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Mole murdering
moleyguy wrote:
Hi all, Where we live, there is an empty house next door with a huge mole problem. The bark garden has so many molehills they have joined together and it looks like someone has been digging trenches. I've used every kind of mole repellant to repel their occasional forays over our side of the fence, but today I have decided that enough is enough and thought I'd check out a gardening message board for some expert advice... Does anyone on here know the most effective way to kill them when they come over to my back garden under the fence? I want every last one of them, and their children, dead. Not diverted to next door for a month or so until they have another go. Dead. Never to return again. Deceased - though preferably not pushing up the daisies... Any advice would be welcome. On registering I did a quick search for "moles" and saw one of these recommended on another thread http://tinyurl.com/tftwn Can anyone else vouch for their effectiveness? Would some kind of warfarin based/rat poison type bait be more effective? At the moment, I'm seriously considering sticking a few bangers down the holes and hoping they die of shock! Cheers, Moleyguy. There is a very good reason the highest paid and most respected 'craft' in olden times was molecatcher. Here's my take on it; 1. Traps 2. Talpirid aka Tomcat 3. Giant Destroyer 4. Rodenator 5. Propane 6. Lawnmower exhaust Each of the above have the potential to work, but each comes with problems and risks. Then of course, a mole may just move in again next spring. A mole has a large territory and is solitary. Unless they are breeding or a female is raising pups - there is only one. They mostly eat worms. They do not eat plants. They will abandon a set of tunnels when the area is sparse in worms, so 3-4 of the above approaches require close observation for present activity. numbers 5 and 6(which is my own, as yet untesed, idea) have the risk that gasses could collect in basements or the drainage/sewer system. Number 4 is very - uh - dramatic and maybe not sutable for urban settinsg (see the videos at the website). Good luck. I just gave mine a name and consider it an invisible pet. the other stuff, repellents, windmills, sonic chasers,etc. are probably worthless. ymmv Carl -- to reply, change ( .not) to ( .net) |
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In the longer run I think I might invest in a fence with a concrete base once I'm sure they have left my side of the boundary... |
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