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Water saver seed coating still ok?

Started By Astro , Oct 6 2022 1:18 PM

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#1 Offline Astro - Posted October 6 2022 - 1:18 PM

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I bought some KBG seeds from Amazon and it came with a water saver coating (not mentioned in the description). Can I still feed it to my Harvesters Pogonomyrmex Rugosus.

#2 Offline TypeD - Posted October 8 2022 - 4:42 PM

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I bought some KBG seeds from Amazon and it came with a water saver coating (not mentioned in the description). Can I still feed it to my Harvesters Pogonomyrmex Rugosus.

Was curious so I looked this up. If the coating is anything like this one, then the main ingredients (polyacrylate and graphite) are pretty nontoxic, but I wouldn't count on there not being other stuff in the mix that could be dangerous. Plus, seeds coated in what's essentially a mixture of graphite and plastic probably aren't going to appeal much to your ants.

I'd buy some new seeds.