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Plants that stand up to dog urine
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Posted by frannie_cdg (My Page) on Tue, Jun 11, 02 at 11:53
| I am not sure if this is the best place to put this question, but I am working toward a meadow lawn, and want plants that fit into that scheme.
My problem is my mailbox, I have two labs, and they often use the mailbox and a relieving post, and so do any other dogs that walk by...
Are there any plants that would stand up to the urine and would look nice? Even if I just left the dreaded grass, it still turns an awful stinky shade of yellow.
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RE: Plants that stand up to dog urine
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| Unfortunately, English ivy seems impervious. But don't plant it, even so! In one part of my yard my neighbor's ivy is always trying to creep through, and that's where we let our dog do her thing. The ivy just keeps rearing \its ugly head. |
RE: Plants that stand up to dog urine
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| I can't think of a plant that would like all that nitrogen. What I did for this problem was buy a bag of K-Grow Dog and Cat Repellent from Kmart. It worked good. I haven't opened the bag at all this year, the dogs and hellish tomcat haven't been around. It's granualar stuff and all you have to do is sprinkle a couple of handfulls where you want the critters out. |
RE: Plants that stand up to dog urine
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This K-Grow Dog & Cat repellant, will it harm evergreen trees?
My neighbor walks his 3 dogs twice a day and they always choose to do their number on my evergreen trees. It irritates me to no end and I wonder how much the trees will take before they all die.
My husband doesn't want to make waves with the neighbor. I say the neighbor is inconsiderate. He just looks the other way when these dogs are doing their number.
Dog Urined to death in Waynesville, NC. |
RE: Plants that stand up to dog urine
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| I could sure use a bag of this too!!! Never heard of the stuff and thought I was just doomed to having to throw stuff at the neighboorhood free renage dogs and cats when I caught them in the yard!! |
RE: Plants that stand up to dog urine
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| Does anyone have another source/brand for the K-Gro dog and cat repellant? I can't get anything to grow in front of my house because of the onslaught from the neighbor's dog, but all the Kmarts here were closed when Kmart started to struggle a few years ago. |
RE: Plants that stand up to dog urine
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plastic plants might stand up to dog pee :-)
you might consider a heavy wood chip mulch around the area near your mailbox - it looks nice and natural and you can just refresh the mulch once a year - rather than having dead or yellow plants there ... most prairie / native plants prefer not be fertilized so i cant think of any - that would stand up to lots of heavy nitrogen ... |
RE: Plants that stand up to dog urine
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| I second the mulch suggestion. It's also kinder for the mailman than flowers which might attract bees. |
RE: Plants that stand up to dog urine
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| i never thought of the mailman when i planted the flowers around my mailbox - i hope he is not cursing me .... |
RE: Plants that stand up to dog urine
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| Our dog pees on lambsquarters a couple of times a day and it's still there. |
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