The carnivorous Venus flytraps require careful care 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.
How do I repot my Venus flytrap?
To repot a Venus flytrap, prepare a larger pot with special carnivore soil, carefully remove the plant from the old pot, clear the roots of dead material and place it in the new pot. Fill with substrate and then water thoroughly.
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 this because the roots have penetrated the entire ball of the pot and the plant also protrudes above the edge of the pot.
Because the Venus flytrap reproduces via rhizomes, you have 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 for repotting is late February to early March, when you take the Venus flytrap out of its winter quarters and get used to warmer temperatures again.
How to repot Venus flytraps
- Prepare the pot
- Unpotting the Venus flytrap
- remove old substrate
- cut off dead root parts
- Put the plant in the new pot
- fill with substrate and press lightly
- Water the pot well
Prepare a new, larger pot with sufficient drainage holes (€33.00 on Amazon), bottom drainage and special carnivore soil.
Fill the pot only about two-thirds full with substrate so that you can easily insert the Venus flytrap.
The plant's root system is not very developed, so the Venus flytrap does not have to be set too deep when repotting.
Carefully place the Venus flytrap in the new pot. Add fresh substrate until the planter is completely full. Do not press the soil too hard to prevent it from compacting too much.
Venus flytrap care after repotting
Move the pot to a bright, warm location. You should only place the Venus flytrap in direct sunlight if there are still enough roots on the plant. Get them used to sun exposure slowly. If necessary, you should spray the leaves to ensure sufficient humidity.
Pour rainwater or distilled water onto the substrate - not onto the plant! – until the water runs out from 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 out, wait two days and only then refill with liquid.
Tip
If you have to repot your Venus flytrap anyway, you can propagate it straight away by dividing it. The new rhizomes are carefully separated from the mother plant and placed in their own pots. The cuttings need to be watered more often because they have to form new roots first.
