Hi guys My Dionaea (Venus Fly Trap) has gone a very light green and almost looks like it's in too much water.
Do you use RO water / rain water? I would say light green means you need to move it closer to a light source.
Agreed, Dionaea needs full sun or strong artificial light, otherwise they will inevitably start a long slow decline. Pale green does suggest inadequate light. Another very very important aspect, they need to have a proper winter dormancy period otherwise they won't last. Up here on the Highveld it gets suitably cold, but I'm not sure if the period and/or degree of coldness is really adequate for these guys. Easiest way to maintain them (in the long term) and get good new spring growth is to de-pot at end summer/ start of winter, trim the roots and old traps thoroughly, then the bare rhizome (if healthy will be kinda white) goes into a jiffy bag with a little moist live sphagnum and gets refrigerated for 4 or 5 months (just the fridge, not the freezer). Then just repot at start of spring and straight back into the full sun. Regarding the pots standing in a tray of water, if your plant is struggling along and not showing vigorous growth I would say you should rather err on the side of caution and be more frugal with the watering or you might end up with rotted roots and rhizome. I've had good success just maintaining moist / slightly moist soil, even in hot weather. They really don't need to live in completely boggy conditions, at least in my experience. Some degree of drying out of the soil between watering is probably for the best, relative to completely saturated soil at all times.
