[Gpdd] [CARE]<Golliwoog>

[Penny Charlesworth]

Hi Janneke,

Thank you so much for taking the trouble to find out more about the 
"Golliwoog" plant. It was so kind of you. I wasn't expecting you to 
translate the whole website!!! The info from the Dutch forum is very 
interesting.

Joan told me about a US garden website, which had information about this 
plant from a horticultural point of view. It seems to be a vigorous ground 
cover plant in the warmer parts of the US as well as being used in hanging 
baskets but I have never seen it for sale here in England.

I was able to work out that the calcium levels were high so I will only use 
it as a little treat. It doesn't grow quickly enough in my greenhouse to 
supply more than the occasional leaf but some of the piggies like it. I 
never use chemicals in my garden so it will be safe to eat and a free treat 
is always good.

I hope that Yaya is doing OK.

Thank you again,

Penny and the Piggyfriends.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janneke Staaks" <jannekestaaks at hotmail.com>
To: <gpdd at gpdd.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 1:48 PM
Subject: [Gpdd] [CARE]<Golliwoog>


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> Hi all and Penny,
> Sorry i'm so late with reacting on the golliwoog plant. I'm very busy 
> right
> now but i found a bit of time to react (no time to translate the whole
> webpage though...)
>
> This is what i found, the translation for the plant golliwoog (latin name:
> callisia repens) is probably Inch plant.It is some kind of clover.As far 
> as
> i found, it is also sold in germany and switserland. The website is
> obviously commercially oriented. they looove their product and recommend 
> it
> for all kinds of animals, it is good for the digestive system contains 
> lots
> of minerals and vitamins etc.
> What i don't like are the high calcium levels. But i guess it cannot hurt
> when it's feeded in small quantities. (same goes for parsley). i do think
> the piggies will like it because it has a bitter taste and our girls 
> loooove
> chicory and endive which are also bitter.
> If you happen to have this plant at home, since it appears to be a normal
> houseplant, i'd be very carefull to feed it to you pigs. because the kind
> you buy for decoration purposes contains herbicides.Only if you know for
> sure that this isn't the case it will be safe.
>
> I also asked on a dutch forum if anyone had experiences with this and not
> many people had. One girl mentioned that when you dry this plant, it
> contains toxics. This is hearsay (also for the girl), i don't know if it's
> true, but to be safe side, don't dry the plant. Another girl worked in a 
> pet
> store and they sold this for a short while but nobody bought it so they
> stopped.(but you know how the dutch are, it costs money and we don't like
> that anyway and our pets wil probably devour this in a sec ;-) )
>
> Hope it helps,
> grtz&Wkz
> Janneke
>
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