Use a high-quality indoor potting soil mix. Follow the directions on the seed packet or plant your starter as you would for any other type of plant. Dampen the soil after planting. As your plants begin to grow, give the pots a 90 degree-turn once a week to keep them growing evenly.
In the wild raccoons average 2-3 years as many are killed by disease, car accidents, hunting and predation. In captivity they may live 15 years or more.
Raccoons are easily identified by the black mask on the face and a bushy tail with four to six black rings. Raccoons den in hollow trees, fissures in rocks, caves, or burrows (usually old fox, woodchuck or skunk burrow). They almost always live near water. They will also move into a muskrat house.Raccoons are omnivorous and eat almost anything, including: nuts, berries, acorns, leaves, grasshoppers, crickets, grubs, worms, dragonfly larvae, clams, wasps, salamanders, frogs, crayfish, snakes, turtles and their eggs, bird eggs and nestlings, fish, voles, and squirrels.accoons are easily identified by the black mask on the face and a bushy tail with four to six black rings. Raccoons den in hollow trees, fissures in rocks, caves, or burrows (usually old fox, woodchuck or skunk burrow). They almost always live near water. They will also move into a muskrat house.