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Beginner non-toxic small outdoor plant to bury dead fish in?

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  • Hostafan1 said:
    Just don't let the LIVE fish read it.  ;)
    Sure won’t :smiley:

    Without acknowledging the fish now, does anyone know any small, beginner outdoor non toxic plants since our garden is quite empty. :smile:
     
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    "Toxic" plants are only toxic if ingested. 
    Some, I repeat SOME folk have allergic reactions to some, repeat SOME plants.
    Rhubarb leaves are toxic , but many us have survived the dangers of growing them.
    Caution is good, but please don't worry too much.
    Devon.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    edited August 2018
    I think the problem you may find is that unless the fish are buried quite deeply, foxes may well try and dig them out.
    When I loose one of my tropical fish, I lay it to rest at the back of a hedge otherwise my dog would eat it

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Who eats it off the hedge then Pete? 
    This has got to be the funniest hoax post I’ve heard in ages😀
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    Maybe you could find out what it is that keeps killing your fish, give them the appropriate treatment and then you won't have the problem?
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    I think you want a hotbox composter for the fish corpses, this can be used to maintain temperature as Winter sets in for plants sitting on top of the composter.

    They are perhaps larger than you’re thinking and should be outside, but it will bring green to your outside area.


  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Lyn said:
    Who eats it off the hedge then Pete? 
    This has got to be the funniest hoax post I’ve heard in ages😀
    I don't know where they go, but I assume they go as I can't get behind the hedge, and I can't see them piling up.

    I do know that over the 30yrs my 5ft fish tank has been in situ in the lounge, there are several eels that have slithered out over the years never to be seen again. One was a fire eel about 2ft long
    The tank will finally be moved sometime in the next 12 months and I'm not looking forward to discovering what is behind it....

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Goodness me! 😱. Wouldn’t fancy those slithering around the floor. You’d need a big plant pot to bury that in. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    Some photos here
    It was a beautiful fish and would take frozen bloodworm from my fingers.
    But it caused a lot of disruption when it buried into the gravel and was costing a lot n frozen bloodworm!

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    OK - no photos of bloodworm until Pansy has had lunch :)

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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