How to deal with moles

A mole is an innocuous creature that looks a little like a rat in its appearance. Moles live only underground, do not fall into hibernation. In search of food and a new home, young molescan travel along the earth for distances of several kilometers. Feed moles only worms, larvae, butterflies or beetles. In this case, they never touch either the root or the aboveground part of the plants.

When the mole in the garden is digging its own way, do not think that everything is so bad. To begin with, think that Due to the mole's passage the aeration and drainage capacity of the soil is improved. In soft soil, plants grow much better. But it is these moves and give the villagers a lot of trouble, as moles accidentally damage the roots of any plant: garden and garden crops, flowers and trees. That, you see, is not very pleasant. Therefore, we have to fight the mole, although it is inherently beneficial to the soil and plants.

There are several ways to combat moles. Some of them are very radical: Only the complete destruction of moles gives you a guarantee that they will not return to your site again. Others are more humane. How to deal with moles will be you, it's up to you.

Repelling moles

Repelling moles Is the most humane way of fighting these animals. It aims to ensure that moles leave your site.

For this method of struggle there are various adaptations, for example, ultrasonic scarers, which produce ultrasound at a frequency of 300-400 Hz. They give the best result, but on the condition that you do not save, but place as many scares as you need according to the instructions. If you try to save money, the mole will simply move to another part of the site where you will not hear ultrasound. Also it should be taken into account that in a dense earth ultrasound propagates much better than in a loose one, therefore it is useless to insert a deterrent into a loose bed.

If you can not use ultrasonic scarers, then try using the grandfather method. Chop the reeds length 1,5-2 m. In the molehills insert the sticks so that on the surface there are only 60-80 cm of cane. When the wind blows, the reeds begin to vibrate and produce a sound that will scare off moles.

You can also try to put on the "weathervane" section of plastic bottles. For this in the bottle on the sides dorectangular incisions, bend them out to make wings. Then the bottles should be planted on sticks and stuck into the ground. But the fact is that this method can not always work. He helps one, others do not.

Also, do not believe in methods such as planting legumes or placing a rotten herring head in a molehill. Does not help.

How to remove moles

Now it is worth talking about more radical ways to get rid of moles. In advance it is necessary to warn, that it is not necessaryflood the molehills with water if you want to drown the animals. You definitely do not have enough water. Yes, and the mole in case of danger will seal the course of the earth. The same effect is given by the use of gas bombs. The mole will close the ground by the course through which gas begins to spread, and will dig new moves in another part of the site.

Therefore, it is best to use Mole Traps. They need to be properly installed. To set traps in molehills does not make sense, as it is necessary to find the place where the mole entered the site. At this point the ground will be raised in the form of a hemisphere. Tread the ground in this place and gently open the door. Here in it and put two traps, so they looked in different directions.

You can also to dig a mole out of the earth. For this, at dawn, when the mole is most active, it should be noted where the earth comes into motion. Drive the shovel and throw the mole out of the ground.

Another way is to dig up the molehill. Moles do not like drafts, so the animal quickly crawls to bury the course. This is where you can catch it. What will you do next with the mole caught is another matter.