Fig Trees = Cat pee smell!!!!




Now that the weather is starting to turn here on Long Island, I figured it is time to carry them inside. I have a Florida room that is currently housing them.
Well I know from them being outside, and moving here from Bensonhurst Brooklyn (every other person has a fig tree there) that they give off a cat pee smell.
I NEVER noticed this smell on my figs outside.
Now that they are inside the smell is horrible! I walk into my florida room and just about pass out and turn green, I don't know to breathe from my mouth or nose because I don't want to smell it, but I don't want to taste it either!!!!
Now our Florida room is a place of gathering, we have people over almost every week and this is where we entertain and I can't have people inside a room that smells like a horders litter box that has not been changed for 2 months.
I need to know 2 things, either is there a way to get rid of this stink from the plant, and I can keep it indoors? or what is the best way to plant it in the ground now, and winterize it. The cuties are about 3+ feet tall, with lots of branches and fruit.
I'm ready to about vomit and burn them, but my husband is mad because I have wanted a fig tree for about 8yrs, and he wants to keep them.
Any help would be appreciated!
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Any update on the fig tree? Mine is growing really well and along with the growth is the nasty cat pee smell. I have looked it up and it seems only some people smell the smell, others think it smells like perfume! I can’t stand it but i cant throw it out and its too cold in Chicago to leave outside.
I wish I would read your comments before. I just bought a beautiful fig tree. I had not idea about the smell, and I realized about the cat pee smell just when I brought it home. I live in a cold area, so I bought the tree to have it indoor most of the time.
I guess that I would have to learn how to live with the smell.
Mine smells like cat pee too and the neighbor’s cat is really affectionate to it when I put it outside. Now that it is 3’x3’ it really stinks up the whole house and the patio when it is put outside.