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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Get Off My Land on September 24, 2005, 23:13:40

Title: Theres Only One Way To Get Rid Of A Mole ......
Post by: Get Off My Land on September 24, 2005, 23:13:40
I have moles in my allotment.
I believe they aerate the subsoil by tunnelling. They also eat worms and grubs. Should I trap the mole, flood the burrow with a hose pipe to drive it away or can they be toleratred in the allotment where i plan to grow cabbages, lettuces, potatoes, carrots and other root veg. In other words are they a pest or an asset ?
Title: Re: Theres Only One Way To Get Rid Of A Mole ......
Post by: teresa on September 24, 2005, 23:49:10
Moles do eat the worms that all gardeners need unfortuanty they also make molehills and if a plant is in the way that gets uprooted as well.
So best to encourage them to leave.
Clear the mole hill to see the hole underneath then with collected urine poor it down the hole.
They go by smell and the smell of humans they move on safe for plants and does not hurt the moles.
Tried and tested  it works .

Title: Re: Theres Only One Way To Get Rid Of A Mole ......
Post by: BAGGY on September 25, 2005, 10:23:09
Bet Jasper Carrot didn't think of that one  ;D