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Catmint/cat grass
Hi,
Can anyone, very simply, please direct me as to how I would go about growing this? I've pretty much never grown anything...However I would like to liven the garden up for our cat - which is unfortunately mostly concrete meaning most of this would need to be in pots or planters - and would also maybe like to also add something like valerian or lavender. What exactly do I need? I'm thinking of buying this wishing well planter which I think probably has about an 40-50cm diameter, would I be able to grow catmint/grass in something like that or is it would it be too big? I seem to only see it in little pots... Tx |
Catmint/cat grass
On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:49:36 +0000, Nehemiah
wrote: Hi, Can anyone, very simply, please direct me as to how I would go about growing this? I've pretty much never grown anything...However I would like to liven the garden up for our cat - which is unfortunately mostly concrete meaning most of this would need to be in pots or planters - and would also maybe like to also add something like valerian or lavender. What exactly do I need? I'm thinking of buying this wishing well planter which I think probably has about an 40-50cm diameter, would I be able to grow catmint/grass in something like that or is it would it be too big? I seem to only see it in little pots... Tx You're talking about two different plants. Catmint (nepeta, sometimes called catnip) is a flowering plant that cats seem to love rolling in. I grow a few plants which, although perennial, need to be replaced each year as resident cat curls up on them in the sun and smothers them. But it's really a ground plant. Cat grass is grown indoors. Search for "cat grass" at Amazon. It's used as a digestive aid, in my case as an alternative to resident cat destroying my miscanthus. You generally buy it as a little tub which seems to be filled with nothing but vermiculite. Add water and place the tub somewhere warm and light but out of direct sunlight. A week later and you have 6" tall grass. Then put the tub somewhere on the floor and if your cat's anything like mine, you soon have an empty tub and a floor covered in vermiculite :) Only thing to remember is that your cat may not like one or both plants. Cats are like that! Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the East end of Swansea Bay where the showers of April have arrived! |
Catmint/cat grass
On 19/04/2013 08:05, Jake wrote:
On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:49:36 +0000, Nehemiah wrote: Hi, Can anyone, very simply, please direct me as to how I would go about growing this? I've pretty much never grown anything...However I would like to liven the garden up for our cat - which is unfortunately mostly concrete meaning most of this would need to be in pots or planters - and would also maybe like to also add something like valerian or lavender. What exactly do I need? I'm thinking of buying this wishing well planter which I think probably has about an 40-50cm diameter, would I be able to grow catmint/grass in something like that or is it would it be too big? I seem to only see it in little pots... Tx You're talking about two different plants. Catmint (nepeta, sometimes called catnip) is a flowering plant that cats seem to love rolling in. I grow a few plants which, although perennial, need to be replaced each year as resident cat curls up on them in the sun and smothers them. But it's really a ground plant. Cat grass is grown indoors. Search for "cat grass" at Amazon. It's used as a digestive aid, in my case as an alternative to resident cat destroying my miscanthus. You generally buy it as a little tub which seems to be filled with nothing but vermiculite. Add water and place the tub somewhere warm and light but out of direct sunlight. A week later and you have 6" tall grass. Then put the tub somewhere on the floor and if your cat's anything like mine, you soon have an empty tub and a floor covered in vermiculite :) Only thing to remember is that your cat may not like one or both plants. Cats are like that! Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the East end of Swansea Bay where the showers of April have arrived! Some cats go wild around cat mint others just ignore it I remember selling a very large plant in a 9 inch pot to a lady, the next week she was back wanting to know if I had another as her cat had destroyed the first. My cat would just walk past, no reaction. As for cat grass, it's something to help their digestion, a form of wheat mostly. For the best buy try http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/60g-WHEATG...e#ht_644wt_722 just grow a potful a week. |
Catmint/cat grass
David Hill wrote:
Some cats go wild around cat mint others just ignore it I remember selling a very large plant in a 9 inch pot to a lady, the next week she was back wanting to know if I had another as her cat had destroyed the first. I once had that experience; after local cats ate the catnip to the ground, I made a cage of heavy hardware cloth (wire mesh, if it doesn't translate well), and staked it down over the clump of plants. Next morning, the badly bashed cage was several feet away, and the catnip gone. We decided we didn't want to meet the cat that did THAT on a dark night! -- Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
Catmint/cat grass
On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:05:48 +0100, Jake
wrote: On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:49:36 +0000, Nehemiah wrote: Hi, Can anyone, very simply, please direct me as to how I would go about growing this? I've pretty much never grown anything...However I would like to liven the garden up for our cat - which is unfortunately mostly concrete meaning most of this would need to be in pots or planters - and would also maybe like to also add something like valerian or lavender. What exactly do I need? I'm thinking of buying this wishing well planter which I think probably has about an 40-50cm diameter, would I be able to grow catmint/grass in something like that or is it would it be too big? I seem to only see it in little pots... Tx You're talking about two different plants. Catmint (nepeta, sometimes called catnip) is a flowering plant that cats seem to love rolling in. I grow a few plants which, although perennial, need to be replaced each year as resident cat curls up on them in the sun and smothers them. But it's really a ground plant. ON GQT some years ago Bob Flowerdew suggested putting an wire hanging basket upturned over a catmint plant, thus preventing the cat completely crushing the plant. I've not tried it. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the East end of Swansea Bay where the showers of April have arrived! Pam in Bristol |
Catmint/cat grass
In article , nospamigg1937
@yahoo.co.uk says... On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:05:48 +0100, Jake wrote: On Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:49:36 +0000, Nehemiah wrote: Hi, Can anyone, very simply, please direct me as to how I would go about growing this? I've pretty much never grown anything...However I would like to liven the garden up for our cat - which is unfortunately mostly concrete meaning most of this would need to be in pots or planters - and would also maybe like to also add something like valerian or lavender. What exactly do I need? I'm thinking of buying this wishing well planter which I think probably has about an 40-50cm diameter, would I be able to grow catmint/grass in something like that or is it would it be too big? I seem to only see it in little pots... Tx You're talking about two different plants. Catmint (nepeta, sometimes called catnip) is a flowering plant that cats seem to love rolling in. I grow a few plants which, although perennial, need to be replaced each year as resident cat curls up on them in the sun and smothers them. But it's really a ground plant. ON GQT some years ago Bob Flowerdew suggested putting an wire hanging basket upturned over a catmint plant, thus preventing the cat completely crushing the plant. I've not tried it. The only way we found to keep cats away from it was to grow it _in_ a hanging basket placed entirely out of any cat's reach. -- Sam |
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