Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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I have kept the neighborhood cats away from my flowerbeds by sprinkling chopped citrus fruit peel on the ground. They do not like the smell of the citrus peel.
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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Mexican cats like citrus.
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Greenville, South Carolina
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I always tell people "I used to like dogs..."
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Yes, cats can learn. I try to call them in at night and they don't listen. My wife can go out and holler, "alright buttheads get in the house" and they come in.
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Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Dallas, TX
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Know that you're not the first to have this problem.
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Cats or tomatoes.
Make a choice. |
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Join Date: Feb 2015
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They sell certain repellents for various animals, cats, dogs, deer, rabbit...
I have not used any so I don't know if they really are effective.
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I grow and spread cat nip on the opposite side of yard from my raised beds. They're are like a bunch of San Fransico hippies from the late 60's early 70's. West Coast are cats, Down_South safe for maters.
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I was very grateful for the impenetrable tomato jungle (not in raised beds). It sure kept the cats out once the plants took off. I'm probably the only mammal it didn't keep out. No one else would enter it without encouragement. Before it grew thick, the cats would run around and chase each other. One of the cats returned after there was some space to walk after the frost. I saw her eating a tomato or two (maybe three). Last edited by shule1; February 28, 2017 at 01:41 AM. |
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Cat eating tomatoes?? You sure you don't have some of them little green plants on the premises? They do grow wild on the plains and are reputed to have appetite-stimulating effects.
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The same cat won't eat tuna fish (in water) or lunch meat, but she hunts grasshoppers all the time when they're about. If I didn't know better, I might think that were almost the entirety of her diet, except that she's still alive in the winter. She didn't eat whole tomatoes or anything (as far as I saw). She drank the juices from a few squished ones, at least. Sorry if I exaggerated. So, she was being helpful to the tomato patch at this point. Last edited by shule1; February 28, 2017 at 05:19 PM. |
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Don't forget keeping the rodents out. Cats are useful in many ways.
BTW, I don't believe Fat Freddy's Cat was chowing on catnip.
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I had an orange tabby that would eat anything yellow or orange.
Loved corn and squash. Worth |
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@dmforcier
I like to imagine that they catch mice. Our cats years ago caught lots of mice (and tried to bring them in the house). We didn't have any fruit damage from rodents, in 2016, though, but I did see a small mouse on the other side of the garden once. |
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