Advice with GRASS PLZ!

[Georgia]

My grass is growing sporadic. Please help me with advice.

[Georgia]

M looking for my seed to grow into a thick blanket of grass. But its sporadic and strands are growing here and there instead of like a lawn.

[jjhill001]

Got any pictures?

[reptiledude987]

Its probably an issue with either lighting or nutrients or both. Is there UV lighting in the enclosure? Also If I remember correctly miracle grow is non toxic for them another great option for fertilizer is turtle water. Its very high in nitrates. I use it on the plants in my terrariums and they grow like crazy (with assistance of UVB lighting). alternatively you could always lay down a roll of sod...

[Georgia]

Yep I have top soil and UV light from Home Depot

[chairman]

I believe that plants grow better in blue colored light, perhaps you could add a fluorescent tube that has more of a blue color? I wouldn't pull put the UV light as I assume it is there to benefit the animal.

[Georgia]

This is the progress so far.


http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j424/georgiagrower/Mobile%20Uploads/WP_20151020_19_50_45_Pro.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/georgiagrower/media/Mobile%20Uploads/WP_20151020_19_50_45_Pro.jpg.html)

[Georgia]

My crickets keep chirping in there all night lol

[Akuma223]

My crickets keep chirping in there all night lol

If they are pet store crickets or field crickets they'll probably breed in there, they did in my monitor enclosure and that's a barren wasteland.

[Georgia]

They are wild crickets I caught in order to diversify the landscape.

[Georgia]

I have rolly pollies in there also.

[Georgia]

How does it look so far?

[jjhill001]

Looks good, grass starts off growing like that, it reproduces by putting out more shoots and will eventually make the floor a carpet situation.

[Georgia]

Really? I really hope so. I was worried that it wouldn't get strong ��

[Georgia]

Tonights Update and Progress


http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j424/georgiagrower/Mobile%20Uploads/WP_20151021_22_39_24_Pro.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/georgiagrower/media/Mobile%20Uploads/WP_20151021_22_39_24_Pro.jpg.html)

[Georgia]

This is the issue....see the scraggly grass?

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j424/georgiagrower/Mobile%20Uploads/WP_20151021_22_44_04_Pro.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/georgiagrower/media/Mobile%20Uploads/WP_20151021_22_44_04_Pro.jpg.html)

[eminart]

Grass is tough to grow in a viv. It sprouts easily enough. But once it uses up all the energy from the seed, it dies. Some species may do better than what I've seen. I know most of it requires more light than can be provided easily (or cheaply).

[Georgia]

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j424/georgiagrower/Mobile%20Uploads/WP_20151024_01_30_21_Pro.jpg (http://s1085.photobucket.com/user/georgiagrower/media/Mobile%20Uploads/WP_20151024_01_30_21_Pro.jpg.html)

It's becoming a jungle

[David VB]

That's really growing very good tbh!!! Mine is getting brown so not that good.. But i don't have any UV in my enclosure, guess that makes a difference...

[Georgia]

Get a UV bulb...only a couple dollars