How I tie and string thousands of heirloom tomato plants. Some wind and bird sound, could use a new camera.
Question by Abbott*Lee’s*Mommy: Any suggestions on keeping a cat out of my potted tomato plants?
I have 2 tomato plants in an earth box on the edge of my flowerbed / front porch. A cat (I assume) has been getting in to them and laying on my plants and flattening them, breaking off branches and my tiny baby tomatoes. The same animal dug up all of my seedlings in my flower pots on the steps. What can I do to keep this cat away, other than, as my husband suggests, having a stakeout and shooting the thing??? LOL.
Best answer:
Answer by lovinthe88
I like your husband’s idea.
However, you can also try putting some chicken wire around the top of the soil and putting mulch over it. Cat’s don’t like to dig around and come in contact with the chicken wire.
Or you can place sharpened sticks upright in the soil to poke them although that doesn’t work as well as the chicken wire.
Or you can shoot them.
What do you think? Answer below!
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Thanks. Just shared this with all my facebook friends. Bless you for taking the time to put this up for all us newbies.
Do you HAVE to tie and stake them?
Ya…Hoo… I will never fear working my tomatoes again… thanks for the vid
That was the smartest thing you did with that damn stick. I’ve seen so many florida weave vids and yours made the others look like 5 year old playing with dirt… lol thumbs up
Thanks, I have LOTS of practice. :)
Nice! You made it look so simple! Thank you!
Sweet
Great, clear, useful video!!!
tie a bulldog near your tomato plant and surely the cat won’t disturb it anymore.
Can you get to the cat? I would simply get a little squirt bottle with water. Spray him/her once when they get near the garden. If you do this continually, they will leave this area alone. Get your cat a kitty bed or designated blanket so he/she will know to stay there.
I came upon this tip years ago in Michoacan, Mexico, where I found that each large pot of plants was topped with a rose twig cage. The gardener there had preserved all his pruning sticks from roses, but I think any other thorny plant such as blackberry will be equally as good. He cut them into pieces sized for the plant and built up a Lincoln log cage around the seedling. You could also make tep
ees. Use wire or string to tie the sticks where they cross on the corners and add to their height as the plants grow. As the tomatoes get really big just leave the twigs in place to discourage digging in the soil beneath. The cats don’t like the thorns and will avoid tip toeing through those little seedlings.