02-02-2012, 09:17 PM | #1 |
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can my horsfield eat pansies
Can my horsfield also eat the leaves from pansies. I have gone to B&Q and got six potted pansies and planted them in my hors fields enclosure she eats the petals but doesn't eat the leaves are the leaves bad for them or does she just not like the taste.
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02-02-2012, 09:32 PM | #2 |
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They can eat pansies, but you can't make them Torts are fussy wotsits!
Joe's been ignoring them since Christmas; beforehand he was gobbling them down. You should really pot them on into clean organic soil and let them grow for a few weeks before feeding to be sure they'r e clear of fertilisers that might not do your tort any good.
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02-02-2012, 09:42 PM | #3 |
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a lot of shop bought plants are sprayed with insecticide or have systemic insecticide in the soil
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02-02-2012, 10:34 PM | #4 |
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Thanks for the quick reply i will put them in organic soil away from the tort for a month or two and for the future i will grow my own.
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03-02-2012, 09:35 AM | #5 |
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oh yes they sure can, but just to reiterate the above becareful with shop bought ones as they may have been fed & sprayed with chemicals.
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