micrale gro on plants inside tank

shaboogie

shaboogie

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My ficus plant inside my cage is not growing at all its about dead so a friend of the family gave me some singles to use he can't eat the dirt no more so I'm wondering would it hurt him hit me back or on plants in Gen I also have a pothos plant outside above his tank
 
Do not ever put miracle grow in a cham cage. The ficus may need more, or less water, more or less light, of if you want natural fertilizer but some fish emulsion.
 
I bought soil from home depot its called Scottsdale premium potting soil the man told me it was non organic yea he used to eat the dirt and rocks now I got larger river rocks inside his cage also I have a nice growing pothos plant but I have no way in putting it in the tank kinda need help on that part so that's why I asked bout the gro
 
Use some cricket/roach poop mixed in water to water the plants. Its a great fertilizer.
 
pssh said:
Use some cricket/roach poop mixed in water to water the plants. Its a great fertilizer.
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Oh my I thought I was the only one to do that for fertilizer!! :D

I personally will not use anything other then that as fertilizer. I replant in organic soil. I have rocks on top of the soil too. Whatever fertilizer is in the soil will grow into the leaves and if they eat the leaves they therefore would be getting some of the fertilizer.... so I just stick to cricket and roach poop.
 
Out of curiosity, what about using the fertilizer made for fruits and vegetables? I would think that if the plants are safe for us to eat after using that type of fertilizer then the plants in our cham cages would be safe in case they were ingested. I'm fairly new to chams too and haven't tried this, just wanted to throw it out there to see what everyone else thought.
 
Yeah, silkworm/hornworm poop works too. Its a nice way to use the left over frass from insects!
 
NorCalAnthony said:
Out of curiosity, what about using the fertilizer made for fruits and vegetables? I would think that if the plants are safe for us to eat after using that type of fertilizer then the plants in our cham cages would be safe in case they were ingested. I'm fairly new to chams too and haven't tried this, just wanted to throw it out there to see what everyone else thought.
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It's not what the fertilizer is made for it's what it's made of. It is the chemicals. You don't want to give your chameleons chemicals of any kind. No chemical fertilizer. Organic dirt with no fertilizer. You can make your own compost on a small scale by dumping all your peels, some coffee grounds (not too many) some egg shells, any kind of fruit or vegetable matter into a pile with a bag of organic dirt. Start this in a far corner of your yard or in a big garbage can. Every week stir it up with a shovel and add a bit of water if it hasn't rained. You don't want it really wet, just a bit to help break down the vegetable matter. You can continue to add your vegetable matter and in 2 months you will have some nice black compost. You have to continue to stir it or you will have nothing but apple and potato peels. As you see it composting you can keep an edge separate so you can use it to mix in with your organic dirt when you repot your plants. This is good, rich fertilizer and all organic.

Be sure to put river rocks on top of your pot after you are done re-potting.
 
BocaJan said:
It's not what the fertilizer is made for it's what it's made of. It is the chemicals. You don't want to give your chameleons chemicals of any kind. No chemical fertilizer. Organic dirt with no fertilizer. You can make your own compost on a small scale by dumping all your peels, some coffee grounds (not too many) some egg shells, any kind of fruit or vegetable matter into a pile with a bag of organic dirt. Start this in a far corner of your yard or in a big garbage can. Every week stir it up with a shovel and add a bit of water if it hasn't rained. You don't want it really wet, just a bit to help break down the vegetable matter. You can continue to add your vegetable matter and in 2 months you will have some nice black compost. You have to continue to stir it or you will have nothing but apple and potato peels. As you see it composting you can keep an edge separate so you can use it to mix in with your organic dirt when you repot your plants. This is good, rich fertilizer and all organic.

Be sure to put river rocks on top of your pot after you are done re-potting.
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one of my science teachers used to compost. He said he would pee in it to? Seems like he said that not a hundred percent about it tho. But this seems like it would smell and contain salmonella from egg shells?
 
BocaJan said:
It's not what the fertilizer is made for it's what it's made of. It is the chemicals. You don't want to give your chameleons chemicals of any kind. No chemical fertilizer. Organic dirt with no fertilizer. You can make your own compost on a small scale by dumping all your peels, some coffee grounds (not too many) some egg shells, any kind of fruit or vegetable matter into a pile with a bag of organic dirt. Start this in a far corner of your yard or in a big garbage can. Every week stir it up with a shovel and add a bit of water if it hasn't rained. You don't want it really wet, just a bit to help break down the vegetable matter. You can continue to add your vegetable matter and in 2 months you will have some nice black compost. You have to continue to stir it or you will have nothing but apple and potato peels. As you see it composting you can keep an edge separate so you can use it to mix in with your organic dirt when you repot your plants. This is good, rich fertilizer and all organic.

Be sure to put river rocks on top of your pot after you are done re-potting.
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I've been considering setting up a Soldier Fly composter. Food for Chams and plants out of my fruit and veggie scraps!

I found this I was going to try:

http://blacksoldierflyblog.com/bsf-bucket-composter-version-2-1/
 
RealIzeRecognIze said:
one of my science teachers used to compost. He said he would pee in it to? Seems like he said that not a hundred percent about it tho. But this seems like it would smell and contain salmonella from egg shells?
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Mine never smelled. It was a great compost pile. I put leaves in it in the fall so they would compost over the winter. If you are worried about egg shells, don't put them in. I had oodles of earth worms in mine and 6 raised vegetable beds in my back yard and the only fertilizer I used was my compost. I had the best vegetables!
 
The compost gets pretty hot in the center. It kills some bacteria and nasties in the process.
 
OK ty I'll stick to the cricket and horn worm poop and are y'all saying to mix it in the dirt of my plant or on top and one more thing what color is cricket poop lol
 
It depends on what you feed them. I remember it turning orange and green after i tried those flukers things before, but normally its black/brown. It might be too strong to just pour on the plants so mix it with water first.
 
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