Grass

[jacktaylor900]

My yard is rye and fescue and the grass was never sprayed but the seeds were fertilized and this was 3 years ago can he eat it

 

[Levi the Leopard]

yes your grass is good for food.

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[LLLReptile]

After 3 years, the fertilizer used to get the grass going is long gone

-Jen

 

[BeeBee*BeeLeaves]

Three years is plenty of time for the fertilizer to be bah-bye. Yay! My rule is 6 months and water often in that time, just to be sure: )

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

Fertilizer, just fertilizer, is plant food, and once consumed by the plant is safe. Fertilizer, just fertilizer, has been filtered and selectively absorbed by the grass roots.

Potential issues are other things in the bag with the fertilizer, like herbicides, and pesticides, things that offer multi purpose in one application. Those are where the danger can come from.

Once the fertilizer, just fertilizer, has been applied, and watered in, the grass is OK for the tortoise to eat. But if carrier particle are still visible/present, those small clay granules, then I would water it in more, until those carrier particles are dissolved into the soil. Those clay particles are still there even three years later, but now the particle size has gotten so small you can not see them. It's kitty litter for the most part, it is there effectively forever.

Foliar applied fertilizer, just fertilizer, like the Miracle Gro spray bottle you put on the end of the hose, are OK too, after two of three more waterings where the plants or grass has been watered in the same way as the fertilizer, just fertilizer, application had been done.

Those little dissolvable beads that are fertilizer, just fertilizer, if incorporated below soil surface as it says on the bag - those plants are safe to eat that, the next and forever after days from application. You don't want the tortoise eating those little beads though.

Plants need food too, stronger healthier plants are better tortoise food.

Will

 

[Yvonne G]

Now, Will...let me get this straight. You're talking about fertilizer, JUST FERTILIZER???

 

[Levi the Leopard]

Lol

I'm glad you brought that up Will. Thx.

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[Kapidolo Farms]

Now, Will...let me get this straight. You're talking about fertilizer, JUST FERTILIZER???

Awww, yeah, that's right .

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Will

 

[DevilsLettuce]

Fertilizer, just fertilizer, is plant food, and once consumed by the plant is safe. Fertilizer, just fertilizer, has been filtered and selectively absorbed by the grass roots.

Potential issues are other things in the bag with the fertilizer, like herbicides, and pesticides, things that offer multi purpose in one application. Those are where the danger can come from.

Once the fertilizer, just fertilizer, has been applied, and watered in, the grass is OK for the tortoise to eat. But if carrier particle are still visible/present, those small clay granules, then I would water it in more, until those carrier particles are dissolved into the soil. Those clay particles are still there even three years later, but now the particle size has gotten so small you can not see them. It's kitty litter for the most part, it is there effectively forever.

Foliar applied fertilizer, just fertilizer, like the Miracle Gro spray bottle you put on the end of the hose, are OK too, after two of three more waterings where the plants or grass has been watered in the same way as the fertilizer, just fertilizer, application had been done.

Those little dissolvable beads that are fertilizer, just fertilizer, if incorporated below soil surface as it says on the bag - those plants are safe to eat that, the next and forever after days from application. You don't want the tortoise eating those little beads though.

Plants need food too, stronger healthier plants are better tortoise food.

Will

Agreed, although most of the nutrients and teas I feed my plants, I still have a couple chemical ferts that I use.

 

[Tom]

I was just waiting for Will to say it, but he didn't...


Many lawn products are now called "Weed and Feed", or something similar. These are the dangerous ones. They contain pesticides or herbicides, in addition to the fertilizer, and would be excluded by Will's fertilizer, just fertilizer, comments because they are not "just fertilizer".

 

[Kapidolo Farms]

I was just waiting for Will to say it, but he didn't...


Many lawn products are now called "Weed and Feed", or something similar. These are the dangerous ones. They contain pesticides or herbicides, in addition to the fertilizer, and would be excluded by Will's fertilizer, just fertilizer, comments because they are not "just fertilizer".

Just no way to over-state some things. Thanks for the further emphasis.

This is why I tend to go with indoor farming fertilizers they may end up in someone's lungs for some strange uses. Will

 

[DevilsLettuce]

I was just waiting for Will to say it, but he didn't...


Many lawn products are now called "Weed and Feed", or something similar. These are the dangerous ones. They contain pesticides or herbicides, in addition to the fertilizer, and would be excluded by Will's fertilizer, just fertilizer, comments because they are not "just fertilizer".

Just no way to over-state some things. Thanks for the further emphasis.

This is why I tend to go with indoor farming fertilizers they may end up in someone's lungs for some strange uses. Will

No need to use fertilizers for things that end up in people's lungs . all you need is quality organic soil and a good homemade compost...