How do you keep cats out of your flower beds and flower gardens. Is there something I can put in the soil?

To protect plants and borders both mothballs and citrus are said

to be effective deterrents. Place the mothballs, orange peel or

lemon rind in the borders. Alternatively spray cloths with

orange scented air freshener and place the cloths around the

plants you wish to protect. Other known cat repellents are

cayenne pepper, coffee grounds, pipe tobacco, lavender oil,

lemon grass oil, citronella oil, eucalyptus oil and mustard oil.



Certain herbs are said to deter cats. In particular rue but not

catnip which has the opposite effect. Coleus canina is another

plant which is marketed by one merchant as a cat repellent.
How do you keep cats out of your flower beds and flower gardens. Is there something I can put in the soil?
Often what helps is buy a box of plastic forks Push them in the soil tines up. cats are usually looking to dig in your gardens this usually stops them and wont harm the cats.
Reply:You can use motion activated sprinklers.

Some people say mixing cayenne pepper with water and sprinkling your flower beds with it will keep the cats away due to the smell. And it won't hurt the flowers or the animal.
Reply:Rinse your used eggs shells and let dry. Sprinkle with Cayenne pepper before placing in your garden.
Reply:Try sprinkling pepper through out you garden!
Reply:plant some cat nip away from the flowers.
Reply:well, i've heard of this trick as far as rabbits, raccoons and other creatures go, but you can try it and see if it will work for cats.



get a bunch of clipped hair and tie it up in a nylon stocking and place them behind and around your flower beds. I know this sounds crazy, but one lady who came in to the salon (i'm a stylist) asked for our used hair clippings.. so when we swept them up, we put them in a bag for her to pick up. I asked her why she did this, and she told me to keep animals out of her gardens... it must work for her because every summer she comes in and asks for her hair clippings!



good luck!
Reply:To my knowledge,I believe you should keep your cats occupied with a toy or food.I dont have a pet but you should consider to give your cats some slack,because they are apart of nature.
Reply:Moth balls have always worked keeping the strays out of my flowerbeds.
Reply:dunno
Reply:Yeah got to your local fred meyer
Reply:yes there is go to a pet shop their is a spray so dogs and cats avoid and it smells bad too, try planting a different area using cat nip plants as the main theme.
Reply:MOTH BALLS
Reply:a big dog
Reply:Cats do not like the smell of citrus. Try slicing citrus fruits up and placing them in the spots the cat usually potties.
Reply:Try a mixture of 1 part vinegar to 5 parts water. Add a teaspoon per quart of garlic powder.



I use this to keep the cats away from my bird feeders and out of the garden and it works!
Reply:There is stuff called Critter ridder, it is available at home depot
Reply:put some wire mesh like fencing stuff ( looks like chicken wire but smaller ) over the dirt cats hate the feeling and if you want you can put a little bit of mulch on top but not to much.
Reply:You can buy a special "deer netting" at any garden store, or your local wal-mart. It's virtually invisible from any distance, and it provides a physical barrier that the cats can't cross. It worked for me.