When I saw VFT in their habitat, the soil was drier than I had expected.
They were growing in a variety of soil from 100% peat to nearly all
sand. The soil was damp to almost wet. These plants were very healthy
and growing huge traps and the leaves on all plants were upright. In-
fact, I think that if VFT is growing with it's traps laying on the
ground it could be happier. VFT likes the soil to be "drier" than
Sarracenia but will still do well in those conditions. If you're
worried that your plants will dry-out then keep 'em in water trays,
but they will probably like it better if keep slighty drier.
Dave Evans
P.S. These plants had just set seed and I noticed no difference
between those which had flowered and those that had not. I've
heard/read that flowering saps VFT's strength but I saw nothing to
support this. Sure while the plant is sending up a flowerstalk
you're going to get a few less traps but so what? It does not
weaken the plant.