Gardening thread

[Abdulla6169]

Mullberry will be so nice!! cacti-type plants (like opuntia) always dies on me Unfortunate, my tortoises really love that stuff!

It's easy to care for them, water once a week, sandy soil (that drains well), and you are basically done! The BIGGEST (& worst) mistake is to over water...

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Hmm... probably too much then I'll keep trying, but with less this time

 

[Abdulla6169]

Melon just started sprouting! Celosia also started germinating
Melon sprouts:

 

[Abdulla6169]

Are those little small circular perlite pieces that are colored blue ok for the soil? They came with the opuntia cactus I bought... Any help?

 

[Abdulla6169]

Just found orchid fir bark, this isn't acceptable right (it'll should be fine grade?)

 

[johnsonnboswell]

Are those little small circular perlite pieces that are colored blue ok for the soil? They came with the opuntia cactus I bought... Any help?

That's the sort of thing that should not be in the tortoise's environment. It is not digestible & can cause impaction. That's why we wash roots & repot plants.

For potted plants that don't go into the habitat .... Well, some of those blue spheres are fertilizer, and I don't trust that either, so I wouldn't want to feed right away.

 

[Abdulla6169]

That's the sort of thing that should not be in the tortoise's environment. It is not digestible & can cause impaction. That's why we wash roots & repot plants.

For potted plants that don't go into the habitat .... Well, some of those blue spheres are fertilizer, and I don't trust that either, so I wouldn't want to feed right away.

Ok, only feed new growth (I knew perlite caused impaction when ingested-plants outside anyways )

 

[johnsonnboswell]

I wait a few months before feeding new growth.

 

[Abdulla6169]

I wait a few months before feeding new growth.

I think feeding new growth is fine if the soil is fertilizer free, isn't it? It will take time for the tree to establish

 

[johnsonnboswell]

Even after you wash the roots & replant it, some of the chemicals would still be in the plant. I wait for 3 months or more, through several cycles of new growth. Maybe I'm just conservative on this issue. Maybe sooner is safe, I don't know.

 

[Abdulla6169]

Even after you wash the roots & replant it, some of the chemicals would still be in the plant. I wait for 3 months or more, through several cycles of new growth. Maybe I'm just conservative on this issue. Maybe sooner is safe, I don't know.

Hmmmm, I'll wait for growth for like a few months, no need to ambush the tree I'll post pics soon

 

[K.C.]

Hello guys, I'm new to the website and I have a question for you lovelies with green thumbs. If you could only have two hanging indoor plants, which ones would they be? I have picky roommates and I managed to convince them that it would be a good addition to the apartment. I just don't know what would be best for a tortoise (I'm planning on getting one in a few months).

 

[pfara]

Hello guys, I'm new to the website and I have a question for you lovelies with green thumbs. If you could only have two hanging indoor plants, which ones would they be? I have picky roommates and I managed to convince them that it would be a good addition to the apartment. I just don't know what would be best for a tortoise (I'm planning on getting one in a few months).

1. Spider plant: pretty hardy plants that shoot out many spiderlings to use by year's time.
2. Tradescantia: grows quickly but kinda has a short lifespan (starts balding at the base). However, getting cuttings from them is really simple and you can have plenty (millions) of tradescantia in a jif.

Lipstick vines and pothos are runner ups.

 

[Abdulla6169]

Celosia is a lot bigger now:
View attachment 89041
Here's the melon that started growing :
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The spineless/glochidless opuntia:
View attachment 89043
The fruiting mulberry I bought:
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A quick ID question, @YvonneG, is this mulberry:


It seems like it, & I have been told it's possibly mulberry...

 

[Abdulla6169]

Purslane grows in my garden, just randomly sprouted:
View attachment 89105
Purslane is edible (feed moderately )
Spicy jatropha is a NO FEED! Toxic!!! 4-5 seeds cause death (in humans), all parts are toxic (flower, bark, leaf, roots, wood):

& Japanese spurge:

 

[Abdulla6169]

*Japanese spurge is edible (high in oxlates)

 

[K.C.]

1. Spider plant: pretty hardy plants that shoot out many spiderlings to use by year's time.
2. Tradescantia: grows quickly but kinda has a short lifespan (starts balding at the base). However, getting cuttings from them is really simple and you can have plenty (millions) of tradescantia in a jif.

Lipstick vines and pothos are runner ups.

Thank you, I will look into those. The tradescantia sounds great, being able to get clippings and keep replanting as its dying would be kinda neat.

 

[pfara]

Celosia is a lot bigger now:
View attachment 89041
Here's the melon that started growing :
View attachment 89042
The spineless/glochidless opuntia:
View attachment 89043
The fruiting mulberry I bought:
View attachment 89044
A quick ID question, @YvonneG, is this mulberry:
View attachment 89045
View attachment 89046
It seems like it, & I have been told it's possibly mulberry...

I'm not 100% sure but I don't think that's mulberry. My red mulberry has random leaves on it (ie. randomly interchanging leaf shapes from simple to lobed). I can take a picture of mine if you want. Again, not sure about other types of mulberry.

 

[Abdulla6169]

I'm not 100% sure but I don't think that's mulberry. My red mulberry has random leaves on it (ie. randomly interchanging leaf shapes from simple to lobed). I can take a picture of mine if you want. Again, not sure about other types of mulberry.

I bought a mulberry tree that looks just like the one in the photo, so I say it's a 95% chance it's mulberry

 

[Abdulla6169]

The melon is growing new tiny leaves:

I also planted the mulberry into the ground