Question
well I've only heard that you have to take out the plant and separate the leaf. i wanted to know if there was another way to do this if there is can you tell me. if there isn't tell me what to do right so i don't kill my plant.im really scared about killing it!

Answer
Hello Miguel,

I typically do not use leaf-cutting, or in Venus Flytrap cases, called leaf-pulling, as I generally just wait for seeds each spring and separate the plants when they form clumps from root division, which Venus Flytraps do constantly every few years.

Leaf-pulling can be done when you repot your Venus Flytrap every year or two. When the plant is uprooted, clean it off with some distilled water spray, then select an adult open leaf in prime health. Pull down towards the roots with the leaf pinches lightly, but firmly between your fingers. It will split down the side of the plant until it pulls off a sliver section of white rhizome material with it. You can place this leaf pulling on moist sphagnum peat or in damp pelite under a bright florescent light or in a well lit window and keep up the humidity with a dome or clear top over the container you place the leaf in. If mold does not attack the leaf and if it does not die off, you may begin to see tiny plants growing along the edges of the leaf in a few weeks to a couple months time. Only take a maximum of one to three leaves from a parent plant at a time as the parent needs enough leaves to survive on too.

Christopher