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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 8, 2006 19:07:16 GMT
Since it's gone "under the counter", has anyone got access to a tin of Renardine, by any chance?
OM
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2006 17:27:13 GMT
What is it? Is it something to get shot of foxes? Sounds grisly.
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 9, 2006 18:19:20 GMT
... it claims to deter most things that rely on scent from interfering with whatever... in my case it's rabbits from - well, pretty much everything I plant.
After 100 blameless years, in a breathtaking (if minor) example of the world gone mad, DEFRA have banned it - and there is nothing else that works quite as well as a deterrent.
I'm reluctant to kill them...*
OM.
*rabbits, that is, not sure about DEFRA
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2006 7:07:02 GMT
Rabbit pie comes to mind - can't you sell them?  |
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 10, 2006 22:13:16 GMT
OH tells me that Rabbit chunked up and coated in Stuffing and deep fried is very good, a woman in the village used to do it years ago when he was a child. Is Renardine any good for keeping cats out of your garden  |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 11, 2006 7:42:50 GMT
cats?... claims to be BB, if you're plagued with being a chosen 'comfort stop' then Renardine sprinkled on the area may do the trick... but it couldn't stop them coming into the garden as such.
I suppose I'm in competition with you now for the dwindling supplies!!!
OM.
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 11, 2006 9:26:01 GMT
Sorry OMS I have found a tin in one of my sheds, it's a rusty old thing and has about a cup full in it, must be over 12 years old and may have lost it's strength. (OH was a game keeper in a previous life).
I do love cats but won't have them as I like to have the birds in the gdn, unfortunately next door has just started to let there 2 new recruits out to explore and they are climbing all up my trellissing then over the Pergola and scrambling through Roses, Jasmine, Clems and Honeysuckle snapping bits off, also the usual little heaps in the boarders where I have just mulched. My dog is on constant patrol around the perimeter of the gdn but she needs some help. I'm going to dab some on the cross pieces of the Pergola and see if it helps.
Good Luck in your search, any local farmers who may be able to help you.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2006 9:56:39 GMT
How does it deter whatever exactly? |
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 11, 2006 10:51:50 GMT
How does it deter whatever exactly? Hi Rita, it's described as a repellent so I guess it's going to be the smell that does it, they suggest 3 methods of use. Soak it into rags and hang them up, soak sticks and leave them in heaps or mix with sand and sprinkle around the area you want to protect. OH is going to have to get the lid off for me as it is well rusted up, I've a feeling it is going to be past it's best and may have to look for some other form of deterrent, electric fencing maybe ;D ;D ;D (Only joking cat lovers) |
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Post by Chuckles on Oct 18, 2006 11:06:20 GMT
Did you have any luck in your search OMS. OH says I can't put it on my trellising and fencing  So, my dog is on more or less permanent patrol. I don't encourage her to see them off because that's not right and I don't want to encourage her to go for cat's. However, her patrolling does seem to be having the desired effect, they scutter off when they see her about. It has also helped that the 2 dogs on my other side had a friendly little chat with the 2 said cat's the other day so they are currently a little apprehensive about straying over here.  |
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 19, 2006 6:24:22 GMT
The Suffolk Herbs catalogue sells an organic, harmless to wildlife, cat deterrant so I presume other catalogues do too. Dunno if they work though.....
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 21, 2006 12:43:16 GMT
Sorry, all for the lack of response... rita, BB, 4P
how does it work? yes, it's a strong smell that masks what's beyond... so unlike other sprays that make a plant taste horrible, it discourages investigation. The drawback is that you can't put it on a plant, so it's not much use for large areas unless you go down the "rags"etc route - though at one time you could buy Renardine-soaked coconut husks to scatter among plants which wasn't too bad...
any luck? not yet, but live in hopes
alternatives? I've trialled all easily available using heaps of carrot and iceberg lettuce in a reasonably controlled experiment (I should get out more) and within days all except the Renardine-protected were eaten...
Tragically, nature is lending a hand at this exact moment - myxomatosis has reared its ugly and periodic head again... even I wouldn't wish that on rabbits...
OM.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2006 13:51:49 GMT
Have you tried lion poo OM? ;D
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Post by oldmoleskins on Oct 21, 2006 14:31:49 GMT
shouldn't that be on the "Recipes" board rita....
sorry, sorry... nooo, I haven't, not sure where my nearest supplier would be, either in the form of a lion or a lion poo 'distributor' - do you know of any in Norfolk?
OM.
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 21, 2006 15:29:56 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2006 16:32:05 GMT
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Post by oldmoleskins on Nov 13, 2006 19:11:52 GMT
As we've some new members, a shameless ping!!!
OM.
ps - sorry rita, they laugh at lion poo...must be suparabbits.
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