This argument goes round and round the group.... That's fine if Jonathan is spraying the plants, but I thought that he was spraying the cats. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: Drew To: Linda Hutchinson Cc: Jonathan Smillie ; chile-heads@globalgarden.com Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:33 AM Subject: Re: [CH] Chili Powder as a weapon? On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Linda Hutchinson <lipant@sympatico.ca> wrote: I sure wouldn't want you around my cats! if you say "houseplants", these are indoors and these are your own cats..... !! Why? It sounds as if he is spraying the leaves of the plants with the solution, thus deterring the cats from chewing on it. What did you get from his post? Drew