Hibiscus

Jeremiah · 07-07-2006, 05:53 PM

My very fussy eater 'Jeremiah' has just wolfed down the first Hibiscus of the season much to my surprise. what I would like to know is.......how good are they for him? Can I feed them every day? Leaves and flowers? Are they high in nitrates considering that the plant would have to be well fed to produce lots of flowers. Also there is a lady on ebay selling fresh vacum packed flowers by the gram. Would this be a good way of getting the flowers considering you would need a heck of alot of plants to get 25grams of flowers.

Also there seems to be alot of different verities of Lavatera. Are they all edible? Leaves and flowers?

Thanks a million,
Louise

sandy · 07-07-2006, 08:55 PM

I feed my tortoises hibiscus flowers when the weeds are short. They love them.
Mine are still only in bud

07-07-2006, 05:53 PM	#1
Jeremiah Member Egg Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wexford, Ireland Posts: 69	Hibiscus My very fussy eater 'Jeremiah' has just wolfed down the first Hibiscus of the season much to my surprise. what I would like to know is.......how good are they for him? Can I feed them every day? Leaves and flowers? Are they high in nitrates considering that the plant would have to be well fed to produce lots of flowers. Also there is a lady on ebay selling fresh vacum packed flowers by the gram. Would this be a good way of getting the flowers considering you would need a heck of alot of plants to get 25grams of flowers. Also there seems to be alot of different verities of Lavatera. Are they all edible? Leaves and flowers? Thanks a million, Louise __________________ 1.1.0 Hermanns 0.0.1 Sulcata 0.0.1 Spur thighed http://www.madeforanangel.etsy.com

07-07-2006, 08:55 PM	#2
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	I feed my tortoises hibiscus flowers when the weeds are short. They love them. Mine are still only in bud __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

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