Organic Potting Soil

[Jesika]

Hey Guys I wanted to get your opinion on using this as substrate so I could grow some grasses and weeds in my sulcata hatchling's enclosure. I've been trying to be extra cautious with what I put in there since he is so little (still has his cute little belly button) So I was just wondering if this is safe for him or if I should just use it in my flower pots. Thanks! I'm in Georgia by the way so I guess there is different ingredients from reading the back.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

I'm not sure about the Perlite.
Can you see white "balls" in the soil?
My regular, no frills garden soil grows plants up to a certain size, and that works out, because a tortoise will always mow them down or trample over them before they get very large anyway.
I would not use it just to be safe.
Lets see what others think.....

 

[Tom]

I would not use that because of the "Water Conserve" additive.

Personally I'm not a fan of housing tortoises on any store bought bagged soil. There is no way to know what composted material is is made from. Is it grass clippings from a yard that was recently treated with fungicides or "weed 'n feed"? When I bought my ranch there were around 30 oleander bushes on it. I removed them all and then over time put the pieces in the "yard waste" bin that gets collected and sold to the soil making companies for composting into bags of soil to sell to the public. Somebody bought bags of soil for their garden that had my composted oleander in it. If that particular bag went into a tortoise enclosure, it could be a problem.

 

[Jesika]

Alrighty thanks! I'll just use it in my pots to grow vegetables and just stick with the coconut coir I have in there now.

 

[rearlpettway]

I would not use that because of the "Water Conserve" additive.

Personally I'm not a fan of housing tortoises on any store bought bagged soil. There is no way to know what composted material is is made from. Is it grass clippings from a yard that was recently treated with fungicides or "weed 'n feed"? When I bought my ranch there were around 30 oleander bushes on it. I removed them all and then over time put the pieces in the "yard waste" bin that gets collected and sold to the soil making companies for composting into bags of soil to sell to the public. Somebody bought bags of soil for their garden that had my composted oleander in it. If that particular bag went into a tortoise enclosure, it could be a problem.

Wow,
Good story. I never thought about that.
But as you said I never have or would us any type of bagged potting mix in Kendall's enclosure.

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

I wouldn't use it simply because of the "perlite" it contains. Organically grown tobacco is organic, but if it's spayed on a plant it will certainly kill the plant from the nicotine…just saying.

 

[Mortis_thetortoise]

Alrighty thanks! I'll just use it in my pots to grow vegetables and just stick with the coconut coir I have in there now.

i wouldnt suggest using that soil for your veggies either.

miracle-no

 

[Tom]

I wouldn't use it simply because of the "perlite" it contains. Organically grown tobacco is organic, but if it's spayed on a plant it will certainly kill the plant from the nicotine…just saying.

I use rattle snake venom to illustrate this point. Oleander too. Both are "all-natural" and "100% organic". So is arsenic and ricin.