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Re: Keeping cats out of houseplants

Linda S. Praul wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Here's a few things I am doing to keep Spanky, Muffin, and Billie (cats)
> out of my houseplants.
> 1.  Pine cones
> 2.  Unusual/jagged stones or rocks
> 3.  Take some clean packaging tape (2" wide) and tape it criss-crossing
> across the container.  Remember, you must put the sticky side up....that
> means you have to use other tape to tape it to the container...or turn
> the packaging tape under.
> 
> Anyone having any luck with other techniques?
> 
> Linda
> Finger Lakes

Cats hate lemon scent, so I often put lemon peels in the dirt around
plants -
smells good to me! :-). Essential oil works, too. You can put the oil on
plant
leaves to make the cat stop chewing them.

The other thing cats hate is aluminum foil. They won't walk on it. This
is
quite useful for solving what vets call "inappropriate elimination".
Also
works if you put the foil over soil around plants.

-Dell
Denver
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