Tg16
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I have been trying to find a good seed and safe fertilizer the last couple days. I just want ideas for his enclosure lawn and ask a couple questions.
Okay it is a out door home where we want to plant grass so he can leave his home any part of the day and eatIndoor or outdoor enclosure? Are you wanting to plant grass inside the enclosure or in the yard surrounding it?
Well, I can tell you right away to avoid using any chemical fertilizers. Avoid laying an sod as well since they are usually riddled with chemicals. You might want to cordon off sections of the area and allow the grass to get going good and strong. Just do small sections at a time. BTW,,,, tortoise poo is an excellent natural fertilizer. Most folks seems to plant Bermuda grass. My area, however, does best with Kentucky rye. I guess it all depends on where you live as to what grass will grow best. Some of the larger sulcatas like to pull everything up by the roots, leaving bare spots. Be prepared for that. Mine is only 35 pounds so I've not yet had to worry about that. Consider offering other plants in addition to grass, such as hosta or hibiscus. Give it a decent variety to draw its attention away from picking at only one spot. Aside from that huge tangent I went on, try finding straight-up plain old grass seed that has not been treated with anything. You don't want to introduce anything that could harm your tort.Okay it is a out door home where we want to plant grass so he can leave his home any part of the day and eat
Thanks do you think chicken manure would be okay as a bonus to kinda jump start the process because we are kinda picking him and and transporting him to our front lawn so we are trying to get his home figured out.Well, I can tell you right away to avoid using any chemical fertilizers. Avoid laying an sod as well since they are usually riddled with chemicals. You might want to cordon off sections of the area and allow the grass to get going good and strong. Just do small sections at a time. BTW,,,, tortoise poo is an excellent natural fertilizer. Most folks seems to plant Bermuda grass. My area, however, does best with Kentucky rye. I guess it all depends on where you live as to what grass will grow best. Some of the larger sulcatas like to pull everything up by the roots, leaving bare spots. Be prepared for that. Mine is only 35 pounds so I've not yet had to worry about that. Consider offering other plants in addition to grass, such as hosta or hibiscus. Give it a decent variety to draw its attention away from picking at only one spot. Aside from that huge tangent I went on, try finding straight-up plain old grass seed that has not been treated with anything. You don't want to introduce anything that could harm your tort.
If you think it can handle the smell, sure. lolThanks do you think chicken manure would be okay as a bonus to kinda jump start the process because we are kinda picking him and and transporting him to our front lawn so we are trying to get his home figured out.
Get grass seed intended for grazing pasture animals. No sod and no hardware store seeds. Till the soil, add amendments, add fertilizer, till some more. Scatter your pasture seed, scatter some of you soil on top of the seed and water gently, but heavily for a couple of weeks at least. Do not let the top layer dry out and crust up before the grass germinates and pokes through. Water every hour during the day in this hot summer weather. You will probably need to cover the area to keep the birds from eating all your seed until it germinates and starts growing.I have been trying to find a good seed and safe fertilizer the last couple days. I just want ideas for his enclosure lawn and ask a couple questions.
Thanks do you think chicken manure would be okay as a bonus to kinda jump start the process because we are kinda picking him and and transporting him to our front lawn so we are trying to get his home figured out.
Thanks do you know the main grass by chance like is it Bermudatractor supply sells all purpose pasture grass seed and its what we use here it has no added fertilizer at all, grows fast and always takes. just spread water daily and it will grow. its not super cheap though at 50$ a bag but it goes really far. they mix weeds into the mix like clover etc so its a really good mix for a sully.