Planting Grass indoors

[wolf63]

I live in a flat and have no garden - my two little felines love eating grass. My brother sent me some Cat Grass seed and I need to plant it in a pot.

Do I have to put stones in the bottom of the pot? If I need something would anything else do in place of the stones?

Thanks

Susan

[Buenchico]

Since this site suggests planting into a seed tray (which would seem rather more practical than a pot anyway) using a moist seed compost, it seems unlikely that you'll need to worry about the 'crocks' (or stones) which gardeners sometimes place into the bottom of flower pots to increase drainage:
http://www.paws-on-floors.co.uk/catgrass.html

Chris

[wolf63]

Thanks Chris - will read in the morning.

I had a seed tray last year (didn't put stones in) and all was well until I found a lady cat using it as a second bathroom, presumably too lazy to go upstairs to the litter tray.

Night.

[ttfn]

Hi Sue - the stones are just there to allow for drainage. If the soil is waterlogged and there is no drainage the grass could rot away. If the pot itself has drainage holes at the bottom then the stones or whatever medium you use should be big enough not to fall through the holes. If there are no drainage holes you can use any size medium - gravel, glass beads - even bits of broken crockery or terra cotta pots will do. I have seen cats on boats enjoying container-grown grass on deck!

[rowanwitch]

You can grow cat grass on a sponge....just put the grains in the holes and keep moist in a dark place for a few days, when it has 'grown out' as cats like it fairly freh wash out the plantlets and reuse

Grow proper catnip in a pot of soil though....your kitties will love you for it... make sure you have the right one though....it is the variety Nepeta cataria the other 'catnips ' are just ornamental garden plants

[wolf63]

A sponge - might try that.

The monster in my avatar is asthmatic and the last attack was caused by him getting cat nip all over his face (long story) so I want to avoid it.

Both Frankie and his sister Merlin love cat grass. I caught Frankie disembowelling a toilet roll earlier. Good job I love them.

[rowanwitch]

One of my late cats used to do the andrex puppy thing with the loo roll if we left the toilet door open....we'd come home from work an it would be all over the place except where she'd make anest and be asleep in it..