Safe weeds to eat?

[ScottishFish]

My Garden has Dandelions and I am looking into finding some seeds to grow, but in the meantime can my Hermanns eat these? They all readily grow in my garden. Thanks folks.








'And like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white, then melts forever'
~Robert Burns - Tam O' Shanter

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[wellington]

Look them up on the tortoisetable.org. You can look them up in several different ways.

 

[Tom]

I don't recognize the first two, but number three is good to go.

 

[ScottishFish]

Thanks tom,

Wellington - I will go and have a good look on that website the now. Thanks


'And like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white, then melts forever'
~Robert Burns - Tam O' Shanter

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[Blakem]

Here's some references I've found helpful!

http://www.tortoiseforum.org/thread-5823.html

http://russiantortoise.net/edible_plants.htm
http://www.tlady.clara.net/TortGuide/diet.htm#plantlist
http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/plantfoods.html


Sulcata (Dexter)
Russian (Ezek)

 

[Yvonne G]

Take a look on a GOOGLE image search for "groundsel." I THINK #3 is groundsel, and if so, it's not edible. It is ok to eat occasionally, but the toxins accumulate.

 

[ScottishFish]

Yeah it seems it is Groundsel, so just maybe once every couple of weeks?


'And like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white, then melts forever'
~Robert Burns - Tam O' Shanter

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[Andrea M]

I'm in England, I buy the tortoise weed seeds from eBay or amazon, they're a safe mix and they grow really quickly, they're about 85p a packet and you get a great amount for that

 

[ScottishFish]

Thanks, I have now ordered some mixed seed packs and some specific ones too.