Recent content by Vince

Jaboticaba was grown from a cutting before I got it. It's about knee high and I was told would take some time to fruit, but it seems to be growing well. Firespike is such a great plant for keeping hummingbirds around it would be awesome to be able to incorporate in the tortoise enclosure. If I...

Hello thank you for the reply. I'm gonna take a close look at you post and reply when I can concentrate and do some research. I put a jobacaba in the enclosure, believe it is known as Brazilian grape. It's to young to fruit but soon and if its food value is poor maybe just a shade plant. I'm...

Welcome to forum. I was asking previously about Mexican sunflower as a food source and just read you feed yours some, great news. Thanks. I would like to learn more about some of the other native plants you mentioned and try to see if available in the USA. Thanks for info.

Awesome!!!!

Great news for the redfoots

Hello my condolences for your loss of mom. I reached out to my brother who lives in W. Virginia to contact you for your location and details on tortoises, maybe we can help. I live in Florida and would like to get them down here eventually, thank you.

Hello pastel, I'm surprised myself because I've been rashed up real good up my arms before after stuffing a yard trashcan full of pothos while cleaning a hedge. Philodendron is on at least one safe to eat list I've seen but do not know what variety. Pothos belongs to that family. The stuff can...

Looks like the mulberry leaves i feed

I am trying to find out whether firespike (Odontonema strictum) or/ and mexican sunflower (Tithonia diversifolia) is safe to feed. I have a small group of redfoots and have offered a single leaf of each and it was gobbled up immediately. Just to test then I put a pink porter weed leaf down and...

Hello Rosemary thank you for all the info. It would be great to identify either of the two plants because I'm able to grow them without effort, they are good looking also. I'll add a post over in the plant identification section. Hopefully a couple plants everyone can enjoy.

Thank you all for welcoming me. I've spent hours reviewing safe plant list. I have tried to acquire as many known safe plants as possible for planting inside enclosure. I have noticed some contradictions as well. Have noticed my torts ignoring some plants completely and I just can't keep them...

Thank you

Both are butterfly and hummingbird attractors that's why I have them. Firespike is Odontonema strictum native to Central America and Mexican sunflower is called Tithonia diversifolia native to Mexico I'm guessing. I put a firespike leaf on the ground and one of my girls gobbled it up. Then I put...

Hello my name is Vince. I have a small group of redfoots. Wanted to introduce myself and ask questions about edible or toxic plants. Does anyone know whether firespike or mexican sunflower is safe to feed. Thanks