Make sure to use a pure water like distilled or rain water. The more sun you give them the healthier they will be. The Venus flytrap is native to North and South Carolina thus it is not a tropical plant and does not like to be kept in warm growing conditions all of the time.
up vote 20 down vote accepted. Soften. Other things that typically are added with salt will tend to toughen the beans, but it isn't the fault of the salt. For decades, chefs have circulated the oral tradition that adding salt hardens beans, but it's a myth.n short: salt replaces calcium and magnesium in the beans' skins that make them tougher. The result is that when beans are soaked in salt water the skin softens at the same rate as the bean interior and the beans do not blow out.
Causes of red kidney bean poisoning. The main cause is a toxin called âphytohaemagglutininâ or kidney bean lectin. This is a sugar based protein (glycoprotein) which is found in many types of beans which includes cannellini beans and broad beans.reventing red kidney bean poisoning. This type of food poisoning occurs as a result of consuming raw or undercooked kidney beans. So in order to prevent this from happening, take the following precautions: 1  Soak the red kidney beans for up to 8 hours. 2  This can be done overnight if you prefer.