spiderling

[gummybearpoop]

I have read that spiderling is good for desert tortoises from I think Game & Fish Department.

Is spiderling ok to feed to other tortoises?

 

[DoctorCosmonaut]

What is spiderling? Maybe everyone else knows, but could you post a picture and elaborate on this edible?

 

[Yvonne G]

When I GOOGLE "spiderling" it only comes up with baby spiders. Do we have the correct spelling?

Yvonne

 

[gummybearpoop]

It is a common name for a weed here in Arizona.... when it rains its everywhere. spill some water, you get some spiderling. dog pees in the corner...whaa laa spiderling.

http://www.arizonensis.org/sonoran/fieldguide/plantae/boerhavia_intermedia.html

http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/onlinebks/weeds/graphics/fig60.gif

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/129218/

 

[Yvonne G]

I had a whole bunch of 4 o'clocks in my rain forest (it was fenced off from the tortoises while the rain forest grew). The Manouria tortoises ate it down to the ground in no time flat, when I removed the fence. I have never seen spiderling, though. But same family.

Yvonne

 

[gummybearpoop]

I had a whole bunch of 4 o'clocks in my rain forest (it was fenced off from the tortoises while the rain forest grew). The Manouria tortoises ate it down to the ground in no time flat, when I removed the fence. I have never seen spiderling, though. But same family.

Yvonne

Interesting.

Yvonne, do you also keep a desert tortoise?

 

[Yvonne G]

Yes, I have several of them, however their pens only have Bermuda grass, clover, dichondra, dandylion and a few other weeds.

Yvonne

 

[Jacqui]

dog pees in the corner...whaa laa spiderling.

So is that how your garden is growing Norman?