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Nepeta cataria

75 - 85Days to maturity

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Catnip Herb Seed

Item #HSC-HRB-005-PKT

A vigorous, high-yielding catnip.

Gray-green leaves and white flowers on strong, productive plants. Cats love it, and so do bees.

Grow it for dried catnip for cat toys, for herbal tea, or as potted plants for spring sales.

Ready to harvest about 75–85 days from sowing. Perennial in Zones 3–9. Open-pollinated.

Specs

Packet: 200 seeds
Average 51,280 seeds per oz.

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Quick Facts

Latin Name: Nepeta cataria
Days To Maturity: 75 - 85 days
Life Cycle: Perennial
Hybrid Status: Open Pollinated
Product Features

Growing times vary with weather, soil and local conditions.

Growing guide

From seed to harvest

Start 6–8 weeks ahead

Needs light to sprout.

12–18" apart

Sun; sandy soil ideal.

Pinch for bushiness

At seedling stage.

Hang to dry

Airy, out of sun.

Growing Information

Days to germination

About 7–10 days at 60–70°F (16–21°C).

Starting indoors

Recommended. Start 6–8 weeks before your last spring frost. Barely cover with vermiculite, since seed needs light. Thin to one plant per cell and pinch the tip for bushier plants. Plant out at about 3" tall, 12–18" apart.

Direct sowing

After the last spring frost or in early fall, 2–3 seeds per inch, pressed onto the surface or barely covered. Larger growers can roll seed into well-watered beds. Rows 18" apart; thin to 12–18".

Plant spacing

12–18".

Soil

Grows nearly anywhere; sandy soil is ideal.

Light

Full sun.

Harvest

Pick leaves once plants are established. From year two you can cut the top three-quarters of the plant. Dry branches hanging upside down somewhere airy, dry and out of the sun.

Note

Very hardy once established, and it self-sows freely.

Hardiness

Zones 3–9.

Plant height

24–48".

Scientific name

Nepeta cataria

Packet

200 seeds.

Seeds per oz.

About 51,280 on average.

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