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godwin wrote:

Mozie Wrote:
Hi All

I have a kitten who absolutely loves catnip so I was thinking of
growing it in my garden. What I need to know is, will it attract all
the cats in our area?

Also, I buy the dried out catnip from the vet, but do cats like it
fresh out of the garden?

Thanks
Mozie

Hi moz. Look in my experience cats are pretty disinterested in catnip
but cats and certain other animals (sheep) are mad about cat thyme.
teucrium is a very pretty little rockery plant and I think it's because
of its medicinal qualities (worming) that they go for it. When ive grown
it commercially i couldn't work out at first why it wasn't thrivng then
I noticed the cat eating it :-)

Cats go bonkers for Valerian root too!
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Om.

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OmManiPadmeOmelet expounded:

Cats go bonkers for Valerian root too!

I've got catnip in my garden, they don't pay any attention to it. I
had valerian out there, and they rolled on it until it was flattened.
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In article ,
Ann wrote:

OmManiPadmeOmelet expounded:

Cats go bonkers for Valerian root too!

I've got catnip in my garden, they don't pay any attention to it. I
had valerian out there, and they rolled on it until it was flattened.

lol I had some dried in a plastic container for tea.
They found it and rolled the container all over the room trying to get
to it!
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Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson

OmManiPadmeOmelet expounded:

In article ,
Ann wrote:

OmManiPadmeOmelet expounded:

Cats go bonkers for Valerian root too!

I've got catnip in my garden, they don't pay any attention to it. I
had valerian out there, and they rolled on it until it was flattened.

lol I had some dried in a plastic container for tea.
They found it and rolled the container all over the room trying to get
to it!

If you sow it, cats won't know it, if you set it, cats will get it!

My mom is an herbalist, that's a little ditty she heard somewhere.
She thinks it has more to do with releasing the volatile oils when you
move the plant, that'll draw attention to the plant.

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Ann
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