Yup, I could get about two banana trees, we already have two hibiscus, may get a few more. For the Swiss cheese plants, I need to check with the nursery.
HELP (home's hingeback tortoise) care
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Swiss cheese plants 'I think' are on the low toxic list, but my tortoises pay no attention to them. In the right environment swiss cheese will go mad with growth, you'll get a new leaf every month at least, and can be trained to grow onto objects, maybe even along your fence.
When you go to the nursery, write down some names of plants that look to have large leafs and catch your eye. Then we can get some help from here with what to and what not to use.
Do you know what your lowest temperatures get to through the year?
Hi again everybody, I went to visit the nursery to check out some plants. Does anyone know which is safe? Also I added in coco peat, but after raining it is ultra wet, not really moist anymore. When I squeeze it, water will come out. Is it okay for my tortoise? If it's too wet, what are the solutions?
Plant list:
-bird's nest fern
-thaumatococcus
-livistona
-spider plant
Thanks for the replies.
Plant list:
-bird's nest fern
-thaumatococcus
-livistona
-spider plant
Thanks for the replies.
Hi again. Things to help you with the torrential rain fall is to heavily plant it out so the plant life drinks the rain and also acts as a canopy with big leaves, so directly under the plants it will be moiste, not soaking wet. Bark,moss and leaf litter will help with sodden ground. Also have an area that is covered, to give your Tortoise options. Uneven ground will help areas drain away off higher ground. This species does like it very wet though. They endure monsoon rains in the wild. Tortadise and flintus will give you more advice.
As for your plants, I'll tag some members in
@Iochroma @Yvonne G @tortadise
I'm eager to see your latest photo.
What is the ground like under your cocopeat? Is it clay that won't absorb the rain?
You need to imitate the forest floor with lots of debris. Like with orchid bark,cyprus mulch, leafs, this will allow the rain to drain to the layers underneath.
No, don't add any sand. The problem you have is that basically with building a small wall all the way around and with the clay bottom you have created an ideal area for holding water like a pool.You need to have drainage holes in your wall, and ideally so the clay layer is sloping towards the drainage holes.
If you create a slope the clay floor you can make it level again with the top layers of substrate.
Its going to be hard work to make the clay sloping,but it will be worth it.
How high is the wall?
You need to be careful putting stuff near the wall. They can climb very well. I've also seen one of mine stand on the back if another to get extra reach. You can work on that later. For now you need to solve your drainage problem.
Ok. So over that length you would need a slope of at least 120mm. That's going to be hard work in clay. Also I don't think your plant life will thrive in clay. So forget sloping it all.
Can you get enough earth/soil to mound it all up about a foot deep, but keep about a foot away from the edges. So making it raised, but slopes to your clay level a foot away from walls. Then you have enough depth of soil for plants. This way your wall will still be high enough too.
You would basically would have a drain channel all the way around your soil area. Drill a few holes in the bottom of the wall too.
Man I hate clay. Lol.
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