cats and herbs

[golden14]

How can I stop my cat from attack my indoor herb plants e.g. is there a herb that I can grow with my common herbs that the cat won't like the smell of, that will keep him away from the rest of them. He seems to wait until they are nearly fully grown then chew the lot. This has frustrated me to the point of giving up on growing herbs at all this year.

[DavidT]

What you need to grow is " Coleus canina ". That will put the cat off.

[airconednightmare]

still on the plus side you seem to have turned a cat veggie

[colins1979]

Your not growing catnip are you lol

I grow verious herbs but i dont have a problem with my cats, they dont seems to be bothered at all with it.

Maybe your cat just has a herb fetish ?

Thanks Colins
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[lisa4star]

Maybe you could try growing catnip or cat grass so he has something else to munch on instead of getting through your herbs.

My mum once had a catnip plant on her kitchen that she had just been given. The next morning she awoke to a cat party. Four strange cats in her kitchen and the remains of what was a catnip plant.

[lil_dill]

Put the cat outside

[EdisonCheug]

Punish the cat!! lol lol lol

[Thomas W]

Originally Posted by DavidT

What you need to grow is " Coleus canina ". That will put the cat off.

I'll take 30 meters of that, thanks David!
No, seriously, I'll try that next year - that cat is driving me insane. It throws itself of the carrots, onions, leeks, so they break.

Originally Posted by EdisonCheug

Punish the cat!! lol lol lol

That's funny "Get out of here, or else... I'll pretend I'm sleeping while you scratch the window" (ALL. NIGHT. LONG.)!

[Ian240356]

Get a python.

[airconednightmare]

i got a kitten a couple of weeks back...has taken out a tray of chard, had a good bash at munching a tom plant, destroyed a dragon tree, tried a chilli lol and somehow got in my grow room and trashed my ginger, lemon grass and a christmas star orchid

[famerbeen]

Also if you have some old tennis raquets that are made of cat gut(before they went nylon)then place them in a stretegic position in the garden.

[April1988]

Ive got the same problem! Will be trying Coleus Canina, thanks for the advice DavidT

[Farmer Styles]

I have 3 cats and they've totally destroyed my Chilli plants. I think they do it for attention, and like kids attention is attention, good or bad! The herbs i have outside seem to be fine, they don't bother with them but i think i may give the Coleus Canina a go, can't hurt can it!

[sandy115]

Originally Posted by Ian240356

Get a python.

lololol bad fire for you lololol

[Joejoe]

You can always try Helichrysum italicum, smells lovely.

[brown thumb]

have your cat got access to grass because they need it for digestion purpose ithelps to bring up fur balls:

[golden14]

My cat just loves eating herbs, I have tried growing cat grass and putting that next to them in the windowsill but he just goes straight for the herbs, annoyingly he lulls me into thinking he won't eat them by allowing them to grow to 3-4 inches high before eating them!

[vegetable-gardener]

Maybe you have a health conscious cat My cat only likes the catnip and just sleeps between the other herbs.

[GMB27]

Hi Golden14, Ive posted on something similar before. Here's a great tip. Cut up some lemons and squeeze them out. Spread the peel out around your plants or bed that you want to keep the cat away from. They absolutely hate citrus and will keep away. The majority of people who Ive suggested this to have had positive results so its worth a shot!

[rosa15]

You need to protect your indoor vegetable gardening hub plants form your pets.Use a powder that contains a scent and spread it around the area where you're having cat problems.Even you can set electronic device which producing high-pitched noise frightening the cats.