Moles Taking Over

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In our area, when you get moles you also get skunks. They love grubs too. They really tear up the sod. I have followed the advice of the garden center experts in choosing grub control products. By applying the product to troubled areas both spring and fall, the grubs are gone as are the moles and skunks. The lawn bounced right back as soon as the grubs were not there eating the roots. The garden center folks reminded me that grubs are the result of flying insects that lay eggs in the sod. (Beetles and Chafers) If you have a lot of them in the summer, be on guard.

 

[GolfAddict]

I will second MossRoad's advice. You either have to kill the food or kill the moles. I've used a few different types of traps without much success until I tried the Victor Out O' Sight traps. I've had good success with these, but you have to be very persistent!

P.S. If the ground is hard, it helps to slice the ground with a spade on each side of the tunnel where the trap "scissors" will snap together.

 

[Depmandog]

I read the web link provided by MossRoad, and while I can't begin to dispute the expert, - in regards to the castor oil based products - they work for me. I realize that it doesn't kill them (ok by me), but they don't enter my yard. I spend a grand total of 1/2 hour once a year on mole control. Like I mentioned, when I see the little buggers starting to venture into the yard, I spray and then that's it - good for another year.

My next door neighbor on both sides has moles. Perhaps we have them "deep", but you don't see the mounds or runs in my yard, again - fine by me.

If its not supposed to work, and it is quackery - don't know what to say. I can't argue against what's worked for me - going on 6 years.

Rabbits, now that's a whole other issue.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

Dean.

 

[forgeblast]

I used that neimatode product from gardens alive(throw the pouch in a backpack sprayer and spray) and I have very few skunks, etc digging up our yard. Milky spore I think you can use also.

 

[skspurling]

What about deisel exhaust? I was thinking that, as much as i like the smell of it, it should be pretty noxious. No polution controls, and you are pretty much looking for the CO2. What do people think? I have a terrable mole problem this year. Need to do something.

 

[SPIKER]

Last year i picked up 2 of those HF little aluminum wind mills that seems to work pretty good or at least pretty good for a 50~70' circle. My place sets up and these things run ALL the time. They also must scare off the deer too as I didnt have a real bad problem with them in the garden this year. I use 3/4" copper water pipe 6' long and twist them about 2' into the ground and slip them over the pipe. they have a small bearing to roll around in them that you have to keep in the cross tube to help it make vibrations that confuse the moles so they cant hunt as well for the grubs & worms. I also tried some of the pour in ground zinc mole killer a few years back without much help. the Skunks were reallly bad this fall...

Mark

 

[Bird]

Mark, I made the mistake of going into Harbor Freight one day with my wife and she saw those little windmils, so I had to buy one.:laughing: After a few months, I finally threw it in the garbage.

 

[heehaw]

i have 4 victor out of sight mole traps: have had some success with them, but no better
than i have had with the type that stabs them from above: at first the out of sight seemed to really be the cure, but then have hit a dry spell, and have had no luck in a long time: i think, if i can find it, i will try the scoot mole stuff and see if it does any
good: i have really considered the rodenator...until i looked up the price...i cannot see where that thing should cost anything like what they are asking for it.
heehaw

 

[Bird]

I don't know about the exact formula, but I tried Molemax three times and it's active ingredient is castor oil. I don't know whether scoot mole has a higher percentage or whether Molemax has the garlic that Scoot Mole has. Anyway, Molemax was not cheap and it was worthless. Maybe Scoot Mole will be better, but I sure wouldn't bet on it.

 

[SPIKER]

Bird: I'm going to be looking for a couple more as I said earlier they are good for keeping them away about a 70 foot circle around each one. now all I need is about 80 more to cover the yard and maybe they will leave

a few years back I put in a french drains around the barn, they are only for draining around the edges so went out and down to about 5' along the way I cut into some mole dens, I used a shovel and trimmed the edge just to examine it. there was a living/breeding/sleeping chamber that was about 3' long 6" high or so and maybe 10" wide (could have been much wider as the back hoe took it out right in/on the side/middle) it was down about 4 feet and was really interesting the sides were almost polished clay & ? so I have no idea how they made it that big & appeared to be an additional interconnected chamber several feet under the yard I shined a flash light into it but didnt see any critters as I'm sure they split as soon as that back hoe got within 10' I tossed in some of the rodent killer mole killer stuff into the burrow room that was 4 or so feet back

Mark