One Venus Flytrap Fails While Its Twin Thrives: Hard Water or Fertilizer Contamination?

A Pacific NW grower’s two flytraps (same pot, same water, same sun) diverged: one pale, sparse, traps blackening; the other ('Dente') robust and flowering. Water from garden hose met ebook criteria. Both in peat/perlite per SNW guide. Moss on sick plant’s rhizome was removed.

Jeff Dallas suspected hard water damage or fertilizer in the peat. Flytraps are far more sensitive than Sarracenia. Test actual TDS. Switch to distilled, flush thoroughly. Repot in fresh peat from a bale. Verify sun hours—traps should be darker this time of year.