Unexpected results of the global pandemic:

I simply can not find distilled water anywhere, meaning I& #39;m slowly killing my carnivorous plants by using tap water.

I& #39;m going to have to try and distill some water myself.

Update: I collected some water from the local "lake" when we went out to the park today. I figure if there& #39;s fish and other wildlife living in it, that water is better than stuff from the tap.

Next I need bigger pots, as a bunch of traps have overlapped each other.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐝" title="Honigbiene" aria-label="Emoji: Honigbiene">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling">Update: I bought a wide glass bowl for my Venus fly trap and a tall glass cylinder for my pitcher plant. I& #39;m gonna try and "repot" them tomorrow morning.

I also got a little pot and two ¥100 plants for my kid, in the hopes she& #39;ll leave mine alone now. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😐" title="Neutrales Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Neutrales Gesicht">

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐝" title="Honigbiene" aria-label="Emoji: Honigbiene">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling">Update: Managed to "repot" my carnivorous plants today. I still haven& #39;t found correct soil, so I just used the stuff in their original pots.

Turns out there were TWO Venus fly traps in that pot, which explains why they were so cramped.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐝" title="Honigbiene" aria-label="Emoji: Honigbiene">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling">Update: My Venus fly traps aren& #39;t doing so well. I& #39;ve been worried about watering them too much, and think I& #39;ve ended up letting them dry out. Gonna leave them covered for a while and hope they improve.

My pitcher plant seems to be doing OK though.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐝" title="Honigbiene" aria-label="Emoji: Honigbiene">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling"> Update:

Welp. This is the extremely sorry state of my Venus fly traps. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😢" title="Weinendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Weinendes Gesicht">

This morning, in an attempt to save them, I uprooted them, removed all the dead leaves, then replanted them.

There were still a few shoots on each plant, and I& #39;m hoping those survive.

I suspect I didn& #39;t bury their roots deep enough when I first repotted them, as the root ends were dry.

That, coupled with the day I left them uncovered and the soil dried out, most likely killed them.

I& #39;ve mounded up the dirt, buried their roots deeper, and have covered them.

On the other hand, my pitcher plant seems to be doing really well. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😃" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit geöffnetem Mund">

The leaves are getting larger and splitting open to make funnels, and there are three new shoots — the lighter leaves towards the back.

The container is actually a bit too narrow for it now.