from what the package says just keep the soil moist and give it indirect sunlight everyday.. doesn't require fertilizer (it says if you WANT to once a month you can give it really diluted fertilizer) erm, every four times one of those pods close the pod dies (new ones grow) as they die and turn black, you have to pick them off and throw 'em out... that's about it lol...

and no we don't have flies (damnit where are those little annoying fuckers when you need them???) but we gots plenty of those little baby roaches, you know the ones that aren't much bigger then the tip of a pen... i been giving it some of those..