Anyone have experience with catnip?

communistcannabis

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Hey all i was thinkin about growing some catnip in my growroom, you know so the cats can get their fix too.

Anyone tried growing it indoors? Light power? effect the marijuana plants?

thoughts/ tips.....
 

z4qqqbs

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bassically the only thing u would worry about would be the lower branches getting blocked by the stuff and root wars.....but if u really keepem on a goo dwatering and neuts eyetem then you shouldnt have a problem
 

chalkie

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Hey all i was thinkin about growing some catnip in my growroom, you know so the cats can get their fix too.

Anyone tried growing it indoors? Light power? effect the marijuana plants?

thoughts/ tips.....
Hehe i too searched the entire net to find out about the plant and how to grow it with no results really lol. I grew a few to test out a DWC setup i had (and for the cats too of course). Think i had the PH around 6-6.5 and fed it pretty weak nutes. I had a 13watt cfl on em maybe an inch or so off them and they came right up. I tried later to put a 50 watt grow bulb (one of those Kmart sold blue bulbs looks like a halogen) But the plant couldnt handle the heat im guessing as all the limbs started falling over, it is a weed after all heh. It doesnt grow very tall very fast (mine would take longer as i topped it) so if you had taller growing plants close im sure alot of the light would get blocked. Mine probably just grew slower cause i didnt have the right amount of light or the right light on it but its outside now and lookin good. Id say a few lower watt cfl's and itll come out great.
 

cool14001

Active Member
Hey all i was thinkin about growing some catnip in my growroom, you know so the cats can get their fix too.

Anyone tried growing it indoors? Light power? effect the marijuana plants?

thoughts/ tips.....
I never grew indoors, but I have outdoors. It was actually one of the first plants i ever grew by myself. I grew it next to mint and they both grew at a very similar rate. I didn't research it at all and i didn't need to do anything to it except water, sun, and good soil. It was pretty easy for me outside, but indoors idk?
 

lozac123

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my catnip it a stump in the ground. my cats love it. when i put it in, it was a 3'x3' bush! they reduced it to nothing in 2 days!
:(
 

waverush

Active Member
Throw some seeds in a pot and blow them a kiss. Literally. Someone mentioned it before, and since catnip *is* a type of mint, it does grow (and smell and look) the same. Really, just sunlight and water and keep those kitty teeth away, LOL!
I wonder what you would have if you cross-bred catmint with MJ...
 
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fureelz

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Ya man, its pretty simple. I grew some for my moms cat who actually got eaten by a coyote at the beginning of March...but anyway I just put the catnip in 18/6 and it was huge by the time I threw it away.
 

cunningham19

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I'm starting Catnip seeds as we speak. Its an interesting herb and i love seeing cats go crazy over it. Anyone have any experience with it?
 

lozac123

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what, like smoke experience, cunningham? or cat experience? my cat goes spastic over it, rubs his face all over the floor, also, if i wipe it on the floor he rubs the line with his face. its very funny.
 

SMNG2990

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I'm starting Catnip seeds as we speak. Its an interesting herb and i love seeing cats go crazy over it. Anyone have any experience with it?

afteer harvest some leaves dry them and make tea it real good and somewhat sedative great for if having a hard time falling asleep
 

Tamzi

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Nepeta cataria : Catnip also know as CatMint

yes 2-3 cats react too catmint, they are more atuned too the active ingredient a kinda micro trip effect too them.

full details pulled from web below:

Category:
Herbs

Height:
36-48 in. (90-120 cm)

Spacing:
15-18 in. (38-45 cm)

Hardiness:
USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F)
USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F)
USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F)
USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)

Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Sun to Partial Shade

Danger:
N/A

Bloom Color:
White/Near White

Bloom Time:
Mid Summer
Late Summer/Early Fall

Foliage:
Silver/Gray
Blue-Green
Aromatic

Other details:
May be a noxious weed or invasive
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Flowers are fragrant
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season

Soil pH requirements:
6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)

Patent Information:
Unknown

Propagation Methods:
From seed; sow indoors before last frost

Seed Collecting:
Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds
Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored
 

SlikWiLL13

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I'm starting Catnip seeds as we speak. Its an interesting herb and i love seeing cats go crazy over it. Anyone have any experience with it?
i have catnip in my grow. i grows in my veg room under some t-12 tubes, it grows under my 400w hps, it grows on the floor in the cast off light from either one if thats all the room i have at the moment.

i bet if i tried to kill it i couldnt. it gets mostly water but every month or so i feed it with runoff from my veg room. it clones very easily, you can also split a plant and repot the two seperatly and they grow fine.

i bought the saddest little catnip plant from the pet store a year ago and now i have 2 huge ones that are going outside this spring and 3 little ones. i plan on giving them out as gifts to fellow cat owners.
 

misshestermoffitt

New Member
I grow mine outside. It's everywhere. Every spring I dig up the rogues and put them back in the cat nip area.

Maybe this year I'll bring a rogue inside so the cats can have fresh nip in the winter time.

When it starts to form flower buds, chop it back, that will make it bush out more. Keep chopping it too. Once it flowers, it seeds and gets kind of shitty and eventually dies off for the year. You can dry the bud parts that you chopped off for your kitty, or just give it out fresh, either way.
 

deiseldawg

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Sounds like my monster house panther. Hes not willing to give up his chair and he makes you think twice about moving him being that hes about 23lbs and can put his nose on the kitchen counter standing on his hind legs. Plus that extra thumb on his front paws makes him look like hes got hands, hands which love to tear off a nice pinch of catnip whenever he gets a chance, washing it down of course with some nice refreshing aquarium water. lol
 
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