I have read questions on how to keep cats out of your house plants. Simple, use tin foil. Lay tin foil around the plant on the dirt. Don't push it down onto the dirt or you will start to get some mold. Just lay it on top. Your cats will hate it, and your plants will be fine. Also, they do make colored tin foil if you don't want the plain silver.
I have a Bengal cat that loves to play with tin foil. A co-worker of mine told me to try this tin foil method and it simply did not work for her. She enjoyed the crinkly noise that it made and proceeded to drag it all around the apartment and finally tore it to little pieces. I'm still finding little bits after about a month. She doesn't seem to be afraid of anything, not even the vacuum cleaner.
Cats HATE the smell of oranges. Just put a few orange peels on top of the soil and they will not go near it. This is also great for flower beds outside. I have used this tip for years now. ~Janette~
Foil is pretty ugly. We had the same problem, but the best way we found is to collect smooth rocks from the beach or river (or buy, I suppose) and place them on top. It's attractive, and still lets the soil get water and fertilizer. It's like a mulch that the cats don't want to dig into!
This is easier if you use a foil pie pan...just cut a slit to the center and a hole in the middle to fit around your plant's stem, fold down the cut edges so they won't damage your plants, and slide it on...UPSIDE DOWN.....I find the ones with the tiny holes all over the pie pan work best....stops the cats from using the dirt for litter...but doesn't stop mine from eating the plants!!! I had to hang all my plants from the ceiling...so I have my own private "hanging garden"!!
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