Comments on: Cat Grass Day 21 – Mold Problem Solved http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/200905/cat-grass-mold-problem-solved/ Sharing the Love & Joy of Gardening Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:18:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sandy http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/200905/cat-grass-mold-problem-solved/comment-page-1/#comment-4611 Sandy Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:25:11 +0000 http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/?p=1903#comment-4611 I have similar experience when growing cat grass indeed. They usually go limp and start turning brown around two weeks. I am guessing that these plants, in nature, are supposed to grow in outdoor, the big fields, but not indoors in pots. So, as the grass grows, it will run out of growing space, then wilt and die. In addition, the kitties like it best when the grass is new and green and tender anyway. Hence, it's better for us to cut off the grass for our kitties before the stems getting tough. I usually advice my cat-owner friends to keep two pots of cat grass, feeding their cats one pot after another. When the kitties finish all the grass in a pot, we replenish with new seeds and cover with a layer of soil, then move on to the other pot :) I have similar experience when growing cat grass indeed. They usually go limp and start turning brown around two weeks. I am guessing that these plants, in nature, are supposed to grow in outdoor, the big fields, but not indoors in pots. So, as the grass grows, it will run out of growing space, then wilt and die. In addition, the kitties like it best when the grass is new and green and tender anyway. Hence, it’s better for us to cut off the grass for our kitties before the stems getting tough.

I usually advice my cat-owner friends to keep two pots of cat grass, feeding their cats one pot after another. When the kitties finish all the grass in a pot, we replenish with new seeds and cover with a layer of soil, then move on to the other pot :)

]]> By: Tiffany @ No Ordinary Homestead http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/200905/cat-grass-mold-problem-solved/comment-page-1/#comment-4610 Tiffany @ No Ordinary Homestead Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:16:41 +0000 http://www.gardeningoncloud9.com/?p=1903#comment-4610 I can't recall whether I last planted cat nip or cat grass of some sort for my cats...but I have planted both in the past and it seems that after a couple weeks all the grass dies. I'm not sure what I've been doing to it but all seems to croak at about the same time. I was thinking that maybe I need to keep reseeding in the pot but I have trouble getting the seeds in without disturbing the grass which is already growing. I thought about only seeding half the pot at a time but maybe there is something even more basic wrong with my method? :) I can’t recall whether I last planted cat nip or cat grass of some sort for my cats…but I have planted both in the past and it seems that after a couple weeks all the grass dies. I’m not sure what I’ve been doing to it but all seems to croak at about the same time. I was thinking that maybe I need to keep reseeding in the pot but I have trouble getting the seeds in without disturbing the grass which is already growing. I thought about only seeding half the pot at a time but maybe there is something even more basic wrong with my method? :)

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