Is This Mallow??
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yea that mallow! i also found a patch of it today, my torts love the stuff.
Its gonna be 27 degrees here tonight. I hope it doesn't die. Now that I found it lol. Thank you I'm off to feed them all a treat. 
Recently I have had some temps around 30° at night and the mallow seemed unharmed by it.
Its mallow and it can handle freezing. I've been cultivating this stuff all over my ranch for years. This makes up a large percentage of my tortoises diet from about December to March or April. It all dies and dries up in April or May when thing warm up and the rains stop.
Thank you all so much. I mixed some in with their food .And they loved it. :-D
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is there different species of mallow? the mallow in my year stays really small.
Yes. There are many species in this family. There are at least two of the weed type that I know of, but if I'm not mistaken, hibiscus and lavatera are also in this family. Also sometimes it grows really large round leaves at my place, sometimes little ones and sometimes mine grow all wrinkly too.
I'll bet @Iochroma could help educate us a bit more on this. Please.
there is this park near my house and the mallow leaves are like 5 inches big! but they spray chemicals so i can't steal any for my tortsYes. There are many species in this family. There are at least two of the weed type that I know of, but if I'm not mistaken, hibiscus and lavatera are also in this family. Also sometimes it grows really large round leaves at my place, sometimes little ones and sometimes mine grow all wrinkly too.
I'll bet @Iochroma could help educate us a bit more on this. Please.
mallow!!!!
My leopards love mallow. Let it go to seed Maria, it spreads like wildfire!
@ ElohI If this freeze don't kill it I plan to Lol. Free Tort Food :-D You can't beat thst with my lil shelled piglets. Lol
@ ElohI If this freeze don't kill it I plan to Lol. Free Tort Food :-D You can't beat thst with my lil shelled piglets. Lol
That leaf doesn't look like mallow to me. Looks more like a mulberry leaf.
it says it is! http://www.ecopolitan.com/blog/?attachment_id=182
I can't see the ones to his right, but the plant on his left is mallow for sure. They occasionally get that big around here when conditions are right and my torts aren't mowing them down.
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