dog pee problem

i saw a thread on here about a camilia and how its leaves had turned a yellow colour, something to do with the soil i think the final verdict was , now mine is doing the same and am wondering if its because of my dog which as grown very fond off peeing on it , if it turns out to be this is there any ways of keeping him off i have tried pegging round it and using string as a barrier but hes still cocking his leg up , will the pee still effect the plant even tho he cant get close up to it ??????

 

Or you could just get rid of the dog.....

 

I have a young Camellia in a pot at the moment, it's leaves are yellow to but I'm not unduly worried about it. I suggest it's not your dog that's causing the problem. See how it is when the weather gets warmer.

 

How mature is your Camellia? I have male dogs who cock their legs against my plants, but I find if the plant is quite mature then it's usually the leaves they pee on which get damaged. I remove all branches/foliage below a certain level so that if the dogs cock their legs they pee on the trunk of the plant not the leaves. I've not tried this on my Camellias because they aren't mature enough but it's worked on a Mahonia and one or two others.

For younger plants, I stake some plastic netting in front of the plants and cover it with plastic sheet so that if they cock their legs they pee on the plastic instead. As the young plants grow and form a main trunk, I remove the lower leaves/branches so that when they are more mature the bottom bit will be bare.

 

Shoooooot the DOG & Try Him with a Bit of Mint Sauce n a few Veg
Sorry im a born idiot in pain and needed to make my self laff

My Dogs Pee Defanatley Kills My Grass

 

I have a problem with every dog owner who walks up and down my road as my garden is one of only a few with dividing fences. On one side the end fence post is covered by a lamp post but do they pee up that - no, they pee up the exposed fence post on t'other side and make it go all green. Sometimes I see them coming and I stare out the window and they walk straight past when they see me, but when i'm not there, aaaargh!!! I do put Jeyes Fluid down occasionally when they leave little, and sometimes big parcels on the path and i find that helps but it's expensive stuff. I'll catch them at it one day.

Perhaps noksucow, you could try a solution of Jeyes Fluid around the pot, applied by a spray gun to see if that helps.

 

If the Camellia is in a pot / tub then the urine will be strong in the soil. Chuck a bucket of water on and train the dog to go elsewhere.

If its in the ground, and more than a tiddly-plant then I doubt it is the dog.

Camellias need acid soil. If the plant is in a pot you need to make sure you use Ericaceous potting compost. If it is in the soil and your soil is not acid then ... not good :(. Personally I don't grow any acid-loving plants in my alkaline soil 'coz its too much hassle to try to make the soil acid, and acid-loving plants always look sickly in a forced-soil anyway. people will have different views on how much "Faff" they want, and in a small garden it can be seem as a "hobby" to grow plants with specific requirements.

If you don't know if you have Acid or Alkaline soil? then if there are Azaleas and Rhododendrons near you your soil will be Acid, otherwise its doubtful.

If you are on Alkaline soil (or you didn't use Ericaceous potting compost in a pot/tub) then use Murphy's Sequestered Iron to try to help the plant cope in alkaline soil

 

Or raise the container so the urine doesn't hit the top of it. On the smaller containers I do this by putting them on top of another upturned terracotta pot