bigsulcata
New Member
Hello!
I have never had to fertilize my lawn, but now in a new backyard with grass i’ve grown myself, I’ve realized my new soil has too much potassium and phosphorus, and it is completely depleted in nitrogen. This is resulting in my grass seed not growing well, so I need to apply some organic fertilizer to the soil. However, my big sulcata lives on the soil without a good way to separate her from any areas I fertilize. So, I am wondering if anyone has experience or knowledge on using organic fertilizers like organic blood meal or feather meal on top of the soil and if that is safe for my sulcata to roam around on and possibly get some soil in its mouth?
I will of course drench/soak the soil with water every day after fertilizing, but I’m nervous about bone meal or feather meal being toxic to her if she accidentally gets a mouthful of it.
I am only looking to use bone or feather meal because of its high nitrogen content and 0% of phosphorus and potassium since my soil already has too much. Any help in this topic is much appreciated. Thanks!
I have never had to fertilize my lawn, but now in a new backyard with grass i’ve grown myself, I’ve realized my new soil has too much potassium and phosphorus, and it is completely depleted in nitrogen. This is resulting in my grass seed not growing well, so I need to apply some organic fertilizer to the soil. However, my big sulcata lives on the soil without a good way to separate her from any areas I fertilize. So, I am wondering if anyone has experience or knowledge on using organic fertilizers like organic blood meal or feather meal on top of the soil and if that is safe for my sulcata to roam around on and possibly get some soil in its mouth?
I will of course drench/soak the soil with water every day after fertilizing, but I’m nervous about bone meal or feather meal being toxic to her if she accidentally gets a mouthful of it.
I am only looking to use bone or feather meal because of its high nitrogen content and 0% of phosphorus and potassium since my soil already has too much. Any help in this topic is much appreciated. Thanks!