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Sanitising my veg patch after cat pooped in it

db687hdqyg10555db687hdqyg10555 Posts: 2
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My cat has taken to using my veg patch as a dirt tray over the winter.  I covered it with netting but he climbed on the netting and pooped on that too!  The soil is about 12 inches deep in my veg patch and I would like some advice regarding how to treat the soil so that I can use it for growing veg again this year.  I have removed the poop but have yet to remove any soil.  Many thanks.  Simon
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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    Just imagine the amount of animal life pooping in vegetable gardens and fields all over the world.


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    It's a natural function.  Just make sure that when you come to sow or plant you hoe the soil well beforehand.   If you, or anyone you are feeding from the veg patch, is likely to be pregnant then you need to wear gloves when planting and make sure the veg is well washed as some cats carry toxoplasmosis.

    It's endemic and most people have had it in their lives - flu like sumptoms - with no bother but it can affect developing babies in the womb.  Despite having 5 cats, I had never had it so had a blood test every month of my pregnancy.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Rain!
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Normally this problem is caused by other people's cats. In this case you have the simple solution of just keeping your cat indoors. I wish the owner of the cat that craps in my veg beds would do the same.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Cats, more controversial than politics, maybe?
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    We have had cats for the last 30 years who used our Veg patch as a toilet. Never bother doing anything other than removing the evidence. We are still alive and kicking and no signs of toxoplasmosis.

  • db687hdqyg10555db687hdqyg10555 Posts: 2
    Thank you everyone for your comments.  Reassuring and amusing!  Who knew cats could be so controversial  :D
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    nutcutlet said:
    Just imagine the amount of animal life pooping in vegetable gardens and fields all over the world.

    Imagining all the cats that poo in vegetable gardens all over the world is pretty foul. Cats are a bane, yes.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Cute though  :)
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    @Palustris - you wouldn't know unless it came up in a blood test.   I eventually had a dose when Possum was about 10 years old but had no idea.  Just thought I'd had a bad cold.

    It can also be caught from undercooked meat which is why it is more common in France and Belgium than the UK - all that steak tartare, rare steaks and pink lamb.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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