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Meadow Mix
This is another fantastic custom blend which consists of grasses ONLY. It's perfect for the "four legged lawnmower" in your life!
This blend contains only fresh, pure grass seed (no fillers), no broadleaf items, legumes,or flowers.
Many species such as Stars, Leopards, and Sulcatas all search the wilds for grasses to nibble on. Lizards love this one as well!
For a complete list of grasses, please visit our ingredients page.
This blend contains the below listed species, but we of course add others as they are available to give your animals the greatest variety and best quality.
Timothy
Oat,Red-2 types
Oat, White
Fescue-3 types
Mediterranean (very rare!)
Galetta
Orchard
Timothy
Bermuda/Couchgrass-4 types
Barley-3 types
Rye-Perennial and Annual 5 types
Ricegrass, Indian
Sideoats Grama
Big bluestem
Kentucky Bluegrass
Indiangrass
and others, as seasonally available.
This mix, as with all others, may be grown indoors in the winter time months.
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Forage Mix-The ORIGINAL Graze For Terrestrial Tortoises and Lizards
Reptiles nationwide have lived happily and healthy on this diet for well over a decade, and yours can too!
The photograph is of Original Forage/Pasture Mix at only 10 days after planting.
PLEASE NOTE: We constantly mix and test sprout fresh seed, to ensure you are receiving a quality product. This may cause a delay in the receipt of your order.
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Desert Tortoise Mix
Improved! Even more native grasses and forbs.
American Desert Species of tortoises are unique creatures with specific needs. While numerous species of chelonia are terrestrial, many live in climates with high humidity, damp soil, with an abundance of food available to them at all times. Most of these are non-hibernating tortoises.
Many hibernating species of "arid" land tortoises such as Gopherus (Xerobates) have differing dietary requirements than their cousins from regions which enjoy regular rainfall and plant life.
These differences may not seem important to the average keeper, but to promote optimum health we have developed a diet which is lower in moisture content, lower in plant protein than the Original Forage Mix and is even higher in fiber.
Arid land tortoises often live in incredibly harsh environmental conditions, without constant access to food. Spring months offer green, succulent items, which very quickly dry out when summer heat quickly approaches.
We've been conducting research in the desert with wild tortoises to determine which items are favored most by these unique animals, as well as in captivity with formerly wild and captive bred animals.
Desert species are often seen eating dried twigs, leaves, and grasses and actually prefer them to moister, greener items as the season progresses. Many refuse "green" items all together after the summer months are underway, if given a choice.
This new mixture contains many items which have a tendency to withstand drought conditions and intense sun, annual as well as perennial plants which do dry out in the summer months, giving a tortoise the proper drier, coarser matter it needs in it's diet to promote healthy gut function. Many items in this mixture are native Mojave Desert plants and grasses, we've matched this diet to one which resembles what wild tortoises eat as closely as possible.
This mixture, if planted outdoors, is best planted in the late fall, before the first frost, as much of the seed requires a period of "winter dormancy," but can be planted at any time of year.
Indoors, it can be planted (after a period of winter dormancy in your refrigerator in a paper bag) just as the Original Forage Mix. It will need a bright, warm, sunny location, with excellent drainiage, and will need more regular watering as it become established.
The results of this mix have been favorable for us after several years of testing at an elevation of 3,500 feet with daily summer temperatures over 110F. Your results may vary depending on soil quality, elevation, exposure, and temperature.
Offer your tortoises only the best! Do not feed them a wet, green diet, one which contains excessive amounts of legumes, or other items which are low in fiber. The best diet for a tortoise is one which closely resembles it's wild diet.
This is for GOPHERUS species only.
Please also check for Edible Wildflower Mix for a wonderful variety of flowering plants which tortoises in the Mojave Desert as well as many other species relish.
Complete planting instructions are included. ne package will cover a 25 square foot area, if allowed to grow to maturity before allowing tortoises to graze. It may also be planted in containers to protect from early "nibbling!"
Supplement with weeds and wildflowers for an even more varied diet.
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Medi-Mix (Broadleaf Mix)
Also suitable for other broad leaf loving species! This seed mixture contains nearly 40 species of plants, many of which are found within the Mediterranean ranges by many species of tortoises as they forage in the wild.
The following species are included (but more are added as available!):
Schismus, Plantagos, Medics, Vicias, Dichondra, Taraxum, Lotus, Chichorium, Capsella, Malvas, Trifoliums, T. subterraneans, Pisum, Erodium, and others as available!
We recommend allowing this mixture to grow for at least 8 weeks, or it will NOT withstand grazing! Allowing it to flower provides a wonderful treat for any tortoise,all tortoises love flowers. Growing some in an isolated area away from tortoises is highly recommended.
Not all seed is going to sprout at once, therefore it is very important to allow all seed in this mixture to complete it's annual life cycle. Allowing plants to go to seed is highly recommended.
This mix contains both heat/drought tolerant as well as cold tolerant (cool season) species. Many of the seeds are VERY tiny, so mixing with a binder and broadcasting over a firm seed bed is recommended. Adding additional items to the diet on a regular basis is recommended. This should NOT be fed as the sole diet for any tortoise. Mulberry leaves, grape leaves, hibiscus leaves and flowers, rose petals, cactus, etc. are all also highly recommended foods.
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Heat Tolerant Grassland Meadow Mix
Formulated for hotter Southwestern regions with full sun.
Contains only grasses, no broadleaf plants. Requires regular irrigation.
Use 1 pound per 100 square feet. Requires 8-12 weeks after germination before grazing is permitted. Mow after 6 to 8 weeks to improve root vigor. Be certain to rotate grazing areas for best results!
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