Mole murdering

 
Hi all,


Where we live, there is an empty house next door with a huge mol
problem. The bark garden has so many molehills they have joine
together and it looks like someone has been digging trenches. I've use
every kind of mole repellant to repel their occasional forays over ou
side of the fence, but today I have decided that enough is enough an
thought I'd check out a gardening message board for some exper
advice...

Does anyone on here know the most effective way to kill them when the
come over to my back garden under the fence? I want every last one o
them, and their children, dead. Not diverted to next door for a mont
or so until they have another go. Dead. Never to return again. Decease
- though preferably not pushing up the daisies...

Any advice would be welcome. On registering I did a quick search fo
"moles" and saw one of these recommended on another threa
http://tinyurl.com/tftwn

Can anyone else vouch for their effectiveness? Would some kind o
warfarin based/rat poison type bait be more effective? At the moment
I'm seriously considering sticking a few bangers down the holes an
hoping they die of shock!

Cheers,

Moleyguy


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moleyguy

 moleyguy wrote:


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


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Carl 1 Lucky Texan Wrote:


Thanks for the advice, that's really useful. If they are solitary the
I will try and give (1) a go. If my luck's in then I'll get him
otherwise I might have to think about naming him like you have!

In the longer run I think I might invest in a fence with a concret
base once I'm sure they have left my side of the boundary..


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moleyguy

 
moleyguy Wrote:


Well, looks like you really have problems. I had them to but thi
worked: http://tinyurl.com/ygf7ub

P.S. Don't use poison. It might affect your vegetbales, grass..


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Lukaslo

 

I have used poison bait, gas grenades and two kinds of mole traps - I have
not tried the lawn spray that kills insects and worms to get rid of moles.

My father's old spring-loaded vertical trap worked best - a new one was kind
of weak - because it couldn't drive itself into the soil, I had to make
holes for the prongs and then retract and set it.

Gas grenades just annoyed them/it.

They/it stuck up their noses at the bait pellets - although once I got the
mole mid-summer;  next year, part way into the year,  there was a little
activity near the bait drop spot, and then nothing for the rest of the
year - leading me to believe the new tenant ate last year's bait pellets.

fwiw