mproko
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I know squash and pumpkin leaves are approved. I've fed them radish tops which they eat happily. Any reason I can't feed them tomato plant leaves?
The reason is simple - torts will not eat tomato leaves ...Any reason I can't feed them tomato plant leaves?
My tort wouldn't touch them either!The reason is simple - torts will not eat tomato leaves ...
It's comforting isn't it! Now that I have a tortoise my garden has become even more useful.The good news is my squash plants suck this year from a squash perspective. At least I can use the leaves to feed my tortoises.
You have a very useful link there. I think my goal is to feed them for free or close to nothing next year. Ironically it seems to be better for them also. My garden planting will change to support them more now.It's comforting isn't it! Now that I have a tortoise my garden has become even more useful.
I just wanted to pass on that you can preserve squash for winter feeding too. When I'm ready to pull the plants out, I air dry my squash leaves in an old empty kiddy pool and I chop up and freeze the stems. Here's a post I made with photos... These can be frozen, thawed, and retain good texture!
Very cool goal. Good luck with itYou have a very useful link there. I think my goal is to feed them for free or close to nothing next year. Ironically it seems to be better for them also. My garden planting will change to support them more now.
I guess I am suspicious of a plant in which you can feed the fruit but not the leaves, or the other way around. I would just avoid that plant altogether until I knew why one part is OK and another is not...
Ha! Got me. But...what's stone fruit? D..uhhh...?So no stone fruit with pits for you?
Cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines... delicious fruit with a stone in the middle that comes from trees with toxic leaves. Also includes almonds where you eat the stone (the nut) rather than the fruit.Ha! Got me. But...what's stone fruit? D..uhhh...?