Plants that repel mice and moles. What moles are afraid of: methods of scaring them away with carbide, smoke and other means. How to get rid of moles in a personal plot using folk remedies

It would seem that by their activity moles and shrews should bring more usethan harm, because they not only loosen the soil, but also destroy dangerous pests gardeners and garden plants... But in reality, their appearance in the country or garden plot - a harbinger of problems. We will tell you with detailed video instructions on how you can make the fight against underground inhabitants effective.

Shrews and moles: where they live and what they eat

In fact, moles and shrews are practically harmless animals, but there is one big "but": these animals love to dig long and intricate earthen labyrinths that are located close to the surface. Thus, they create voids in the soil, which leads to the loss of contact of plants with the soil and, accordingly, their dying.

Before dealing with the question of the destruction of rodents on the site, it is important to understand what they are and know how they look. Let's consider them in more detail.

Moles

Moles are predatory animals. They are quite small in size - up to 20 centimeters in length, have an elongated mobile muzzle and an elongated body, completely covered with thick, dark hair. The weight of an adult animal is from 10 to 170 g. Their paws are rather powerful and large (like flippers), having one feature - the palms are protruding outward, not inward. On paws - large claws. The nature of moles also did not deprive them of teeth: they have 44 teeth in their mouths, including fangs.

Attention! Contrary to common misconception, moles have quite tolerable eyesight. In addition, they have a very keen sense of smell and keen hearing.

Moles live mainly underground, where they build a complex system of passages. They love moist soil very much, so they can settle in a lowland, in wet garden plots, in a vegetable garden.

The mole loves to eat with earthworms, but he is also a big lover of drots and larvae of beetles (May, etc.). So, in fact, it is difficult to call this animal a pest, but rather an assistant.

Shrews

Very secretive creatures, although they are active 24 hours a day. Outwardly they resemble a mouse, but close up they do not look like it at all: an elongated muzzle like a proboscis, fluffy fur, tiny eyes, almost absent ears. Cats love to hunt them, but they do not eat them, and it is not surprising - there is a musky gland in the body of the shrew, which creates an unpleasant smell for cats.

The shrew, like the mole, belongs to the order of insectivorous mammals, but is a relative of the hedgehog. It also lives in burrows, but prefers ready-made burrows created by other rodents to its own. Shrews have an unusually active metabolism, so they can go without food for only 6-8 hours. So they have to constantly hunt and eat as much as they weigh themselves a day. They prefer food of animal origin, often small rodents.

Shrew

Shrews are of great benefit by their habit of loosening the earth, because by doing so they saturate it with oxygen, and also often destroy the larvae of insect pests.

Reasons for appearing at their summer cottage

The reasons for the appearance of moles in the country and garden plots:

• loose, fertilized, moist soil;
• the presence of a variety of foods - larvae, worms, insects, etc. (where there are many plants, there are many different pests);
• the safety of the territory (it is here that moles feel calm and comfortable, because there are no sworn enemies nearby - forest predators, and dogs and cats are not afraid of them, moles easily scare them away with their specific smell).

In shrews, the reasons for their appearance are very similar to those of molehills, especially since, as mentioned earlier, they like to move through ready-made mazes.

You can scare off a mole with sound

We fight rodents with folk remedies

Very often, many use shovels and guns, but since this is not humane and absolutely impractical, we will consider less cruel, but very effective methods fighting underground inhabitants:

1. Protective plants. The mint and wormwood smell is very unpleasant for moles. Garden treesfor example, sprinkle with peppermint oil. The shrew really does not like legumes and pungent-smelling plants (onions, garlic), you can plant them around the perimeter of the site, not too often. The imperial hazel grouse is a very effective remedy against underground rodents. Plant him on the site and you will not see them again.
2. Traps. This requires a trap and preferably a dog. First you need to find the freshest mound of land (this means that the pest is nearby). The dog will help you correct direction. Next, you need to dig a small hole by removing the top layer of earth (about 30-40 cm deep) from the mound and place a homemade / purchased trap there. The mole is not a fan of drafts, so he will definitely come to close the passage. Usually the waiting time is about half an hour. If the trap is humane, then release the animal at a distance in the forest or in the field. If the animal dies, bury it away from drinking springs and water pipelines.
3. Sound scarers. Most effective against moles with their fine hearing. Exist various options similar funds. Consider the two most proven methods: reed and plastic bottles.

If you use chemicals, you can harm not only moles and shrews, but also pets.

• Reed. We take reeds about one and a half to two meters long, plant them in the ground (directly into the tunnel exits) so that no more than half of the plant remains on the surface. In windy weather, the reeds create the effect of the "howling" of the wind in the pipe. For sensitive worm ears, this is worse than the sound of a scratched glass.
• Repellers from bottles. The method is based on the creation of strong sound vibrations underground. We'll need plastic bottles / cans and iron bars. Holes are cut in bottles / cans (for better air penetration), the rods are deeply embedded in the ground, then bottles / cans are attached to them. Thus, during gusts of wind, the top of the structure will emit loud noises and transmit them in the form of vibrations directly under the ground. This creates terrible discomfort for the animals, forcing them to leave the territory.

Council. Very often you can see information on how to scare off underground pests using foul-smelling substances, for example, rags soaked in gasoline or rotten fish. It is worth considering that the method is effective only as long as the smell does not disappear and then the animal will again come to visit.

Use of chemicals

Thanks to chemicals, you can achieve the desired result very quickly, but it should be borne in mind that chemicals (permitted) are phosphides. It is a deadly poison for many warm-blooded animals, including pets. Soil treated with a chemical also becomes dangerous, which is especially important for those who have small children or pets.

Let's briefly consider the most commonly used tools:

• Hunter anti-rodent is a strong poison that causes suffocation in rodents. It is made in the form of a briquette with cheese, flour and substances that attract rodents.
• Nutcracker - very effective remedy in the fight against shrews. The thick substance is placed near the burrows.

There is also an alternative method of dealing with moles and shrews that does not harm them - a special plastic net. When laying a new lawn, a grid is installed on the prepared soil, a thin layer of earth is poured on top and the grass is sown. You can do this around the entire perimeter of the summer cottage. This creates an effective obstacle to the underground inhabitants.

Since moles and shrews are solitary animals, getting rid of them will protect your site from the encroachment of pests for a long time. Have a good fight!

Fighting moles and shrews: video

Moles and shrews on the site: photos

Those who have a summer cottage are familiar with the problem of the presence of moles. Often to uninitiated people, moles seem to be a mythical and stereotypical problem. But when summer residents begin their activities on the site, it soon becomes clear that the moles do not live somewhere far away - in the field, in the forest, but specifically next to us.

If there are moles in a certain area, then these are not two or three animals, but a whole community that is able to dig up the entire site up and down, spoil the appearance of a neat lawn, and destroy a significant part of the long-awaited harvest.

Therefore, summer residents who are familiar with the problem of the invasion of moles are trying to get rid of them by all methods. Having decided to deal with moles, you need to choose the most convenient, affordable and humane method.

Scaring away moles

There are several methods humane struggle with moles:

• ultrasonic scarers;
• sound devices (bottle turntables, rattles, firecrackers);
• aromatic repellents;
• a standard barrier in the form of an underground fence.

Sound method is not always effective, since for the functioning of the turntables it is necessary to strong wind... The ultrasound method is highly effective, but it should be borne in mind that ultrasound can act as an irritant on people.

Build an underground barrier Is a radical solution to the problem. The only drawback of this method is the laboriousness, since along the perimeter of the entire site you will have to install an obstacle a meter or more depth.

Crushed garlic, hemp, herring heads, and even tow soaked in tar or kerosene are placed in the holes. All this will frighten off the moles, but they will return as soon as the smell disappears.

Due to the lack of effectiveness of deterrent methods, summer residents have to use more stringent measures in the fight against moles.

Application of poison

The poison can be used when summer cottage small children do not play, pets do not live (dogs, cats, chickens, etc.) and there is no potential threat to poison someone other than moles.

The mole is a carnivorous animal, therefore, he may not pay attention to poisoned grains, granules, pieces of poison. For such cases, special poisons have been developed with a high degree of attractiveness. They contain special enzymes that mimic the smell of meat. For instance, Mole Slayer, Mole Launcher, Ratox.

The use of a poison is a time-saving and economical way, placing the poison in the garden takes only a few minutes, and the cost of the poison usually does not exceed 100-200 rubles. For many summer residents, this method is unacceptable for ethical reasons.

Trap or trap

The main difference between traps and traps is that in some cases the moles will die, while in others they will remain alive. The choice of the trap remains with the personal preference of the summer resident.

The most common trap is a spring crossbow and a common mousetrap. Their design is simple and easy to use. The trap is set in burrows in the excavated places of movement of moles, preferably in two directions, since the mole can come up from any side.

Usually a mole touches a special lever with its body, the triggering mechanism is triggered, and if it is a mousetrap, then the mole is pressed with an elastic wire, and in the case of a cross-fire, the sharp part of the trap strikes it through and through.

Traps are more difficult to use. The point of the trap is to catch the animal without harming it. Then it can be released into the wild. The trap is a container for the trapped mole and a release valve that will close the container when the mole is directly trapped.

Mole baiting by dogs

Dog baiting is a biological method of controlling moles.

For efficiency, it is desirable that the dog is a hunting dog. A few small dogs will help you deal with moles forever. Moles of dogs are very afraid and will immediately leave the site as soon as they feel that they are being hunted. The only problem can be the carelessness of the dog itself; during the hunt, it can do more harm than the mole itself.

Some farms use cats, which scare away and catch the pest.

It is worth remembering that moles can be potential carriers of certain diseases... This must be taken into account before releasing dogs to hunt and cats to hunt. It is advisable for pets to get appropriate vaccinations.

Planting plants that the mole doesn't like

There are a number of plants that the mole does not tolerate on the site and leaves for other places:

• marigold... They have a pungent odor. They scare away not only moles, but also other pests. Euphorbia and castor oil plants have a similar effect. But you should be careful when using these plants as they are poisonous and can harm children.
• disembarkation siberian forest (a variety of tulips), imperial hazel grouse, ornamental flowering onion is a safer method, but the effectiveness of these plants is much lower. These plants can be used on the site if there are small children.
• if you want to get down to business radically, then along the perimeter of the entire summer cottage you can land legumes... They will be a natural barrier on the path of moles to your site.

Flood

Since the mole is a burrowing animal, its home in natural conditions is susceptible to flooding, during which they have to get to the surface and go to drier places. Therefore, summer residents simulate a flood by pouring water from a hose into the mole holes.

This method is effective if you need to lure out a small number of moles.

The existing molehills are filled with water as much as possible, the water destroys the mole's passages and it has to leave. In the case when there are a lot of mole holes and underground passages, using this method you can flood the entire garden, spoil some plants, soak and tamp the soil. It should also be noted that the mole is likely to return. And it is unnatural to maintain the state of flooding in the garden.

Given the huge number of methods for dealing with moles, several of them can be combined to greater efficiency... For example, plant appropriate plants, set up a few turntables, periodically place aromatic repellents in burrows, and get a cat. This will help to cope with the invasion of moles.

Summer residents are always uncomfortable with the presence of any pests in the garden, especially when, at first glance, such large and dangerous animals as moles start up. But you should not strive to quickly get rid of moles, especially if their number is small.

Remember that the mole is directly beneficial to the garden. It exterminates wireworms, who do not just eat potatoes, but spoil them by making thin through passages in them. They do an excellent job with May beetles and bears, such pests can cause much more widespread harm than a mole.

If there are too many moles, then you should not start using radical methods - traps and poison. It should start trying to scare them away, lure them out, catch them and put a barrier around the perimeter of the garden.

The European or common mole is a small animal, no more than 15 cm long. It lives underground, arranging underground labyrinths at a depth. Gardeners do not like moles and fight them hard.

Why are moles dangerous?

Unlike hamsters, moles do not eat crops. They do not destroy tulips and potatoes, do not gnaw carrots and other root crops, they are not interested in cabbage, like any plants. Like mole rat shrews, moles belong to insectivores, feed on earthworms and soil insects, destroying many pests. And yet, a mole can harm plantings. Mice and bears walk along the moves he made, gnawing at the roots and destroying the crop.

A mole on the site arranges molehills - dumps of soil, similar to small volcanoes that spoil appearance garden, hinder the work of garden equipment. One mole, appearing in the garden, can spoil the whole landscape design... Quickly, there will not even be a trace of perfectly flat lawns and lawns, and the site after the work of the self-styled "designer" looks deplorable. In many cases, mole control is a necessary and justified measure.

Prevention of the appearance of moles

It is not easy to get a mole that has taken root from the site, so it is better not to bring the matter to war, but to use preventive measures. Prevention is more humane and cheaper than killing animals.

If the neighbors have molehills, you need to install a fencing system of sound scarers along the border of the site. The device is dropped into the soil and batteries are placed in it. Moles and shrews, bears and mice begin to bypass such a site, since they do not like the harsh sounds that are heard under the ground. The devices are in the ground and a person almost does not hear sounds - this is a pleasant difference between a mole repeller and a household rat and mouse repeller.

Important! For prophylaxis, devices that emit ultrasound are not suitable, because they need to be inserted into existing holes. Ultrasound, unlike ordinary sound, differs poorly in the soil, but it spreads remarkably along the mole passages.

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There are folk remedies for moles that do not require purchase costs electrical devices... It has long been noted that animals do not like the smell of garlic, onions and legumes, and if you plant a site around the perimeter with these plants, moles will bypass it.

How to scare away moles

If the mole has already started up on the site, it will not be easy to scare it off its familiar place, but it is always better to do it in a humane way, without destroying a useful animal. These methods include

• smelling;
• vibrating;
• ultrasonic;
• biological.

As mentioned above, moles do not like the smell of garlic. To scare them away, you need to prepare a mixture of crushed garlic and camphor alcohol and spread it over the holes. You can also use to scare away:

• kerosene;
• diesel fuel;
• ammonia water;
• valerian;
• vishnevsky ointment;
• rotten eggs;
• kefir;
• acetone;
• naphthalene;
• petrol.

Objects moistened or smeared with these substances are laid out in molehills, and sprinkled with earth on top. The animal will not dare to approach the source unpleasant odor and leave the site.

Vibrating devices are powered by the wind. Moles, like all underground animals, are sensitive to noise and sounds. When the ground is shaken, the animals hide and try to find the source of danger. If this happens often, then they will feel uncomfortable on the site, and after a few months they will leave it. To shake the soil, use different devices, but they all operate on the principle of a conventional turntable. Experienced gardeners know how to get rid of moles with a regular plastic bottle.

Homemade plastic bottle repeller:

Simpler devices can also be used.

• empty glass bottles dug into the ground at a 45-degree angle against the prevailing winds;
• beer cans, put on metal rods stuck in the ground.

Ultrasonic mole repellents propagate sound waves. Ultrasound irritates and frightens animals, forcing them to move away from an unpleasant place for them. Ultrasonic devices are placed in the holes of moles, animals leave the site after 1.5-2 months. One device is usually enough for 2-3 acres.

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• There is no escape from moles, NOTHING helps, which I just didn’t try, no flood, no exhaust gases, no sound signals, no windmills, no beans, no rusty herring, no poison, no cats, I also forgot about naphthalene and thorns from burdock, all they do not like. Once a few years ago, a neighbor poured carbite on the minks. disappeared for two years, then reappeared. only there is no carbite. (I also tried sulfur checkers and traps). Now the mercy of the winner simply surrendered.
• The mole eats yes xs what does he eat. but thanks for clarification .... cap
• Everything is easier for me. Sustainable ecobiocenosis on the site and food chains.
• Put acoustic speakers face down between the beds and turn on the music. A couple of sessions and all the moles will run away to the neighbors. Verified
• Poison from moles is sold, my dog \u200b\u200bdigs them out and throws them up)))
• It's a good idea to use bottle trills. To do this, an empty champagne bottle is injected into the ground in an open, ventilated place at an angle of 45 degrees relative to the soil surface. Howling wind in empty bottles scares these animals away.
• I agree with the previous answers. I just want to clarify that the imperial hazel grouse has a particularly strong (literally unbearable!) Smell yellow color, which does not prevent rodents from quietly digging their passages nearby, although they do not touch the bulbs. But the red hazel grouse practically does not smell.

KakProsto.ru

The smell of what plant are mice and moles afraid of?

Tatiana Tsivilskaya

They are not afraid of anything, bastards, except for cats-mousetraps. Last winter in country house they left the electronic cat turned on - they left, however, they promised to return in the spring and eat all the tulips in the garden. Promise fulfilled ...
They don't like blackroot, elderberry

Noise Maker

Such a pest for plants as aphids is familiar, perhaps, to every gardener. It is difficult to get rid of the small Lepidoptera without chemicals, but many gardeners use very common plants as a deterrent.

Tatiana Moiseeva (Ivanova)

The old grandfather's method: break a reed 1.5-2.0 meters long and insert a reed into each burrow that comes out to the soil surface, so that 60-80 centimeters remain on the surface. Moles cannot see, but they hear well. In windy weather, the reeds create the effect of "howling the wind in chimney"and somehow inexplicably affects moles. The effect is unexpected. The moles disappear in a week.

Tatiana Isaeva

Arrange a flood in their holes !!! XD Helps ...

JANA FROM AZERBAIJAN

The mole is an animal - it eats worms.

Nina Ablalimova

The mole is not very bad, it eats slugs. Ground toads eat mosquitoes, lizards also eat someone. Hedgehogs eat just about anyone - insects, toads, lizards. Country cats do an excellent job with moles and mice. In general, these are all predators, living on protein food.
You fill his hole with carbide and pour water there, he jumps out, and you shovel him
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An old grandfather's method: break a reed 1.5–2.0 meters long and insert a reed into each burrow that comes out to the soil surface, so that 60–80 centimeters remain on the surface. Moles cannot see, but they hear well. In windy weather, the reeds create the effect of "howling of the wind in the chimney" and in some inexplicable way affects the moles. The effect is unexpected. Moles disappear after a week. Old people say that this method is already 200 years old.


If we are talking about the smell, then pour your night bucket into their burrows Animals with urine mark the territory They will understand

Lavender

Hazel grouses did not help us, the whole garden is dug up and down

** ALGA **

I was advised to leave mint from mice in the house for the winter. Will it help you or not. But there are no mice in the house for 3 years already. On the site I also have a lot of mint and no mice.

granny

Aphids are small insects that can spread rapidly, causing various damage to leaves and stems. It feeds on plant sap, as a result of which, garden plots, planted with beautiful flowers, come to aesthetic scarcity, and sometimes aphids are affected by such serious viruses that the plants simply cannot cope with them and die.

olga Plum

You can get rid of the invasion of moles in an original way... Put rotten herring into holes. Animals will leave your site for several years

Olga

To score on them, or change the site, that's all known methods - ineffective,

Albina Boytsova

Moles feed on soil invertebrates, among which earthworms predominate, in smaller quantities they eat soil-dwelling insects and their larvae.

Anna Malchikova

So the livestock is regulated.

Only imperial hazel grouse against moles will protect or the smell of bulbs of any kind of hazel grouse scares away moles from the site

elena orlova

Let him dig, you feel sorry for chtoli?

VIKONT

Do moles eat potatoes?

ღ M @ rin @ ღ

You can get rid of the invasion of moles in an original way. Put rotten herring into holes. The animals will leave your site for several years.
Will not protect .. I planted a bed of lilies with bulbs of imperial hazel grouse, especially from mice and moles ... so the mice ate half of the onion ... planted elderberry from mice. ... so mice dug a subway under it

Maria

It is believed that blackroot or elderberry, but my mice probably do not read literature
Mice cannot stand the smell of elderberry branches. And so that there are no such animals on the site, plant hazel grouses. The smell of the bulbs seems to scare them away.

Elena Akentieva

Planting umbrella plants in the garden will help prevent the appearance of aphids. For example, carrots, parsley, dill and many others, which attract such dipterans as hoverflies - ardent eaters of aphids. Highly good way place flower pots filled with wood shavings in the garden - earwigs (in the common parlance of two-tails), which love to eat aphids, will most likely live there.

Olga

Moles are afraid of beans. You can lay out the plucked green beans (tops, side shoots) in its moves. The mole doesn't like it. You can plant the whole area with beans: not very densely, at a distance of 60-70 cm between plants. Beans should be planted somewhere along the border of the site, for preventive purposes

Hedgehog

There is a device that produces something like an ultrasound and disperses rats and moles.

Marina Mirutenko

In addition to those who have spoken: the mole not only eats worms, he prepares them for the winter, alive! Bites off the worm's "head", that is, the front part of the body, where the worm has a mouth, and folds them (headless worms) in the hole. A worm without a head can not crawl away, well, it waits for its head to regenerate. Read the article "These amazing worms" on the site "Golden Lily" Very informative.

MILGA MILGA

And from any alarm clocks and poisoning, I'm afraid the moles will escape, the slugs will multiply, the cats will not have enough hunting objects - they will leave, and the mouse I don't need will reign.

Yin Yang

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For the first time I hear that moles harm potatoes, rather, on the contrary, they destroy dangerous pests than protect potatoes. Moles are very helpful.

yurevnicolay

Moles are afraid of beans. You can lay out the plucked green beans (tops, side shoots) in its moves. The mole doesn't like it. You can plant the whole area with beans: not very densely, at a distance of 60–70 cm between plants. The beans should be planted somewhere along the border of the site, for preventive purposes.

please, help

Angel of Darkness

These are the same tales as about muzhegon plants ...

It seems like a grouse is what moles are afraid of the smell of bulbs, this is for sure, and burdock plants pluck its thorns and lay them out where necessary from mice

Elderberry!

One of the reliable medicines against garden pests is a decoction of wormwood, just brew an armful of mature wormwood (distinguished by yellow inflorescences) in a ten-liter bucket of hot water, cool it. This broth must be periodically watered and sprayed on the garden plot. Wormwood serves as a reliable way to combat both existing aphids and a means of preventing their occurrence in the future.

Put green hemp branches into his moves. They rotting, emit a specific smell, which these animals do not like very much, the animals leave the garden. Such a remedy works for two or three years

A spinner on the pipe helps from the mole. range of about 3-5 meters

Question to Alex: how does a mole determine where the head of earthworms is? Here with the eyes, you cannot immediately determine where the worm's head is, and where the tail is ...

Usually they confuse a mole and a water "rat" (correctly - a water vole). The mole does not eat plants; it does eat those who eat plants. And loosens the soil. But the gnawed carrots, the roots of apple trees, like those chopped off with an ax - are the tricks of a vole. She lives on the shores of reservoirs in summer and moves to gardens in cold weather.

And what kind of cat?

Destroy "dangerous", who is this, worms or what, dangerous? ... Tortured by these "useful" underground handsome men. They ruin crops worse than any bears, caterpillars, whiteflies, etc. God forbid, God forbid, these "useful" creatures! Whoever comes across the creation of these eccentrics at least once will never want to have them in his garden! Those who do not believe and disagree with me, settle at least one on your site, and he will not keep you waiting for a long time, will quickly show his abilities as an underground plowman. All plants are suspended above their passages, who likes it? That locusts are on the ground, so a mole is underground, that's my opinion ...

You can bury rags moistened with kerosene or tar in the ends of the beds and around the plantings.

I would try mechanical method protection. One of these simplest devices for dealing with moles and shrews is a spinner made from a plastic bottle. To make it, you will need a piece of ordinary water pipe and a plastic bottle. Pieces of pipes are driven into the ground so that their lower end is deeper than the level of the animal's moves. A pin with a diameter of 8-10 mm is hammered into the upper part of the pipe, reinforcing it in the center of the pipe with a wooden stopper. A hole with a diameter greater than the diameter of the pin is burned in the bottom of the bottle with a hot nail or metal pin. On the bottle, slits are made along a solid line, and plastic is folded along the dotted line. There should be 4 such bends. At the slightest breath of wind, the bottle rotates, the hollow pipe resonates and creates a noise that the animals are afraid of.

Mice are not afraid of my hazel grouse, but it does not grow in the house. My neighbors are spreading wormwood in the house, claiming that it helps. And with moles last year, it's just a disaster. I understand that they do not harm the plants, but they dug the entire lawn, nothing helps.

Blackroot medicinal should be doused with hot water and placed in a place where it is necessary to scare away mice (for example, in a hole or a house). It is good to pick the black root together with the seeds. Seeds with thorns that cling to mice and don't like it.

Fred shtorm

A decoction of pharmacy chamomile is effective in the fight against aphids: brew 6 sachets (or 3 tablespoons) per 1 liter of water. This broth should be periodically sprayed on places where pests accumulate, because they usually settle in nests and are clearly visible early in the morning when they fly out to feed. But the chamomile itself does not scare off aphids, on the contrary, the insect often settles on a wild flower, taking up space on the stem from root to bud.

This is how much water is needed to fill all the molehills !! ! I feel like a bottomless barrel ... It would be a great happiness to get rid of moles forever, well, or at least for a few years, but in my experience this is impossible, you can only slightly reduce their number. For me, this method seemed the most effective - I take tar, Vishnevsky ointment, ichthyol ointment, in general stinks. I take sticks, splinters, smear with these ointments and insert them into the holes as deep as possible. Moles really don't like those strong smells. Sometimes while I put a chip in one hole - a mole is evacuated from the neighboring hole, and here I am with a shovel! I so periodically lay out "vonisms" such, indeed, there are fewer moles.

Valentina Timofeeva

All of the above is ineffective at all .. They are not afraid of these scarecrows ... Checked ..

I'm on the right

Mole is an animal that feeds on worms on plant roots.

Konfitiur

If you still want to scare away - make noise. My neighbor hangs plastic bottles on metal rods driven into the ground. The wind knocks bottles on the branches, the moles don't seem to like it. But the voles don't care

Left I

Simple alarm clocks are started at different times, put in a jar, closed with a lid and buried in the ground. The alarms are ringing, the moles are leaving

Sergei

I also have a problem with moles on the site. One has only to water the bushes or trees, as mole heaps appear in the near-trunk moisture. Don't water it! It's the same with flowers. The flower beds are mutilated. Plants dry out as the roots hang in the air of the burrow. I reread a lot of information on fighting moles. Tried a lot. Banks - rattles regularly rattle, and moles dig right under them. I haven't tried it with reeds. I poisoned with gas (he drove the smoke from a sulfuric checker with an electric pump. It is terribly poisonous. He would have died himself). And the moles returned three days later. But this year I was lucky. I was standing with a bucket of water near a flower that I wanted to water, and then I saw that the mole was pushing the earth to the surface, and next to it, 30-40 centimeters away, there was another heap. And I threw the whole bucket there. I was lucky. The water immediately broke through the loose mound and went into the hole. The mole jumped to the surface, and I began to beat him with an empty bucket. Managed. As a result, moles no longer dug on a plot of about 3 acres for 2 months. I myself am surprised: Was it possible that such destruction was produced by one mole? However, I have 40 acres. And in the rest of the site, the moles continued to dig. I came up with the following trap: I dug one hole (heap), found passages there, determined their direction with a wire at a distance of up to 50 cm from the excavation in both directions. He poked from the surface into the hole with an iron rod, two holes (on either side of the dug hole. Then he took a hose, then a tee-splitter, and already stuck 2 hoses into the holes pierced by a rod up to the level of the hole ceiling. the mole quickly comes to repair the hole. And I often watched the earth come out to the surface. That is, the location of the mole can be determined. And when it is between two hoses, you need to supply water with maximum pressure. The mole is afraid of water, and it jumps out to the surface. Here you are. and spank him with a shovel. I, having prepared this water trap, go about my business. But when passing by I always look to see if the mole is working. Sometimes I miss it. Then I just remove fresh soil from the hole without touching the hoses. But when I catch him at work, I open the tap and it pops up. So this year I brought out moles in the most problematic places. Only 6 moles, but the flower garden, shrubs and vegetable garden will not be ugly anymore. And on the rest of the plot I have melons. e are terrible. try it. By the way, I have a dog. Dachshund. I had to wean her from mole hunting. If the mole dug holes five centimeters in diameter, then the dachshund, without catching the mole, dug a whole subway in a flower bed.
But, the most reliable is to get a dog, get rid of moles forever

Boris Stepanov

We stuck champagne bottles upside down into their exit-passages.

Alex

You know, it's so funny, buyers come in the fall and say give a hazel grouse, no two from the moles, they say it helps, but no one asked the moles, but even if this is what prevents the moles from digging on a plot of 6 acres everything around, without going up to hazel grouse? or it is necessary to plant the entire plot for them around the perimeter, and if we take into account that it costs 100 rubles in bulk, then it is necessary to buy bulbs for several million so that the moles would not pass, and they can undermine deeply and crawl under the hazel grouses much lower
I read that there are no mice (few), you need to have about 6-8 black root plants on a plot of 6 acres. In addition, it is also a medicinal plant.

How to get rid of a mole in a summer cottage?

Seryoga L

Lavender planted in the garden near roses is effective. This plant has an amazing property to scare away green aphids, thanks to which, delicious roses will remain safe and sound.

Olga Gallyamova

One gardener advised me: I poured carbamide into a plastic bottle from under mineral water (preferably half a liter), pierced several holes in the bottle, corked and hammered into the hole of the moles, preferably at the beginning and end, I did this in the fall, after the harvest, for three years without moles, they appeared on the next site, but we were bypassed so far, the smell of urea is very unpleasant, and the bottle crackles when the temperature drops, all this is not pleasant to our "friends", I think this year the procedure will be repeated.

Dmitry Tumilovich

Not so long ago, here, in the "answers" I read the answer of one summer resident, to the same question ... and so, you can get rid of moles if you put feces in their holes))))))))) moles immediately will disappear, since they are great cleanliness))

Ekkart

That's it, he doesn't care if he's blind.

sh to

There is a proven method: in the corners of the site (you can also in any other place), dig in empty champagne bottles, at an angle so that the neck looks out a little. When the wind gets into the bottles, the sound emitted from the bottles will frighten all the moles, and the bear too. They will leave this site.

Oksana Morozova

Catch.

Igor Goncharuk

It has nothing to do with the mole. He doesn't eat potatoes.

Olga

And about the mole rats:

Irina K

Now we plant legumes around the perimeter. There is no such invasion as before.

Inna Koshevitskaya

This is absolutely untrue. The smell is imperial hazel grouse, Persian, Edward's petillium. But moles, mice and water voles are not obsessively afraid of him and dig their passages right among the grouse bulbs.

oksana Kisko

Burdock cones do not like mice either. And of course they don't like the smell of elderberry.

Ruff

Many people advise planting nasturtium around the cherry tree, as it will serve as a distraction for black aphids. Moreover, it will not be difficult to defeat nasturtium aphids. In the fight against black aphids, thyme planted near legumes will also help.
Verified personal experience the way is to place wind turbines around the site. It is important to take into account that the turntables are not flimsy, but more serious, so that the vibration from them is strong enough for transmission along the ground - the moles will go to a calmer place - to the neighbors .. :)
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The mole does not in any way eat the roots of plants, it harms them by digging in, but it eats larvae, worms and others. but there are such pests as a shrew, a mole rat - these are eating root crops. and yet the mole is not afraid of water, oddly enough - they do not die in flooded meadows, but many of them die during drought.

forester

We do not pay attention to them in the garden, let them live!
He's actually a local This is you come in large numbers Where it interferes with pouring a night bucket into the hole Animals mark their territory like this

*** Lyudmila ***

Have pity on the smaller brothers. To deprive a mole of life because of a couple of flowers. In my opinion, blasphemy.

M

This year, as never before, there are a lot of mole rats. I drew attention to the fact that mole rats do not come to the field, rainless vegetable gardens, the owners of which have placed empty plastic bottles upside down on sticks along their borders. It turns out that the use of turntables and other noise devices still helps.

Barbara Krasa

What do the people say about the blackroot? How effective is it against mice? Or is it also for "suckers"?

what does a mole eat ?? mole is an animal

Alex

Nonsense about hazel grouse - none will protect. As I read in one article, a mole may "dislike" a mole only if the mole in the ground literally sticks its nose into it.

Kirill bl ...

And in hazel grouses (especially imperial ones), the smell is already felt when approaching the garden bed where they grow.
Special watering from a decoction of nettle can expel pests from the garden plot. You can brew a young green plant and already dried, the volume of water and herbs is 3: 1. Periodic watering with this broth will get rid of aphids in a couple of days.

Vladislav Nikolaevich ©

Rue and aspen, hawthorn branches, there is a belief that one touch of hazel is enough to kill a snake, Heather is used as a repellant against snakes. Fern is scattered around the house and around Kupala so that poisonous snakes and evil spirits could not appear near the house. A poplar branch was carried with them as a talisman against snakes (Czech Republic).

LEGE artis

Well, personally, we got rid of it like that, under great pressure, we poured water into the holes and generally made a flood on the site, and we did this several times, the moles disappeared! Of course, not everyone has a water supply system at their dachas, and there will be no use from a watering can

Alex

Read here http://gazoninfo.com/?p\u003d682

Alevtina Novoselova

Get such a bigger and more abductive cat, a rat trap in one word is better than two, they will clear the area of \u200b\u200ball mice, rats and moles.

oleg solovyov

You can only scare away. I put mothballs in minks, enough for the season, they don't dig in this place, go to others

Sergey Krishtal

Friends bought an electronic scarer - they ran away. And so the whole garden was like after carpet bombing.

Svetlana D "H

To enhance the effectiveness of this technique, we propose the design of the simplest spinner made of a plastic bottle.

Andrey Kolodiy

First of all, you cannot destroy their passages, in response they will start digging new underground labyrinths nearby.

Olga

In confirmation of this - this question is often asked here and no one has yet boasted of getting rid of a mole by the presence of hazel grouses in the garden.

Ilya Konstantinov

Black root is photographed before flowering and seed formation.

how to get rid of moles at their summer cottage? (zadolbali)

Galina

In no case is it recommended to abuse various kinds of chemicals in the fight against aphids, as they will harm insects - aphid lovers: earwigs, hoverflies, ladybirds and some others. Therefore, the most the best option in the fight against garden pests - this is the planting of the necessary plants that can most safely for your garden to cope with aphids.

What harm can a mole bring to a gardener? Unlike hamsters, moles do not eat crops. They do not destroy or gnaw carrots and other root crops, they are not interested in cabbage, as, indeed, any plants. Like mole rat shrews, moles are insectivorous animals, feeding on earthworms and various soil insects, while destroying a huge number of pests. And yet, a mole can harm plantings. On the moves made by him, mice are walking with might and main, gnawing at the roots and destroying the crop.

A mole on the site arranges molehills everywhere - dumps of soil, similar to small volcanoes, which spoil the appearance of the garden, hinder the work of garden equipment. One single mole, appearing in the garden, can ruin the entire landscape design. Very quickly, there will not even be a trace of perfectly flat lawns and lawns, and the site after the work of the self-styled "designer" will look deplorable. Therefore, in many cases, the fight against moles is a necessary and justified measure.

Prevention of the appearance of moles

Moles started up on the site, how to get rid of these annoying ones? It is not easy to remove an already established mole from the site, therefore it is better not to bring the matter to war, but to use preventive measures. Prevention is more humane and cheaper than killing animals.

If the neighbors have molehills, you need to install a fencing system of sound scarers along the border of your site. The device is dropped into the soil and batteries are placed in it. Moles, and with them shrews, bears and mice, begin to bypass such a site, since they do not like the harsh sounds that are heard under the ground. By the way, the devices are in the ground and a person practically does not hear sounds - this is a pleasant difference between a mole repeller and a household rat and mouse repeller.

Important! For prevention, devices that emit ultrasound are not suitable, because they need to be inserted into existing holes. Ultrasound, unlike ordinary sound, differs poorly in the soil, but it spreads remarkably along the mole passages.

There are folk remedies for moles that do not require the cost of purchasing electrical devices. It has long been noticed that moles and shrews do not like the smell of garlic, onions and legumes, and if you plant a plot around the perimeter with these plants, the moles will bypass it.

How to scare away

If the mole has already started up on the site, it will not be easy to scare it away from its familiar place, but it is always better to do it in a humane way, without destroying a useful animal. These methods include

• smelling;
• vibrating;
• ultrasonic;
• biological.

Smell scare - as mentioned above, moles do not like the smell of garlic. To scare them off, you need to prepare a mixture of crushed garlic and camphor alcohol and spread it over the holes. You can also use to scare away:

• kerosene;
• diesel fuel;
• ammonia water;
• valerian;
• vishnevsky ointment;
• rotten eggs;
• kefir;
• acetone;
• naphthalene;
• petrol.

Objects moistened or smeared with these substances are laid out in molehills, and sprinkled with earth on top. The animal will not dare to approach the source of the unpleasant odor and leave the site. Vibrating devices are powered by the wind. Moles, like all underground animals, are very sensitive to noise and sounds. When the ground is shaken, the animals hide and try to find the source of danger. If it happens often, then they will feel uncomfortable on the site, and after a few months they will leave it. Various devices are used to shake the soil, but they all operate on the principle of a conventional spinner. Experienced gardeners know how to get rid of moles with a regular plastic bottle.

Simpler devices can also be used.

• empty glass bottles dug into the ground at a 45-degree angle against the prevailing winds;
• beer cans, put on metal rods stuck in the ground.

Ultrasonic Mole Repeller propagate sound waves. Ultrasound irritates and scares animals, makes them move away from the place that has become unpleasant for them. Ultrasonic devices are placed in the holes of moles, animals leave the site after one and a half to two months. One device is usually enough for two or three hundred square meters.

Biological mole repelling is perhaps the easiest and most enjoyable to use. To do this, you need to get a cat or a cat on the site. These animals masterly catch moles, mice and shrews. Cats feeding kittens are especially active in hunting. Small animals hunt very well hunting dogs: dachshunds, spaniels. The natural enemy of moles is a weasel, if it began to visit your site, you should not try to scare it away or catch it.

The best poisons for moles

Many are skeptical about poison from moles, and it is understandable why, if we remember that a mole in the garden does not eat anything except live insects, and they have not yet learned how to produce poisoned larvae and worms. Nevertheless, the chemical industry produces a number of drugs to help gardeners:

• granules "Nutcracker" with a toxic substance bromadialon;
• remedy for moles "Krotomet" russian production with a garlic smell;
• granules "Antikrot" with a repelling flavor;
• aromatic balls "Detia" with lavender oil (not to be confused with lavender).

Chemicals are used as follows:

1. Put on gloves.
2. Slightly tear apart the mole to find all the moves (2-6) in it.
3. The drug is placed in the passages in the amount recommended by the manufacturer.
4. Bury the mole.