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From: nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe)
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Subject: re: felines and planters
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Date: Tue, 9-Apr-85 11:35:15 EST
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> >            Try a few orange or lemon peels placed around
> >   your planter. For some reason cats are repelled by citrus
> >   fruit.
> 
> I'm a bit dubious about this, my cats aren't repelled by citrus.
> Try making the dirt in the planter uninviting, perhaps cover the
> surface with large bark chips, or keep it soaking wet for a while
> (there's nothing planted in it right now, so it won't rot, right?)

I've successfully used larger pebbles and rocks - they don't like things
so coarse.  If the pebbles are too small, they may try to play with them,
though.  While we're at it, researchers at U Florida found that there is
truth to the old wives tale that cucumber peels repel cock roaches.  This
has been independently verified by me.  Now how about those slugs?
Nemo