Keeping a curious feline away from the houseplants can be a full-time job. Providing a healthy and safe alternative, such as cat grass, may make life easier for you and provide your cat with a viable distraction.
Identification
Commercially packaged cat grass is supplied in low, shallow containers. The seeds for the oat or wheat grass are mixed in with potting soil but also may come in a fabricated peat pod for easy growing.
Requirements
Cat grass, like most other living plants, has three basic requirements for growth: water, light and air.
Considerations
Because of the low container needed to allow felines easy access to the plant, it is possible to over-water cat grass. Many containers are plastic, causing water to evaporate slowly.
Effects
When cat grass is over-watered, the growing medium may become hostile to the seeds. When the soil or peat is hostile, the seeds will not sprout. Fully grown cat grass may develop root rot. Harmful fungus may also take habitat in soil that is over moist.
Solution
Instead of watering cat grass, mist the soil with a spray water bottle until the soil is damp. This method of delivering water provides less water over a larger area of soil.