Posted by gwece on July 16, 2014 at 06:24:45 from (184.11.102.178):
In Reply to: Moles posted by rohdog50 on July 16, 2014 at 04:42:16:
I share your pain on the moles. From what I have read on moles they normally don't eat plant roots. They may disturb the root system as they tunnel. The main diet of moles is earthworms. Voles, however will eat plant roots and will use the mole tunnels. The experts say that most mole repellant methods do not work (see the link below). What works the best for me is a 20 gauge shotgun. I have discovered something just this week that has helped me a bunch. Keep in mind that my soil is not sandy. What I discovered is that if you take a shovel and dig up a 12 inch section of the main mole run and clean the exposed ends of the run, the mole will fairly quickly try to seal the exposed ends of of the run with soil. Just wait to you see the soil coming and fire away. They say the mole can sense the airflow. This will also work for the moles that make the big "volcano" piles of dirt and don't have visible surface runs. Just take a shovel, remove the volcano and dig a hole about a foot wide and down abut 8 inches. This will expose the horizontal tunnels normally going two directions. Again clean the holes and leave open. I had a mole this week that tried to seal the hole within 5 minutes of when I opened it up. Granted you have to have a little time on your hands, but this method has been effective for me.....think I have killed 5 or 6 this week alone.
You might take a look at utube for the cinch trap videos. I ordered a couple of these and set them one time, but the mole just tunneled down and around the trap. I probably didn't have it set properly in the tunnel. I am going to try again if I don't have time to "shotgun" hunt! Good Luck
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