amaryllids and cats?

Lee Poulsen wpoulsen@pacbell.net
Fri, 04 Nov 2016 08:50:29 PDT
We’ve had cats since before I started growing all kinds of bulbs. Given my climate, all my bulbs are grown outside, most of them in pots. I’ve never had a cat nibble on any of them. They seem to only want to nibble on grass or grass-like weeds which they nibble on while I’m pulling them out.

Occasionally I’ve found a cat print in a pot, but they;re not very heavy so it’s never damaged any of my plants. What has damaged some of my plants occasionally are raccoons roaming the backyard in the middle of the night. Sometimes, for no reason I can see, they tip over pots or turn them upside down. So I always have to check for these before going to work during the warmer part of the year so that a knocked over plant doesn’t die in the heat of the day. Rarely, they’ve also chewed on labels, which thankfully they tend to leave lying in the pot or nearby.

--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a
Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m

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