Alternative to Teabags

[Mickeyjaytee]

Hey all,

So I stumbled across the idea from YouTube of using large teabags and putting some dynamic lifter and blood n bone in the teabags for fertiliser and it works a treat. Really awesome stuff.

The problem I have now is my little dog finds them irresistible. I fertilised a heap and he got them all and proceeded to destroy them in the lawn. No real biggie.

The other day however he was so impressed with himself he ate the teabag. 2 days later he threw in up intact which is really lucky. If it had of gone the other way, he’d be in serious trouble.

So I was wondering does anyone have any suggestions on what I can do? Putting the plants up higher isn’t really an option (there’s too many) and I’d like to reduce the “silt” filtering through into the soil.

If need be I’ll just deal with the silt but, thought I’d ask if anyone has any methods I haven’t seen/thought if that may help.

Cheers for any help!

[Trimmy]

Haha yes dogs love blood and bone. My dog devours it too.

[SuperBonSaiyan]

Do you secure the teabags with a spike? Not sure if your dog will just try to rip it off anyway.

[Luke308]

Have you thought about leaving out the blood and bone?

[Mickeyjaytee]

Have you thought about leaving out the blood and bone?

Yeah I have. It’s good stuff though. The problem is once he’s into something good, with or without blood n bone, he’s gonna go for them now

[wrcmad]

Add chilli powder to your teabags.

[KIRKY]

Would chilli deter rats too?
Cheers
Kirky

[treeman]

Would chilli deter rats too?
Cheers
Kirky

I don't think so. Maybe lightly spraying the bags every few days with citronella oil might work? Most animals hate it.

[Mickeyjaytee]

Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I’ll try the citronella, as long as the oil doesn’t have a bad side effect. I’ll hold off on the chilli though