My Baby Plants

A couple of weeks ago I got two sundews and one venus fly-trap. I potted them and took them to the yard so they could get all the sun they need. Both are predatory plants. They eat bugs.

I placed them on a table and exposed them to the air also. I was surprised that they weren't catching any insects. Today I saw that almost all of the flying insects were at ground level foraging and doing whatever insects do. After this nice rainy season our yard grew a ton of plants, mostly weeds. All these plants attract all sorts of insects, crawlers and flyers. So I decided to put my plants at ground level. I saw flies and gnats flying around the plants but no takers.

I left and came inside for about an hour or two. When I went back outside to check up on my plants I saw that the sundews had  already trapped several gnats. The venus fly-trap was not so successful. But that's because the plant is very young and its existing traps have not opened fully. But they're still very much alive. I accidentally caused one to partially close when I tried to remove some debris from inside the trap. So yes, they're very much alive. They just need to open their traps so they can begin feeding on bugs.

I realize now that I have to "baby" my plants. I have to take them to the food source so they can feed.

Venus Fly-Trap

 

Sundew Plant