RalphVa
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- Dec 19, 2003
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- Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- JD 2025R, previously Gravely 5650 & JD 4010 & JD 1025R
Wonder if the smoke bombs used normally for groundhog holes would work.
From April 2022 Amazon review:I’ve killed well over 300 moles with Victor Out O Sight mole traps. Now you’ve heard.
The moles went up to the electronic mole chasers, dug around them, and they fell over in the yard. They don’t work.From April 2022 Amazon review:
I have used and loved these mole traps in the past. It appears Victor has changed materials to produce them. They are now lightweight, cheap, and provide very little closing power, rendering them completely useless.
I put a few of these out and they work well.
mole chaser
There are only Purdue moles in my yard!Moss, you must have the "extra woke" Notre Dame moles that are resistant to foreign sounds...
They don't work for you!The moles went up to the electronic mole chasers, dug around them, and they fell over in the yard. They don’t work.
I look for an active area, (they have a tendency to re-use old tunnels). Then I take a dowel rod and poke a hole in a tunnel, (I try to put them at intersections/Y's for better odds). I cut the worms in half and put half in the hole and pinch the hole back shut. I then wait a few days to a week and then flatten out all the tunnels. Then repeat process. I get 4 worms per package by cutting them in half and I'm guessing I cover approximately 100-200 sqft (10' x 10' to 15' x 15' area) with 4, depends on how much activity there is. I also try to put a worm in the "leader" tunnel where they come out of the woods. I try to get them in early spring before they breed. Sometimes as early as March. Now that I got them under control, I would say I'm pretty much done fighting them by the end of May and might have to fight them come fall, but I haven't had any activity for several months now. It's a little expensive using the worms to start with because I went thru quite a bit of them, but now it's probably only 2 or 3 boxes early spring and maybe 2-3 in the fall. Not real sure since it's a continuous learning process. I haven't been spreading insecticides like I know I should, to make a better perimeter, but my method is working satisfactorily for me for now.
These are the worms I use, approx. $20 at most stores.
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