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From: suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: catnip, gardenias, african violets
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Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 11:19:36 EST
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> 
> catnip:  I'm trying to grow a catnip plant in my office, so I
> can clip pieces of it for my cats.  Not a hope of growing it at home or
> in the garden, of course.  I'm keeping it moist and it gets normal office
> light.  It's sulking a bit, occasionally bottom leaves fade away.  
> Any one know what's wrong?  Maybe it needs more light?  less water?

I believe catnip does best in poor, sandy soil. Like many herbs,
it doesn't seem to like a lot of nutrients. (If I am wrong,
someone please correct me.) I never did anything to mine, and
it flourished, despite the cats playing and rolling in it.
-- 
Suzanne Barnett-Scott
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