 The PigI know you want to be mePremium
join:2009-09-11 | reply to Lurch77
Re: Need to kill a mole. said by Lurch77:Our Jack Russell will nail them if she can. But she will also further excavate their holes if I let her, further ruining the lawn.
But then you are stuck feeding and cleaning up shit of some mutt for 15-20 years! |
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PSWired
join:2006-03-26
Annapolis, MD | reply to dandelion
said by dandelion:The best advise I have seen and it somewhat worked when I seemed to have a lot in my yard was to remove their food. I used a strong grub killer to spray my yard with, gradually they went somewhere else, probably a neighbor's yard. 
This is the best way to solve the problem, but it's a slow solution. If you get rid of the grubs, the moles will stay in your neighbors' yards.
Here in the northeast, Japanese Beetle grubs are the primary mole food. You can buy this stuff called Milky Spore and put it down on your lawn. It's a bacteria that attacks the grubs while they are near the surface of the lawn. The grub population then dies and the next year you have no Japanese beetles and no moles.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_spore
»www.stgl.us/gstore/productcart/p···uct=4006 |
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 JonPremium
join:2001-01-20
Lisle, IL | reply to Lurch77
I'll lend you my border terrier. He brought me 3 of them this past summer. He also catches birds. Not sure how. |
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 Lurch77Premium
join:2001-11-22
Oconto, WI
kudos:4 | reply to The Pig
said by The Pig:said by Lurch77:Our Jack Russell will nail them if she can. But she will also further excavate their holes if I let her, further ruining the lawn.
But then you are stuck feeding and cleaning up shit of some mutt for 15-20 years! Yeah, but she makes up for it by being a great motorcycle riding partner.
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The PigI know you want to be mePremium
join:2009-09-11 | Got me there!
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said by dandelion:The best advise I have seen and it somewhat worked when I seemed to have a lot in my yard was to remove their food. I used a strong grub killer to spray my yard with, gradually they went somewhere else, probably a neighbor's yard.
Yep. This worked for me, too.
What also worked was when my cat decided he liked being outside. Every so often, I'd find a dead mole laying on the patio. |
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robbinPremium,MVM
join:2000-09-21
Leander, TX
kudos:1 | reply to sbcretired
said by sbcretired:I had an infestation of moles not gophers.
Poison worms for moles, was skeptical, but 2.5 yrs later, still no moles.
Get the poison worms at the local "farm store"
Talpirid worms -- they are like poison gummy worms for moles and they work well. Bought ours on eBay.
»www.ebay.com/itm/Talpirid-Mole-K···aaa8212b |
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 rockotman...Blown On The Steel BreezeEmerging Research
join:2000-08-06
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kudos:2 | reply to Lurch77
A cat is a great mole/vole/mouse attenuator.
If the cat likes you, it may even offer to let you have first dibs on any captors it brings back.
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 macsierraBaby NewfoundlandPremium
join:2003-11-30
Minden, NV
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Here's my mole hunter and ATV riding partner.. |
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»www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5HfsKLM-34 |
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join:2000-04-27
Mobile, AL
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By far the best way of getting rid of moles is to kill the grubs and other subterranean insects they feed on. If you apply a grub killer about twice a year the moles will be gone.
Around here we have moles and armadillos and if you don't keep the grubs killed off your lawn can look like a construction site when the two of them visit. |
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Lurch77Premium
join:2001-11-22
Oconto, WI
kudos:4 | The problem is that earthworms are just as big a food source. And any healthy lawn needs those. |
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 PacratOld and CrankyPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-10
Cortland, OH | One treatment of Milky Spore lasts for years. It actually multiplies in the guts of grubs. The grubs, literally eat themselves to death. The nice thing about it, too, is that it singles out Japanese Beetle grubs, while not harming anything else, aka, beneficial earthworms. It's relatively expensive, but on a per annum basis it just keeps getting cheaper and cheaper in the long run.
Moles are insectivores. Get rid of their food source and you get rid of the moles.
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Lurch77Premium
join:2001-11-22
Oconto, WI
kudos:4 | Yes, but as I just mentioned, earthworms are their biggest food source. Killing grubs will not always work, especially if you have healthy soil and lots of worms.
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A common example is when homeowners try to control lawn grubs and insects to reduce mole activity. However, this is often unsuccessful because the mole's primary food source is earthworms.
»ohioline.osu.edu/w-fact/0011.html
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stev32kPremium
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Mobile, AL
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said by Lurch77:The problem is that earthworms are just as big a food source. And any healthy lawn needs those.
A healthy lawn does not need earthworms. They are not harmful and may be a slight benefit, but their loss is more than offset by the removal of moles. |
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stev32kPremium
join:2000-04-27
Mobile, AL
kudos:1 | reply to Lurch77
If the insecticide you use does not kill the earthworms along with the grubs then either you did not use enough or you used the wrong stuff.
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PacratOld and CrankyPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-10
Cortland, OH | reply to Lurch77
Then you'll probably have to resort to "search & destroy" tactics and bash them with a shovel or tamper as you track their travels under the sod. You can try to "flush" them into one area, but established tunnels are difficult to fill up with water. Another method is to attach a garden hose to the exhaust of a small engine with a full tank of gas, stick the other end of the hose into a tunnel and start the engine and let it just idle for an hour or so. Fills the tunnels with carbon monoxide, since it's heavier than air.
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 CheesePremium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1 | reply to sk1939
what exactly is that? |
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sk1939Premium
join:2010-10-23
Washington, DC
kudos:9 | A device with an ignitor at the end that injects propane and oxygen into the tunnels, and then lights the mixture to blow the tunnels apart (killing the moles in the process). |
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said by sk1939:Bleach will also kill the roots of your lawn, and will poison your water if you have a well.
it'll sink down below the roots, never had a problem before using it on yellow jacket wasp nests underground. and also, it will NOT poison a well, water companies add chlorine to the water, and people that have wells add bleach to them to kill bacteria, and keep the water clear. you'd have to add quite a LOT of bleach to a well to poison it, and the chlorine only lasts a fairly short time anyway. |
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