How to.....Humanely get rid of Moles

[Jez]

As Nick Cantle has stated in another thread concerning his Mole problem that he has in his garden. I'm asking for Humanely ways to move these underground dwellers on to pastures new!

[ron1863]

Hi Jez, the link below has a number of deterrents and a live traps, good luck and wear gloves when handling them as they bite and don't let go - I know through experience.

Pest Help UK - Mole Control - Traps & Repellers for Garden Moles

[Jez]

Don't worry all I have had his blessings!

I had mole issues myself, even though they were a very slight pain in my garden & my neighbours who saw them as an utter bane! I unfortunately killed the loveable rogues by using round up on clearing for my meadows! It did state on the label not harmful to animals!!!! I do think they never took moles into consideration.

Any hints or tips, using herbs or catching them etc would be appreciated-Thanks

[coasty]

Dont think there is a way of keeping them away without killing them... Years ago we tried to keep them out of the lawn by putting in the little windmills like yu buy for sandcastles,,They kept falling over when the moles undermined them,,,,,

[Gill Catton]

my parents used to have moles and years ago they used to have them removed poor little things. Then they decided not to and its brill, moles produce the softest loosest topsoil - brilliant for potting on seedlings and peat free!! Flattening the mole hills also then made fab dust baths for the local pheasants and partridges I love watching them spin in their own self made cloud of dust - its also interesting to watch as plants start to re-colonise. I say keep them they aerate the soil and provide new niches for other wildlife.

your roundup may have killed all the invertebrates in the soil maybe? - that may have caused the moles to move on, not necessarily die?

was using roundup within some sort of guide to creating wildflower meadow? It seems odd that you'd kill off all the wildflowers to create a wildflower meadow? Do the chemicals not persist in the soil too?

[Kayleigh]

The solar powered one looks good, Cheep too.

[Muggsy]

Originally Posted by Gill Catton

It seems odd that you'd kill off all the wildflowers to create a wildflower meadow? Do the chemicals not persist in the soil too?

roundup becomes inactive after contact with the soil, its non residual.

its also only kills plants, not insects or moles.

I purchased some of the mole spikes, the ones that take 4 U2 battery's and look more at home in an Anne Summers catalouge, I am told

I was very sceptical about the effectiveness of them, however they actually do work. The battery's last almost a year, the only problem I could see using them in a small garden, where to drive the moles too.
I have 6 running right now, in a line at the base of a hedge bordering the formal lawn. Placed about 25yards apart, the moles stay their side of the hedge and the lawn stay's pristine.

[Dan Salter]

I saw a clinic in the back of the mail on sunday magazine claims to be experts in mole removal? worth a call?

[Jez]

Originally Posted by Muggsy

roundup becomes inactive after contact with the soil, its non residual.

its also only kills plants, not insects or moles.

I purchased some of the mole spikes, the ones that take 4 U2 battery's and look more at home in an Anne Summers catalouge, I am told

I was very sceptical about the effectiveness of them, however they actually do work. The battery's last almost a year, the only problem I could see using them in a small garden, where to drive the moles too.
I have 6 running right now, in a line at the base of a hedge bordering the formal lawn. Placed about 25yards apart, the moles stay their side of the hedge and the lawn stay's pristine.

I don't believe it! I applied round up and found three moles and dead with in days of spraying

[Muggsy]

Originally Posted by Jez

I don't believe it! I applied round up and found three moles and dead with in days of spraying

a molicide pact, designed to discredit Monsanto