They quit smoking for that grass this is good
this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2023
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Serious question: What do you do to keep a steady supply of cat grass?
I have two cats and they will destroy a full planter like in the picture in about 3 days. I really can't go to the petstore to buy a new disposable package of grass twice a week, neither time, income or the environment will bear that.
I've tried planting oats, rye and barley myself, but a) don't get it as dense, b) it's surprisingly hard to get seeds in the 1 kg range, and c) my beasties will murder any fledgling grass even as the fresh, healthy, fully grown planters watch in horror.
What do you all do?
My Sav (F7) asks to be let outside to our small back garden to eat some grass every morning. All I need to do is call her and she comes back in.
we used to grow rye grass in a small flat planter but she stopped eating that and prefers the grass in the garden.
Check to see if your grocery store sells wheat grass in the organics section! It's a much better deal too, costs less and there is more grass that is always healthy and fresh. Sorry still bad for the environment I don't have a solution there, but the plastic is less substantial than the pet store ones at least.
Or I guess you could buy a ton of dollar store mini planters to grow in and start rotating them for kitty and leave them outside otherwise. That's a lot to feed the grass habit lol
Wheatgrass doesn't seem to be a thing here yet, only powder form that I can find.
I did find a pet store that buys whole oat seed in bulk and sells by the kilo, next time I'm gonna bring a container to fill, but for now I have a bag with enough seed for another month or two ;)
Oh bummer! Might have luck at the more crunchy granola/health food grocery or farmers market. (More to others reading. You sound like you have a solution to manage lol)
I think I may be lucky, they only like to eat the tips from time to time. So if I don't forget watering the grass I can keep it for a month or more.
Wow, mine will happily graze it down all the way.