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Gardening advice, please?
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 4:22 pm
by Kili01
Hi All,
I have just planted some new plants. But cats are using this bed as a toilet and digging it up. They are not my cats. Please can someone suggest what can be done to prevent or discourage cats from this smelly, unhygienic behaviour, before they wreck the plants?
Suggestions welcome, please?
Dee
Re: Gardening advice, please?
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 4:49 pm
by memory man
Re: Gardening advice, please?
Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 4:50 pm
by Devil
Spread thorny branches around the plants.
Re: Gardening advice, please?
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 1:51 pm
by darrow
We put down metal mesh around the plants. They leave it alone. Long lasting. You do have to pickle out the weeds in between though! Available at all DIY by the meter.
Re: Gardening advice, please?
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:41 pm
by Jamboal
Lemon peel usually does the trick.
Re: Gardening advice, please?
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:17 pm
by Kili01
Tonight I have crisscrossed bamboo canes all around the new plants and am hoping for the best.
Someone has told me that Home Market sell cat pellets which apparently, I’m told will put cats off going there! Has anyone heard of these and do they work?
Thanks for all replies. Just trying to decide what to do next.
Dee
Re: Gardening advice, please?
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:06 pm
by mike strand2
Kili01 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 7:17 pm
Someone has told me that Home Market sell cat pellets which apparently, I’m told will put cats off going there! Has anyone heard of these and do they work?
Dee
They do not work, so try the Chili powder.
Re: Gardening advice, please?
Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:21 pm
by Maggie B
Orange peel. I believe cats do not like citrus. . . . So, I agree with Jamboal.
Is SCRUMPING illegal in Cyprus??
MB
Re: Gardening advice, please?
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 7:44 am
by PW in Polemi
Maggie B wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:21 pm
Is SCRUMPING illegal in Cyprus??
MB
As far as I am aware, if you can reach it from the roadside, you can help yourself. Although I don't believe there is a law of trespass in Cyprus (unless actual damage has been caused), it is not a good idea to enter a field and effectively steal a farmer's livelihood!
Re: Gardening advice, please?
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 2:21 pm
by dimsum
Had the same problem, go to Smart Supermarket and get a large container of ground black pepper, scatter it around plants, of course when the rain comes you have to do it again. Regards Dimsum p.s check which way wind is blowing or you will be sneezing like me for hours
Re: Gardening advice, please?
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:53 pm
by josef k
Vinegar worked for me. The big bottles of local stuff.
Re: Gardening advice, please?
Posted: Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:48 pm
by Kili01
I’ve laced my flowerbed with chilli and garlic powder. It smells like an Indian takeaway..hope it repels the cats!! Time will tell..
Dee
