Venus Flytrap Traps Blackening in Small Pots: Waterlogged Roots

VFTs in small pots, water near top. Tap water 50 ppm hardness. Top-water with distilled, tray with tap. New growth blackening. Lowered water to 1/4 pot—new traps may survive. Repot to taller pots? Waterlogged mimic mineral damage?

Diagnosis: Water Level Too High

Jeff Dallas: water near pot top = way too high for VFTs. They rot from poor root/soil oxygenation. Signs mimic mineral damage (rotting roots). Transplant to bigger pots. Water level ≤1/4 pot height. Larger pots help for this and other reasons.

Good Growing!
Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
https://www.cobraplant.com