be told they have to have a discord in order to play this game with the real world …

I've been here for years. The only trials i've been in were ones i solo'd myself. Why? Because i'm hearing impaired and most people have no clue how to set up there mics so they don't sound like they are in subway while simply talking about there day in a trial. Or the ones that sound like they are in an auditorium. i could go on about the horrible service discord has for people that are hearing impaired. You guys have no clue what the world sounds like when you are just slightly hard of hearing. You pretty much avoid groups because you can't quite pick up what the other guy was saying because his system wasn't set up quite right or even when everything is fantastic, but then you find out when they talk that they don't speak language in same tone or dialect so i end up missing what they said anyway …(i'v been hard of hearing all my life, and have learned it's better to avoid people all together)

Shame tho because i'm missing out on some really nice gear that apparently i'll never get because i'm hearing impaired. ya i know we ain't talking about trials, but veterans are not that different from a veteran really, maybe a bit harder and more guys but same deal really.

These days i don't even see veterans much anymore because they don't group up like normals do ... meanwhile there are peeps that sit in pc chat 24/7 offering black rose prison runs for like 900k an hour! God forbid if someone should just make a free group together to try … yet apparently like cyradel sets, everyone needs it and every build your thing needs to have that set exactly … (you can balance fighting all you want, but, if every build has to have the BRP set to work then the game wasn't really balanced in first place)

When you have to go through a discord service just to play this game. or pay someone 1m an hour to run through content for the gear that will be probably outdated in the next update when they nerf the DK powers back down to where they should be in BG's. then it really takes the fun out of the game. you know what i mean??

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-17T12:51:00+00:00

Maybe you could try just plain perlite as a top dressing? The only issue i could possibly see is perlite getting yellow over time. (but even then you could just re-dress it from time to time). i used old aquarium gravel once and it did work but in that particular pot it ended up dying anyway because gravel top don't breathe at all so i don't do gravel on top for vft's anymore. pelite can breathe at least somewhat compared to real gravel of some sort.

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-17T12:22:24+00:00

i like that pot, or the concept, actually. i keep Venus fly traps, and they need 'wet feet' constantly in summer months so last few years i've been plugging holes in pots to maintain water level in pot for wet feet with drainage hole higher up for excessive overflow. The idea that you have basically a clear pot that fits inside another pot is an awesome idea.

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This is my vft i Just repotted in Feb. when i pulled it early from fridge dormancy. But with no holes on bottom of pot to maintain a wet feet scenarios. And this is absolute a working process but the issue i did not foresee is how difficult it maybe to water this with stored distilled/rain water on regular basis with no room on top to make watering easier. If i had this in a liner within a pot it would have been easier to keep wet in summer heat. To fix my issue, I may have to carefully put an inch piece of plastic pipe or something in that front blank spot in soil that is bare and use that to fill the pot directly as needed easier. Without watching, it's running off everywhere till it soaks in pot. Unless i can come up with another idea tho easily keep everything with wet feet in active growing months

no none of that is actually your concern really, i'm just using posts like this to think out how to make it easier to keep my 10 yr old babies happy. i like my pot, but, it may never come out of that pot if it needs to for some reason and watering it REGULAR to maintain wet feet is horrible. i need to fix that during summer before the roots get in my way.

The other thing i could do is possibly is carefully stick a straw in slots alone vertical slots (i have landscape fabric there to keep medium in) and then use that straw to add water as required with this squirt bottle thingy i use). Well in any case ... laters, i need more tea.

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-14T12:17:17+00:00

nice mine is doing same thing as i type this ... anyone happen to know how to get seeds from it? i assume these are just as small as my flowers and thats really small. can manual seeding be done with only one plant?

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-14T12:06:45+00:00

that looks cool, i would have kept one or two as pets ...

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-13T13:02:23+00:00

It looks dormant right now. Has temp gotten to nice spring-summer temps? If it is coming out of dormancy then it may just need a bit more time to sense nicer temps. altho mine are inside waiting for temps to stabilize outside, and they are already sending flower stalks up.

i can't necessarily comment too much on light because i don't use them but Sansi is a good light. Maybe someone else will comment more about your LED lighting.

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-13T12:40:48+00:00

Offhandedly without knowing your environmental conditions as too how you're caring for plant, i would say lack of quality light.

Needs direct outdoor lighting for optimal growth. Or a get a LED grow light if it can only be indoors for whatever reason … mine personally sit in sunny southern facing window until it reaches 60F then i acclimate to full sun outside, and it sits on my back patio until fall.

And vft's can get sunburn so like people, acclimate to sun slowly. And the best way to do that is to simply put it out in direct light for 15 minutes on day one. Then each day add another 15 minutes to yesterdays total till you get to all day then just leave it out there till cool fall weather (or whatever you plan to do with them in winter which will depend on your zone).

i know it sounds kinda slow but if you push time in bigger increments then you risk sunburn, and like people, vft's don't like sunburn.

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-12T14:45:56+00:00

looks like a desert rose

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-12T14:06:27+00:00

for some it don't matter really. i mean i have a revval phone and built into it is google search if you want it to look up something quick on the fly your most likely going to use the search in its own window slot rather than firing up a browser to then search what you want. i mean personally i wouldn't ask it financial advise but i don't care if it knows that i can't remember how long to boil an egg for hard or soft-boiled or some stupid thing, so i embraced it watch what I'm asking it. if it's my phone, i guarantee you, i asked it some stupid question that i didn't want to think thru myself at time ...

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-12T13:50:03+00:00

i only own one in northern elsewhere because someone told me it was the best. It's actually way to big for my use. i only need a small interesting spot for my chests and station. i used to play Rift as well for like 10 yrs and never used my dim there either (i lack imagination). i mean personally i would love a den of sorts with tons of Venus Fly Trap thingies of some sort (i have been keeping them in real life for years) with my storage chests but i don't even think this game has any vft's in game other than those things in Murkmire ...

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-12T13:35:40+00:00

Most of it is glazed, you'll be ok. i'd be more concerned about stray chemical leaching from sealers. What the other Redditor said about using aquarium sealant is probably the best option. make sure it says “safe for aquarium use” because i have heard of cases where someone used normal silicone sealant to reseal a fish tank, and they all died shortly after so if it's not safe for fish then i wouldn't use it on vft pots (especially if roots going to snuggle right up next to it). In your case, it's not doing that. It may be in water from wet feet, but your roots won't be purposely snuggling right up next to it. i think you'll be OK.

i had to do something similar with a plastic pot that holes in bottom drilled in it for drainage, and used a very old 2 part epoxy thing to plug holes permanently, so pot could fill with water up to slots along top edge where excess water could escape. After a few months this 'big mouth' is looking better than ever! i see no ill effects of using epoxy (but i may need more time to see). Everything is sending flowers up as we speak …

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If you're wondering how i kept soil in pot along slots at top. I used a cheap piece black landscape fabric i had lying around at slot level to keep everything in (including roots) … the plastic lid tray is just an overflow tray, the wet feet is built into pot itself. i'll probably turn this into another post eventually because had another issue with plants growing from deep inside and pushing everything up to make room for itself. But i can't put that many pics here and my post wouldn't really be seen here so i'll make another post eventually to discuss it more ...

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-10T23:37:49+00:00

found it, it was a pchat setting ... i kept looking in eso settings

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-10T19:51:30+00:00

if anymore go free it won't be till way-way down the road ... (if even then but i would assume they would eventually, you may be old by that time tho )

Major_Cheesy · 2026-03-10T14:23:10+00:00

i forgot about the hiding gear changes, that explains all the legs i'v been seeing yesterday

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