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Will citronella oil kill my plants?
I have some new potted plants and I want to sprinkle citronella essential oil (possibly rosemary too) onto the soil in the pots to deter the local cats from spraying on them. Would the essential oils damage the plants?
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- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
No - if only sprinkled on the the soil then should be fine.
I would recommend citronella or any of the citrus oils such as lemon or sweet orange. I haven't heard of anyone using rosemary with any great success.
Do bear in mind though that essential oils are volatile and will evaporate - you will need to add fresh oil fairly regularly.
Source(s): I am an aromatherapist http://aromatherapyandnaturalskincare.com.au/ - sciencegravyLv 79 years ago
As long as you don't get the oil on the leaves of the plant, it will pose no risk.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Yesh ,yesh it would nd then smoke will rise from the dead plants , contaminate our air nd then cause a hole in the ozone layer ,then our earth will over heat,kill all the plants so we will have no air nd then we ,we all die nd we will have u to blame with ur damn citonella infected plants.!! jkai ! i have no idea wat citonella is ^.~
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