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I recently bought a bag of TortoiseSupply's Testudo Seed Mix to grow weeds for my new Western Hermann's hatchling. I also have two adult female redfoots and eventually hope to add some of the clippings to their diet as well.
Seeing as it's wintertime, I debated whether to grow the mix indoors or try for outdoors. I live in northern Florida, and do get below freezing during the winter, but not consistently. I started by filling ten 20x10 inch seed trays with organic top soil from Lowes. I scattered the seed mix in, then added about another 1/4 inch of soil. After watering thoroughly, I placed the trays on my backyard porch and hoped for the best.
I hope to document the growth here, for those who are interested in this mix. (Tom also has an excellent thread on this mix which is what led me to purchase it, seen here: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/tortoisesupply-com-testudo-seed-mix-thread.71890/ ) I am not trying to compete with his thread at all, but rather to show how the mix grows in rather less than ideal conditions. Since planting, we have had a fair share of freeze warnings, and this area of the porch only gets sunlight for about 6-8 hours a day. But it seems to be doing well so far!
Progress photos:
Day 7 (clover starting to come in):
Day 9:
Day 15 (about this time, I started cutting clippings daily for my Hermann's):
Day 27 (still restricted to various forms of clover, but the tort isn't complaining!):
And the happy girl today:
Seeing as it's wintertime, I debated whether to grow the mix indoors or try for outdoors. I live in northern Florida, and do get below freezing during the winter, but not consistently. I started by filling ten 20x10 inch seed trays with organic top soil from Lowes. I scattered the seed mix in, then added about another 1/4 inch of soil. After watering thoroughly, I placed the trays on my backyard porch and hoped for the best.
I hope to document the growth here, for those who are interested in this mix. (Tom also has an excellent thread on this mix which is what led me to purchase it, seen here: http://www.tortoiseforum.org/threads/tortoisesupply-com-testudo-seed-mix-thread.71890/ ) I am not trying to compete with his thread at all, but rather to show how the mix grows in rather less than ideal conditions. Since planting, we have had a fair share of freeze warnings, and this area of the porch only gets sunlight for about 6-8 hours a day. But it seems to be doing well so far!
Progress photos:
Day 7 (clover starting to come in):
Day 9:
Day 15 (about this time, I started cutting clippings daily for my Hermann's):
Day 27 (still restricted to various forms of clover, but the tort isn't complaining!):
And the happy girl today:
