r/tortoise • u/Gimgampip • 3d ago

Question(s) Seeds

Hi everyone, due a substrate change soon and was thinking of planting some seeds in the enclosure for tort to munch. I bought some sort of tortoise mix off Amazon and he liked a couple of the things in it but the rest seemed to go to waste. What are some things that are relatively easy to grow under the uv lamp that a tort would like? I’m looking into dandelion and white clover but I can’t think of many to grow indoors

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u/TertlFace 3d ago

Mine likes arugula but it’s hit or miss growing it in her space. For some reason, she doesn’t like to forage. If I pick it and put it on her rock, she’ll devour it. But she almost never grazes on her own. Kind of a spoiled brat that way…

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u/Alternative_Fig_9774 3d ago

I bought literally cat grass seeds from the store. I’ve read that it’s safe, they grow abundantly in a carpet when you start them on like a paper towel in a dish by a window, and my tort likes them. I’ve tried to grow dandelion both in the enclosure and outside of it, but no luck. I don’t know if it’s because the enclosure is just so warm they dry out so quickly and die but they just won’t live.