Moles

[Payaso]

I am growing in raised beds, and we have a problem that is overwhelming us as we try to overgrow the planet...

MOLES.

Has anyone got a tip for us on how to get rid of a massive army of moles?

The cats can't catch enough. The electric thumpers don't scare them away. We put a ten foot long copper pole into the bed, watered it heavily, and put 110 volts through it into the ground... to no effect.

Has anyone ever heard of a poison we could use for moles?

Or is this just imposssible...

Before the next grow we will dig up the beds and line them with 1/4 inch mesh to keep the pests out, but we do want to save our crop of medicine.

ANY suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated...

Meanwhile, happy growing to all!


In fond remembrance of the Cannabis Poet, Mr. Lee Bridges.

 

[Climbinghigh]

I just saw something at the store yesterday while i was buying mouse traps and bait for my plot (; A product called "Poison Peanuts"- I have never used, but it seems to be a bait-type poison made specifically for killing moles and gophers, you just drop it their holes and wait for them to eat it. Hope that helps you save your medicine. Good luck.

 

[LokiBC]

The only way I've ever gotten rid of moles is with traps, which isn't the easiest thing to do. You have to trick the little buggers. Moles are insectivores, though. They don't usually damage plants unless they're really active beneath the plant and damage the root system. They're actually a sign of healthy soil, because their main diet is worms, and lots of worms = healthy soil.

 

[Payaso]

WoW! Thanks for the advice... it seems they have been eating the roots. Yes we have worms and very healthy soil. I notice a bit of chewing on the main trunk, and then when the plant falls over dead, I yank it and find no roots left at all.

Going to get some poison peanuts ASAP.

Traps? What kind of traps and what would we use for bait?

Many thanks!

 

[Payaso]

Hey LokiBC thanks and peace!

 

[bounty29]

http://www.themoletrap.com/works.htm

I never liked to leave poison laying around, I'd probably get this if I was having problems. There's a few other designs similar, but this looks pretty simple.

 

[HeadyPete]

If they are eating your plants they are voles, not moles. Like Loki said, moles are beneficial, they eat pests like grubs underground and their tunnels aerate your garden. The tunnels can be a pain.....

Voles are vegetarian and feast on roots underground....They will sometimes eat some garden plants under the snow in the winter, and when the thaw comes, there is all these tunnels and some plants missing....

Mole = good:

Vole = bad:

 

[brainlab]

haha i found it , its on her right arm haha

 

[Guest]

I see the mole hills?

 

[Guest]

moles are not good if they uproot your plants. Ever heard of mole beans?

 

[HeadyPete]

where'd my mole go?

 

[HeadyPete]

mole is back

 

[medjool]

If you have a pet, preferably a cat, you can sift through the litter and get all the tootsie rolls (cat turds) and go and deposit them in the mole holes. Dog turds are good too. In fact, just about any turd will do--even your own. Moles, like practically all other animals except flies find excrement repulsive. If you keep it up for about 10 days to 2 weeks, they will leave voluntarily.

Medjool.

 

[master shake]

yes do medjool says, I suggest during those 10-14 days you go on a pure mexican and indian food diet. The spicier and greasier the better!

 

[trouble]

I suggest you capture one of the little varmint's and turn him into a mole suicide bomber. Rig him up in a little vest of C-4 and let him loose back into his den, and when all of his little mole terorrist buddies gather around to welcome him home, detonate the little bastard and take out he entire
"Al Mola" terrorist group!

Unfortunately, unconventional & psychological warfare is the only language these radical varmin terorrist groups understand.





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[Payaso]

Yes these techniques are quite cool...but ultimately the killer was plain old gopher bait. It took about a week for them all to eat it, but the little varmints are dead and rotten. Perhaps their little nests of rotten vole will compost naturally and put nutrients back into the soil. We scattered it across the beds, then cultivated the soil so the poison was under the soil everywhere... they had a field day and all got tummy aches.

Hurrah!

They got eight huge plants in our garden, but we had the last laugh!

Thanks for all your tips, especially excrement. We figure that has got to be a good repellent!