Lastweek got a little 8 inch x 6 inch tray with what contained "wheat grass"
for the pets. This stuff is apparently sold as a dietary "treat" for indoor
cats who don't go outdoors.

Anyhoo, this concoction started growing in roughly 3 to 4 days, and within a
week was "lawn height", actually almost needing a mow if the grass were all
over my yard and not in a little plastic tray.

My question, is wheat grass a viable lawn grass? From what I've seen, I'd
love to just spread some over my entire yard and let it grow in. This stuff
is soft and has a fabulous look to it.

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Lastweek got a little 8 inch x 6 inch tray with what contained "wheat
grass"
for the pets. This stuff is apparently sold as a dietary "treat" for
indoor
cats who don't go outdoors.

Anyhoo, this concoction started growing in roughly 3 to 4 days, and within
a
week was "lawn height", actually almost needing a mow if the grass were
all
over my yard and not in a little plastic tray.

My question, is wheat grass a viable lawn grass? From what I've seen, I'd
love to just spread some over my entire yard and let it grow in. This
stuff
is soft and has a fabulous look to it.


Wheat grass is just wheat. As for having a lawn out of it, I suppose it
would work, as long as you don't mind reseeding every spring, or mind having
"amber waves of grain" around midsummer.

Incidentally it's a lot cheaper if you go to a go to a feed store, and just
buy a pound of wheat for about 50 cents a pound. Just toss some into a cup
and wait a week or two.

Sameer

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Lastweek got a little 8 inch x 6 inch tray with what contained "wheat grass"
for the pets. This stuff is apparently sold as a dietary "treat" for indoor
cats who don't go outdoors.

Anyhoo, this concoction started growing in roughly 3 to 4 days, and within a
week was "lawn height", actually almost needing a mow if the grass were all
over my yard and not in a little plastic tray.

My question, is wheat grass a viable lawn grass? From what I've seen, I'd
love to just spread some over my entire yard and let it grow in. This stuff
is soft and has a fabulous look to it.



It wouldn't tolerate any traffic at all. I grow it in a nursery flat
for my cats, and if one of them decides to nap in it it's history.

It won't look nice like that for more than a month, after that it'll
start going to seed, and then turn yellow as it dries.

It's wheat (or sometimes oats), so it'll get too tall for a lawn, and
you can't mow it - see my first point.

It is kind of neat to use as an ornamental grass in small plantings
though.

BP

This is the same stuff they grow to juice in health food stores - absolutely
nasty, vile stuff. I used to occasionally spend $1.50 for a 2 ounce cup of
it in NYC, as it was reputed to be the cure for all ills afflicting mankind.
Of course, then for 2 hours I'd be burping up something that could only be
compared to the smell of the clippings one scrapes off of the lawn mower
blades. It sends my entire body into a spasmodic shudder just to think about
it.........
Anyway, I think they used to use a scissors to neatly clip off the top inch
or so to juice it. But unless you were likely to have just the right kind of
platform on your lawn where you reach every blade with a scissors, I don't
see how else you could achieve the same effect.
Incidentally, I live in an area famous over the entire world - regularly
showing up on any kind of calendars which show rural scenes - for its
rolling hills of winter wheat (the Palouse region of eastern Washington).
Just at this time of year, the fresh beautiful green of the wheat is
beginning to emerge, and from the air it looks like the most beautiful soft
green lawn imaginable. But as others have mentioned, not made for walking.
"Chris" wrote in message
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Lastweek got a little 8 inch x 6 inch tray with what contained "wheat
grass"
for the pets. This stuff is apparently sold as a dietary "treat" for
indoor
cats who don't go outdoors.

Anyhoo, this concoction started growing in roughly 3 to 4 days, and within
a
week was "lawn height", actually almost needing a mow if the grass were
all
over my yard and not in a little plastic tray.

My question, is wheat grass a viable lawn grass? From what I've seen, I'd
love to just spread some over my entire yard and let it grow in. This
stuff
is soft and has a fabulous look to it.