Rescuing plants after cat urine

[FloridaCracker]

So we moved to a new house a couple of months ago and brought a dozen of our 3 year old datil plants with us. Theyre in cloth pots and have been growing great all spring - most are the biggest theyve ever been.

Over the last few weeks, however, we have been losing one or two plants every week. All of the sudden one will begin severely wilting and never really recover. Ive examined my nutes and soil and ph and combed for pests but finally realized that the knee dying smell STRONG of cat pee on the cloth pot.

Does anyone know of a way I can rescue these plants or is it too late? I put some garden fencing around them to make sure I dont lose any more but I would love to save the few that arent totally done for...

 

[Hammerhead]

Get a trap and rid yourself of the problem!!

 

[Masher]

Transplant into new pots and soil....flush old soil 3-4 times with h20 before repotting.


Get a dog, remove the feline.

 

[luvmesump3pp3rz]

sounds like the cat(s) are spraying to mark their territory. the fencing should do the trick. 

 

[Bicycle808]

12 gauge?

Just kidding. A .22 oughta do the trick

 

[FloridaCracker]

For real guys... my wife had to talk me off the ledge on that one.

Luckily were moving again in a month to a place where the coyotes eat all the cats

Ive transplanted the few that might not have been too far gone... hopefully it helps

 

[murfle]

Good luck on the transplants, and hopefully your new place is free of pests!
 
I'm gonna have to smell my plants now, I've had mysterious deaths and we do have a problem cat around here...

 

[Powelly]

Plant catnip so the cats piss all over that one instead

 

[nmlarson]

See if you can find some Milorganite locally.  I've had pretty good success with it keeping all sorts of critters away from my plants (potted and in the ground), and it's a pretty descent slow release fertilizer, too.

 

[nmlarson]

+1  Transplant into new pots and soil....flush old soil 3-4 times with h20 before repotting.