I'm admittedly not as smart about plants as I wish I was, and I'm looking for some ideas.... I am building some enclosures that are probably 6 months away from having water run to them. I want to throw some seeds in the ground at some point with the hope that some of them will grow with very little watering on my part. I am there (currently) 1 or 2 or 3 times a week, and can flood them while I'm there (I have a water tank in my truck). In the meantime, I want to start some stuff in these enclosures, and am looking for ideas from you plant experts. It's a desert climate at about 3,500' elevation; winter lows are around 20-22 degrees and summer highs will likely be over 110. Annual rainfall is going to be about 4-5". I intend to have these enclosures built but then leave them empty of tortoises for a few months at least just to watch what happens, and to get some other stuff a little established (planting lots of desert trees, mostly African sumac) before tortoises are messing with them. Some of these enclosures will have a shade cover over them, and others won't.
Any ideas for some good tortoise-friendly seeds and/or seed mixes as well as where to get them? Think larger scale; I don't really want to buy 1,000 seeds of this and 500 seeds of that. I'd love to find a large dandelion seed supplier....
Any ideas for some good tortoise-friendly seeds and/or seed mixes as well as where to get them? Think larger scale; I don't really want to buy 1,000 seeds of this and 500 seeds of that. I'd love to find a large dandelion seed supplier....