slugs and cats double trouble

[amvpugh]

i'm having two problems at the minute,
little slugs tryin to eat my flowers and veg and cats that think my garden is their toilet, any ideas on either of these would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
anne

[Sarah]

I sympathise, having sowed two rows of carrots and a row of parsnips, only to have a cat come along and use the area as a toilet. Lets just say if anything comes up at all, it won't be in neat rows!

I've heard that citrus peelings scattered around sometimes deter them, or holly cuttings, but this hasn't worked fo me. The only thing is to cover precious areas with net (which is what I should have done.

[HelenH]

Yep, this is a little problem I'm experiencing too. Our veg plot is situated very close to the house and despite erecting virtually every type of fence and barricade possible, amazingly our two cats still manage to get in and poo in the raised beds, and paths too! Cats love freshly raked soil particularly if it contains freshly sewn seeds and small plants!

I've tried nearly everything and in my view the best method is to cover areas with netting. Its reasonably easy to cover seeded areas but as plants grow its more difficult to maintain it. If you're really determined to keep cats off you could consider growing veg in netted frames. A bit costly though and perhaps inpractical depending on the size of your plot.

Hope this is of help.
HelenH

[Parsons Jack]

Hi All,

I moved here about 3 months ago and the garden was used by cats from all directions. I starting using this cat repellent and haven't had to pick up anything for about a month now. Hope this link works OK.
Cheers.

http://www.monrobrands.com/growingsucce ... cordset1=4

[amvpugh]

will definately have a go with that thank you, i think every cat in the local town uses my garden for a toilet,
thank you
anne
x

[Parsons Jack]

will definately have a go with that thank you, i think every cat in the local town uses my garden for a toilet,
thank you
anne
x

Hi amvpugh,

They also do safe slug pellets which work as well. I've used them for a couple of years now. You don't get left with loads of dead bodies, as they seem to crawl away and die somewhere else

Cheers, Parsons Jack

[amvpugh]

will look at the slug stuff too as last year i used the blue pellet things and had to go out and pick up the dead bodies before the little ones went out to play
anne
x

[amvpugh]

thanks for the tip parsons jack, i've not seen any cat poo or dead bodies
and haven't seen any destroyed leaves (had loads of sunflower casualties last year due to the slimey ones)
am keeping my fingers crossed still
thanks again
anne

[Parsons Jack]

Hi Anne,

I'm glad it works for you. I think the cat repellent must be getting popular, because almost everywhere around here is continually out of stock of it. I managed to get a couple of small packs of it a few days ago. Not that I've needed it, but I wanted some handy just in case.

Cheers, Parsons Jack.

[skinny_bum]

Hi anne and the others, I have a veg plot in my gardena and like most of you my own cats like to take big dumps in there, having tried the powers, lemons and the like, I finally invested in a sonic cat scarer from my local shop cost about £19 and runs on 2 x sque batt's, and this seems to do the trick, if they do ever dump on there then they must be covering their ears at the same time because they never seem to have time to cover it. I can hear the sonic wave and so can children but my hubby who is older can not, so if you buy one and dont think that it is working, then grab a young person and shove them in front and see if they can hear it or buy one with a little red light on it to say when it is one as they only work when something has walked in front of it.
Happy Cat free gardening.

[pump_king]

If you have a holly bush/tree a few twigs placed where the cat use the ground for a toilet and they will soon stop, totally humane also stops squirrels