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Unexpected benefit of using Guinea Pig compost, tomato seedlings!

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wiilowmelangell · 21/05/2018 15:32

So, I am using last years Guinea Pig compost. Beautiful, crumbly, dark and worm rich. I just counted 17 tomato seedlings in various pots and grow bags!
Unexpected, had not planned on growing toms this year.
So I guess the lesson is, Guinea pigs eat the tomatoes, the seeds pass through the gut, the compost holds a very viable seed!
Who knew? lol
The funniest part is, when I have TRIED to grow from seed, meh..

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Enb76 · 21/05/2018 16:21

Ooh - I don't feed my pigs tomatoes because they don't like them but I do agree that piggy compost is the best.

Onesmallstepforaman · 21/05/2018 18:57

As the seeds pass through the gut the seed case is thinned by the acids present. This also happens with seeds excreted by humans, as we found when a sewer burst on the golf course. Next year, lovely tomato plants which fruited. You'd have to ask someone else how they tasted 😬

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