#1: [IBC] Japanese Boxwood
Posted on 2005-07-23 00:52:36 by antebusko
I have a boxwood at home and been growing it in a pot for about half a year and wanted to wait up until next spring or so to a nice pot. However, I've noticing the leaves on it disappearing. Wondered what was going on. Almost seemed it was 'losing its hair'. Then one day at home playing xbox, I looked outside on the patio and i saw , ahem, MY LOVELY cat up high next to the pot nibblin on the leaves. She was the culprit. Any pointers on what to do about this. I read somewhere that i should grow some catnip or something for the cat and that should deter it from my boxwood. What d'yall think.
Thanks again,
Ante
Huntington Beach, CA
~Busko
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#2: Re: [IBC] Japanese Boxwood
Posted on 2005-07-23 01:41:37 by arteacher3725
You can try placing some small paper souffle cups filled with fresh ground pepper. Or as some trainers do, they use a water pistol. Everytime the cat goes near the plant blast the cat with water.... :0)
Carl L. Rosner
Ante Busko <antebusko@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
I have a boxwood at home and been growing it in a pot for about half a year and wanted to wait up until next spring or so to a nice pot. However, I've noticing the leaves on it disappearing. Wondered what was going on. Almost seemed it was 'losing its hair'. Then one day at home playing xbox, I looked outside on the patio and i saw , ahem, MY LOVELY cat up high next to the pot nibblin on the leaves. She was the culprit. Any pointers on what to do about this. I read somewhere that i should grow some catnip or something for the cat and that should deter it from my boxwood. What d'yall think.
Thanks again,
Ante
Huntington Beach, CA
Carl L. Rosner - near Atlantic City zone 6/7
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#3: Re: [IBC] Japanese Boxwood
Posted on 2005-07-23 01:51:18 by antebusko
Trust me I've done the water pistol. She's a b!+@# still, still getting into trouble. Whats funny is when she she's me, she dont do it, but when i'm not visible they go crazy! I'll try the ground pepper stuff. HAAA I also heard about putting shavings of oranges or lemon on top of the soil. I tried it but I wasnt sure if that worked 100%
Ante
>From: Carl Rosner <arteacher3725@yahoo.com>
>Date: Fri Jul 22 18:41:35 CDT 2005
>Subject: Re: [IBC] Japanese Boxwood
>You can try placing some small paper souffle cups filled with fresh ground pepper. Or as some trainers do, they use a water pistol. Everytime the cat goes near the plant blast the cat with water.... :0) Carl L. Rosner
>
>Ante Busko <antebusko@VERIZON.NET> wrote:I have a boxwood at home and been growing it in a pot for about half a year and wanted to wait up until next spring or so to a nice pot. However, I've noticing the leaves on it disappearing. Wondered what was going on. Almost seemed it was 'losing its hair'. Then one day at home playing xbox, I looked outside on the patio and i saw , ahem, MY LOVELY cat up high next to the pot nibblin on the leaves. She was the culprit. Any pointers on what to do about this. I read somewhere that i should grow some catnip or something for the cat and that should deter it from my boxwood. What d'yall think.
>
>Thanks again,
>Ante
>Huntington Beach, CA
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#4: Re: [IBC] Japanese Boxwood
Posted on 2005-07-23 04:00:42 by kits
At one time I had too many cats. Kids dropped them
off temporarily then never picked them up. The cats
said there were too many of them and started peeing in
the house. I scrubbed down their favoirte place,
applied odor removers, covered the ground with a whole
large can of ground pepper. On the forth day there
were kitty paw prints in the pepper. This was pre
Costco so I couldn't buy a larger contaner yet. Seems
I had to renew it.
Try moth balls. Or...what I have done for the
squirrels is cover the plants with netting I had left
over from a costume. There is a "mist" of orange
netting over everything.
BTW have I mentioned that my research shows that four
out of five squirrels prefer to dig in kanuma soil?
Kits
--- Ante Busko <antebusko@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
> Trust me I've done the water pistol. She's a b!+@#
> still, still getting into trouble. Whats funny is
> when she she's me, she dont do it, but when i'm not
> visible they go crazy! I'll try the ground pepper
> stuff. HAAA I also heard about putting shavings of
> oranges or lemon on top of the soil. I tried it but
> I wasnt sure if that worked 100%
>
> Ante
>
> >From: Carl Rosner <arteacher3725@yahoo.com>
> >Date: Fri Jul 22 18:41:35 CDT 2005
> >Subject: Re: [IBC] Japanese Boxwood
>
> >You can try placing some small paper souffle cups
> filled with fresh ground pepper. Or as some trainers
> do, they use a water pistol. Everytime the cat goes
> near the plant blast the cat with water.... :0)
> Carl L. Rosner
> >
> >Ante Busko <antebusko@VERIZON.NET> wrote:I have a
> boxwood at home and been growing it in a pot for
> about half a year and wanted to wait up until next
> spring or so to a nice pot. However, I've noticing
> the leaves on it disappearing. Wondered what was
> going on. Almost seemed it was 'losing its hair'.
> Then one day at home playing xbox, I looked outside
> on the patio and i saw , ahem, MY LOVELY cat up high
> next to the pot nibblin on the leaves. She was the
> culprit. Any pointers on what to do about this. I
> read somewhere that i should grow some catnip or
> something for the cat and that should deter it from
> my boxwood. What d'yall think.
> >
> >Thanks again,
> >Ante
> >Huntington Beach, CA
>
>
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#5: Re: [IBC] Japanese Boxwood
Posted on 2005-07-23 07:57:02 by Layne
Yes. When in doubt always blame the cat(s). A friend gave me a nice
Boston fern. The two kitties promptly pruned it down to nubs. Now I
have kitty grass and catnip to distract and occupy them.
Layne
On 22 Jul 2005 15:52:36 -0700, antebusko@VERIZON.NET (Ante Busko)
wrote:
>I have a boxwood at home and been growing it in a pot for about half a year and wanted to wait up until next spring or so to a nice pot. However, I've noticing the leaves on it disappearing. Wondered what was going on. Almost seemed it was 'losing its hair'. Then one day at home playing xbox, I looked outside on the patio and i saw , ahem, MY LOVELY cat up high next to the pot nibblin on the leaves. She was the culprit. Any pointers on what to do about this. I read somewhere that i should grow some catnip or something for the cat and that should deter it from my boxwood. What d'yall think.
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