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Subject: Moles
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Eileen |
British Columbia
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Moles in my pumpkin patch any ideas???
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6/13/2017 9:59:51 AM
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Porkchop |
Central NY
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Traps...and kill the grubs they are feeding on..not sure what you have up that way for grub killer...you could also try the electronic pest repellents ..nasty little buggers...good luck
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6/13/2017 2:08:42 PM
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ESheel31(team sLamMer) |
Eastern Shore of VA
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Castor oil. Bonide makes it in a granulated form. Just broadcast it out in the patch before a good rain. Runs em right out.
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6/13/2017 3:37:33 PM
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Eileen |
British Columbia
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Thanks for suggestions had a guy come in today and found out they are Voles but I could also have a mole as well he put out some boxes with poison so hope it works. Also bought one of those sonic mole devices today makes a noise not sure if nieghbors will tolerate. Will check out and look for the castor oil product. Thanks again my pumpkin is still doing fine😊
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6/13/2017 9:09:34 PM
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ESheel31(team sLamMer) |
Eastern Shore of VA
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Moles won't really bother your plants. Voles on the other hand will use the tunnels the mole digs. Lost 3 melon plants my first year growing because of voles. Also wiped out half of a fifty foot row of potatoes. Stick your finger down in the dirt around the stump. If you have a tunnel there,it will be a big hole underneath. A vole will cut the stump clean through underground.
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6/13/2017 10:51:07 PM
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Engel's Great Pumpkins and Carvings |
Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)
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Moles will bother your plant. They root and tunnel in your rooting area. In the patch I tap down all runs, and flood the tunnels. Watch for the soil to move, and proceed to kill those little SOB's. A good pumpkin patch has lots of worms. That is what the moles are after
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6/14/2017 7:32:21 AM
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baitman |
Central Illinois
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I high stepped it through the patch yesterday chasing a vole, compacting the soil? I didnt care I got him . Moles are worse roots die in the tunnels
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6/14/2017 8:10:26 AM
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Orangeneck (Team HAMMER) |
Eastern Pennsylvania
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Get a cat. I had tons of voles before we started letting our cats out. Now, no more voles anywhere.
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6/14/2017 12:37:48 PM
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brotherdave |
Corryton, TN
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Drill a hole in a mouse trap and pin it to the ground with a nail. Use a short section of downspout with a narrow side cut out and place over vole hole. Trap at both ends. Instant tunnel directing him to his end.
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6/14/2017 1:10:02 PM
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Little Ketchup |
Grittyville, WA
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I agree ... moles dig at the exact depth the roots occupy. They will set the plant back a few days every time they dig a new tunnel. Flooding used to work for me but my ground drains too fast. Metal spring traps is what I use I'm surprised I've still got all my fingers though.
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7/13/2017 2:58:57 PM
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