Organic Fly Trap
19 Oct, 2011
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My son brought this indoor fly trap on a special one off deal from B&Q. Acts as a nice barrier catching flies without the need of nasty sprays. I moved outside this summer and placed on a stone so the base of the pot was a few cms submerged under water in my small garden water feature. It grew enough to separate the plant into two by tipping out of the pot and gently working from underneath the plant. I did try an experiment for the leaner months of live food. I rehydrated a dehydrated meal worm and cut this in half to feed the traps and it seems to work. I don't know if any one else has noticed but if the trap gets greedy the trap it self will turn black and die. I cut the dead traps off using tweezers and a sharp pair of scissors . If you open the dead trap you'll find that the plant has fed well before it's self destruction for the survival of the mother plant. Pity you could not upload small videos to this site via a Youtube link to show time lapse video.
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Thank you Frybo
19 Oct, 2011
Really interesting....thanks for that info T
20 Oct, 2011
ps. They love mosquitoes and small spiders.
21 Oct, 2011
Could do with one here at the mo every fly wants to get in the house...nasty things....
24 Oct, 2011
Have to get you electronic zapper tennis rackets. Get you some practice for next year's Wimbledon
3 Nov, 2011
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That's interesting Tommy - it had never occurred to me that these plants would need feeding if there was a shortage of flies.
19 Oct, 2011