When repotting a Venus flytrap, a standard carnivorous plant soil mixture should be used. You can either mix one yourself or look for Venus flytrap potting soil to achieve this. If you are mixing the soil yourself, a 1:1 mixture of unenriched peat moss and perlite is ideal.
Keeping this in view, is Venus Flytrap a succulent?
The flytrap is similar to a succulent in its light requirements. … Unlike other plants, Venus flytraps should sit in standing water.
Beside above, can you use normal soil for carnivorous plants? Each species requires it’s own specific blend but most carnivorous plants should be grown in some mix of peat moss, perlite or sand. Never pot them into regular garden or potting soil; this will kill them.
In this way, why is my Venus Fly Trap turning black?
Stress from poor growing conditions
If your growing conditions aren’t ideal, your plant’s traps may turn black every time they’re fed, or even if they haven’t been fed at all. … Like most carnivorous plants, Venus flytraps need a nutrient-poor soil. Normal potting compost or anything with fertilizer will hurt your plant!
