Flowers

lindso3000 · 03-10-2008, 03:51 PM

today i picked up some pansies: 50p for 12 plants from B&Q
and violas : 30p for a big pot in tesco

tortoise lover · 03-10-2008, 04:08 PM

Heck that is really cheap isnt it,how long do you leave yours for linda before you feed them to your torts?

lindso3000 · 03-10-2008, 04:10 PM

this is the first time iv bought them from a garden centre, i usually nick my mams which have been there for ages!!
Im not sure i was thinking maybe a few wks, hopefully someone will come on and advise us =)

**sarah** · 03-10-2008, 04:18 PM

Im always very warry of using plants from garden centres god knows what soil they use and feeding aids, even new growth can take up the feed from the soil.

sandy · 03-10-2008, 04:33 PM

I think provided they are left to flower once then given to tortoises it is fine. They certainly would eat worse in the wild

But always use caution when buying from garden centres and the likes of B&Q.

**Bindi** · 03-10-2008, 06:03 PM

I nip off the flowers that are on there and wait for new ones to appear

lindso3000 · 03-10-2008, 06:25 PM

there are no flowers on the pansies it's just leaves the same on the violas.do you think I should wait for the first flowers to appear?

**Bindi** · 03-10-2008, 07:05 PM

Yeah, I'd wait for a few weeks, Linds, I think someone on here said they wait for about 4 weeks , you never know what they've been sprayed with and give them a good water all over the plant every day if its not raining

lindso3000 · 03-10-2008, 08:07 PM

It's likely to be raining!! Il leave them4 week and keep watering them.am I right that they can eat flowers and leaves? If bought some grasses for the reds table from bq aswel am I best to leave them 4 wks too

**Bindi** · 04-10-2008, 09:00 AM

Don't know about the grasses, Linds leave them if you think your new babies wil eat them, I have Iberas and they don't touch the grasses so it probably not so important. However I wouldn't know if Reds eat them or not, hun

03-10-2008, 03:51 PM	#1
lindso3000 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2,675	Flowers today i picked up some pansies: 50p for 12 plants from B&Q and violas : 30p for a big pot in tesco __________________ Keeper of horsfields, redfoots, Hermans, bearded dragon and 2 rats

03-10-2008, 04:10 PM	#3
lindso3000 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2,675	this is the first time iv bought them from a garden centre, i usually nick my mams which have been there for ages!! Im not sure i was thinking maybe a few wks, hopefully someone will come on and advise us =) __________________ Keeper of horsfields, redfoots, Hermans, bearded dragon and 2 rats

03-10-2008, 04:18 PM	#4
sarah Administrator Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Newcastle-Under-Lyme Posts: 11,914	Im always very warry of using plants from garden centres god knows what soil they use and feeding aids, even new growth can take up the feed from the soil. __________________ Click: www.shelledwarriorsshop.co.uk STRUGGLING TO FIND WEEDS? LOOK AT OUR DRIED WEEDS 'READY TO FEED' Home of 'Grow Your Own Food' Bearded Dragon, Tortoise, Rabbit, Hamster seed mixes from 89p FREE POST Livefood, Thermostats, Housing, Heating, Mercury Vapour bulbs, UVB etc etc CHEAP PRICES TORTOISES ARE MY PASSION

03-10-2008, 04:33 PM	#5
sandy Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent UK Posts: 12,146	I think provided they are left to flower once then given to tortoises it is fine. They certainly would eat worse in the wild But always use caution when buying from garden centres and the likes of B&Q. __________________ < > 60+, keeping ibera, graeca and box turtles \0/ /_\ http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/tortoisefriends

03-10-2008, 06:03 PM	#6
Bindi Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,157	I nip off the flowers that are on there and wait for new ones to appear __________________

03-10-2008, 04:08 PM	#2
tortoise lover Member Hatchling Join Date: May 2008 Location: north east lincolnshire Posts: 503	Heck that is really cheap isnt it,how long do you leave yours for linda before you feed them to your torts?

03-10-2008, 06:25 PM	#7
lindso3000 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2,675	there are no flowers on the pansies it's just leaves the same on the violas.do you think I should wait for the first flowers to appear? __________________ Keeper of horsfields, redfoots, Hermans, bearded dragon and 2 rats

03-10-2008, 07:05 PM	#8
Bindi Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,157	Yeah, I'd wait for a few weeks, Linds, I think someone on here said they wait for about 4 weeks , you never know what they've been sprayed with and give them a good water all over the plant every day if its not raining __________________

03-10-2008, 08:07 PM	#9
lindso3000 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cumbria Posts: 2,675	It's likely to be raining!! Il leave them4 week and keep watering them.am I right that they can eat flowers and leaves? If bought some grasses for the reds table from bq aswel am I best to leave them 4 wks too __________________ Keeper of horsfields, redfoots, Hermans, bearded dragon and 2 rats

04-10-2008, 09:00 AM	#10
Bindi Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,157	Don't know about the grasses, Linds leave them if you think your new babies wil eat them, I have Iberas and they don't touch the grasses so it probably not so important. However I wouldn't know if Reds eat them or not, hun __________________

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