Wheatgrass in my Garter enclosure

[pdomensis]

OK just so everyone's on the same page about this grass. Wheatgrass=wheat. It's an annual (lives and seeds and dies in one season). It grows about 3 ft tall under good conditions. The "wheatgrass" that people make smoothies out of is the cotyledon or first leaf that germinates from the seed, but it's still just regular wheat.

I don't think that there's any reason not to use it for a viv, but I don't think it will look very good after a few weeks. Trimming it will help, but it will still die after a few months.

Not trying to be negative. I think it looks pretty cool in the pics actually. Hopefully this is helpful.

[Derek1]

Originally Posted by pdomensis

OK just so everyone's on the same page about this grass. Wheatgrass=wheat. It's an annual (lives and seeds and dies in one season). It grows about 3 ft tall under good conditions. The "wheatgrass" that people make smoothies out of is the cotyledon or first leaf that germinates from the seed, but it's still just regular wheat.

I don't think that there's any reason not to use it for a viv, but I don't think it will look very good after a few weeks. Trimming it will help, but it will still die after a few months.

Not trying to be negative. I think it looks pretty cool in the pics actually. Hopefully this is helpful.

Good post. I didn't take it as being negative. It's grown another 2" today! With this setup being bioactive I plan on trimming it and letting the trimming the die and work back into the soil. I'll update how it goes.