Use plants against cats
Cats in the garden can become a nuisance. As soon as you have created new beds, you use them as a toilet and some young plants become victims of the scratching paws. Some plants can help against cats.
Plants that drive out mauz and kitty
All means against Cats In the garden, including plants that are supposed to drive them away, they have one thing in common: They only help to a limited extent. You still have to cover sandboxes and fresh beds should be given additional protection. These plants are useful against cats:
- Ruta graveolens, better known as rue or rue, is a plant that cats don't like. But they only keep cats away in the immediate vicinity of the plant. Even a few meters away from the plant, cats are not bothered by it.
- Cats don't like plants that smell like citrus oil or menthol either. Lemon balm or scented geraniums can help against cats.
- The Coleus canina Hybr is heavily advertised. also offered as Coleus canina Lamiaceae. The English name "Scardy Cat!" - Plant or "SCARDY CAT" -Plant also "Dog's Gone!" - Plant or "DOG'S GONE" -Plant and the German name "Verpiss-Dich" -Plant clearly indicate the properties. The names are all registered trademarks. The plant is used by dogs, Rabbits, Martens and cats avoided. But again, you won't keep cats away with a small plant of this type. You have to put a ring of the plant around the bed.
Valerian and catnip have the opposite effect, these plants are a magical attraction for cats. If your goal is to drive cats out of the garden, then these plants should not be grown.
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Effectively drive away cats
- You will hardly make it with the plants alone, you have to make it a little more uncomfortable for the cat overall. A sprinkler that comes on briefly at irregular intervals can be very effective.
- Is it about protecting or protecting beds from cat droppings? if you want to prevent cats from settling in young plants, you should transplant them with Coleus canina and also apply mulch. That spoils the fun of the beds for cats. A few fir branches on the beds also help against cats. An uncomfortable camp and the strong smell of the plants, Miez prefers to move on.
- It is also useful if you do not protect the entire garden against cats, but only the beds in which you have something against cats. There you plant a ring of the deterrent plants quite densely and the cats can romp around in other beds. Cats are more inclined to stay away from the beds in which they are not supposed to.
But the Sandpit the little ones still have to be covered, because no plant will help cats so well that they don't go into the sandpit.
