Growing Sulcata Food in Coco Coir

[BowDownBowser]

I just ordered the northern/indoor seed mix from sulcatafood.com. Is it possible to grow this in coconut coir? This is what I use as the substrate for my sulcata and I'd like to grow it in an area of his enclosure. The seed mix contains "organic gold wheat grass, bahia grass, timothy grass, orchard grass, oat grass, rye grass, dandelion, chicory, and other tortoise favorites."

 

[tortoisetime565]

I ordered the same and I grew it in a mix of coco coir and organic top soil.

 

[jaizei]

IIRC coir doesn't really have much in the way of nutrients so you will need to fertilize (ie compost) for best results.

 

[happyjoyjoy]

I've been growing tortoise seed for 6 months in coco coir only. The trick is the high quality uvb which I get from my reptisun 10.0 tube light I've installed inside my enclosure. My sully Pheenie will eat all the clovers he can find and then leave the grass which I rip out every 14 days or so and cut off the roots and cut small on top of his salad. Which THEN he'll eat . Heres some pics of day 5 of my seed growing in only coco coir & my baby pheenie

 

[BowDownBowser]

I've been growing tortoise seed for 6 months in coco coir only. The trick is the high quality uvb which I get from my reptisun 10.0 tube light I've installed inside my enclosure. My sully Pheenie will eat all the clovers he can find and then leave the grass which I rip out every 14 days or so and cut off the roots and cut small on top of his salad. Which THEN he'll eat . Heres some pics of day 5 of my seed growing in only coco coir & my baby pheenie

Is this the bulb you use? Zoo Med ReptiSun® 10.0 High Output UVB Fluorescent Bulb, 15 Watts, 18-Inch. I am about to replace my uvb bulb because it's about 4 months old and its the t8 version. Is that the seed from sulcatafood.com? Or is that another seed mix?

 

[happyjoyjoy]

Mines from carolinapetsupply.com and boy does is GROW. I got grazing tortoise seed mix. and yes that is the exact bulb I use mine is just longer. I've been using them for years for most of my reptiles.

 

[BowDownBowser]

Mines from carolinapetsupply.com and boy does is GROW. I got grazing tortoise seed mix. and yes that is the exact bulb I use mine is just longer. I've been using them for years for most of my reptiles.

Okay thanks! I ordered the sulcatafood.com mix and I'm going to try that. If he doesn't like it my next stop was going to be carolina pet supply, but if he likes it why change a good thing. Thanks again though. I'll repost when i get it and it starts growing.

 

[happyjoyjoy]

Mines from carolinapetsupply.com and boy does is GROW. I got grazing tortoise seed mix. and yes that is the exact bulb I use mine is just longer. I've been using them for years for most of my reptiles.

Okay thanks! I ordered the sulcatafood.com mix and I'm going to try that. If he doesn't like it my next stop was going to be carolina pet supply, but if he likes it why change a good thing. Thanks again though. I'll repost when i get it and it starts growing.

Your welcome! Good luck!

 

[J_W]

Re: RE: Growing Sulcata Food in Coco Coir

Okay thanks! I ordered the sulcatafood.com mix and I'm going to try that. If he doesn't like it my next stop was going to be carolina pet supply, but if he likes it why change a good thing. Thanks again though. I'll repost when i get it and it starts growing.

I'm sure he will love it. I ordered from the same place and my sully loves it, especially the clover. You can see her eating it on their website in the contest page, she won for February.

 

[BowDownBowser]

Re: RE: Growing Sulcata Food in Coco Coir

Okay thanks! I ordered the sulcatafood.com mix and I'm going to try that. If he doesn't like it my next stop was going to be carolina pet supply, but if he likes it why change a good thing. Thanks again though. I'll repost when i get it and it starts growing.

I'm sure he will love it. I ordered from the same place and my sully loves it, especially the clover. You can see her eating it on their website in the contest page, she won for February.

Awesome! Is yours Patton? I had no idea there was a contest but I'm definitely going to send in pictures once it starts to grow now that I know! Thanks!

 

[J_W]

Yeah Patton is my monster. Like I said she loves it and their customer service is outstanding. You can't go wrong with them.