Moles!!!!!!

[jplottie]

Short of sitting over the holes with a shotgun, we're fed up with using the usual traps (putting in run next to mound)as per instructions, the moles just move. Any ideas for being brutal with the blighters? It's not the lawn!! They're plaguing the OM's field along the mown paths, and my plottie. Theyre wrecking my bark paths between beds and uprooting veg. This is a problem we've had for years, but this year they've become a real pain. I have read that in france they have mole bombs, is this true? and why don't they sell them here. Any ideas on methods. Don't want to catch them and release elsewhere either.

[greengas]

I have problems with mole's on lottie and at home and have now come to the conclusion after trying all different methods to get rid of them to just leave them be. They seem to cause more damage when you try to get rid of them by creating more runs and mounds, I now except I may lose the odd cabbage or beetroot as I can not ever catch or move them on.

[WrexTheDragon]

Screwfix sell traps that work for only £4.99p.



Link => Procter Pest-Stop Tunnel Mole Trap - Screwfix.com, Where the Trade Buys

[jplottie]

thanks Wrex

The OH has ordered a couple so we may well be celebrating soon. cheers

[Nicos]

Not heard of mole bombs...but will certainly ask for you if those traps don't work

[Tam]

Moles ( Scapanus sp.)

Most methods seem pretty useless. The mechanical traps seem to work if placed properly, but the so-called bombs appear to be ineffectual. I had mole problems some years ago, but they did little damage and have now gone elsewhere. I flattened any mounds on the lawns and they thereafter kept to the flower borders without fatally damaging any plants.

[gojiberry]

I have it on good authority that badgers wee poured into runs is a sure way to get moles to move on. Unfortunately I don't know where to get badger wee from as I don't have any badger friends.

Ian

[burnie]

What ever you do,I would not recommend those "sonic" scarer thingamys,they really are useless.I gave up and sold the house and moved to a different country.

[bubblewrap]

This cold weather should slow the little blighter's excavations for a bit though!

[Frizz]

Hi we live in France and have a major problem with moles and would you believe worm hills, we moved here 3 months ago and have spent a fortune on explosives designed specially for moles, they do seem to be working although we went to the UK for a few days and the little blighters moved in again so the explosives have been reset. I am sure you could get the device online, we bought 3 because we have so many. We now have 2 kittens and I am told they catch moles...we will see. If anyone is interested I will try and check if there is a website to order some.

[manxboy]

Moles

The cold doesn't seemed to have stopped the little devil under my lawn, i have a theory that it is tunneling under the spots I am putting down bird seed in the day. I shall move the bird table and clear some snow on a path and see if that deters it.

[bubblewrap]

A friend who's garden I help with in summer had more than one of the "velvet gentlemen".
I'm sure they were trying to dig a scale replica on the London Underground system.

[gojiberry]

There are a couple of video's on the market on how to catch moles. I understand that it is quite easy when you get everything right (mind you that may just be sales talk) and that it can be quite a nice little earner once the basics have been mastered.

Ian

[Polly Fouracre]

Apparently, if you stamp loudly next to the mole hills and ask them to go away, they will.
I was told this by a priest and will try it if I am plagued!