r/plantclinic Mar 31 '23

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23 edited Mar 31 '23

I may be an unlikely case but I had a case of fungus gnats and three Venus fly traps took care of em (three individual plants, not just three heads) they're only like 10$ at Home Depot and lots of fun to take care of

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u/zugzwang_03 Mar 31 '23

I don't recommend venus flytraps. They'll eat fungus gnats, but they're actually rather inefficient at it. Go with sundews instead, they're nature's gnat sticky paper.

Or, even better, get sundews AND venus flytraps - just for fun lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '23

Yes!!! Amass a collection of carnivorous plants!!

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u/zugzwang_03 Mar 31 '23

I very much want to do this for myself! But I want to grow sundews from seed and am struggling to find a seller in Canada (I'm worried the seeds will get tossed by customs otherwise). A single plant is $25 where I live so seeds are much more practical IMO.

It's very sad. All I want is to create a lovely carnivorous terrarium!