A mole is a small animal that leads an underground life. It feeds on slugs and insects, worms and larvae. The silky hair of a mole is not clogged by the ground when moving, which helps it quickly move along its moves. The insectivorous animal finds its food, as a rule, in loose and fertile soil, that is, in a personal plot. It is here that his life activity also harms what a person grows for himself. Numerous winding passages underground lead to the death of plants.
Any owner begins to think about how to deal with moles in the garden after the appearance of the first mounds of earth among the ridge. There are many ways. However, not all of them radically solve the problem. The method of fighting moles, which saved the uninvited guests of one summer resident, may turn out to be simply useless for another.
What kind of measures to combat moles offer experienced gardeners? The simplest and most popular way is a metal pin stuck in the ground, on the free end of which a tin can is worn. The slightest movement of the wind sets the structure in motion. At the same time, the can, beating on a metal pin, makes a clang unpleasant for moles. For gardeners, this method helps to expel pests from the site. But not everyone can brag of the solution of this problem in this way. How to deal with moles in the garden otherwise? Unpleasant for pests sounds emit empty bottles of champagne buried at an angle of forty-five degrees. Negatively affects the mole’s hearing aid and the howling of the wind in the reed stems, which are stuck one and a half to two meters into dug holes. Unpleasant sounds make pests go away from their homes.
How to deal with moles in the garden, affecting their sense of smell? Experienced gardeners advise stuffing rags soaked in substances with a pungent odor into the mink of animals. For these purposes, kerosene or ammonia, naphthalene, standing urine or rotten herring are usually taken. However, the pest can intensely begin to dig new passages and dig up new minks to ventilate its labyrinths. Sometimes land owners use calcium carbide to expel moles . It is thrown into dug minks, and then poured with water.
How to deal with moles in the garden with plants? Beans planted around the perimeter of the plot can help in expelling pests. The stinking bulb, the smell of which is unpleasant to moles, has a flower of the imperial hazel grouse. Spiky twigs of raspberries or blackberries stuck in their way do not like pests.
How to get rid of moles on a site using the most effective methods? The most effective method, which has one hundred percent result, is to dig in around the perimeter of the section of fine-mesh wire made of galvanized wire or plastic. This barrier will not allow moles to appear on the site. It should be dug to a depth of at least 1.2 m. Instead of a mesh, you can use tin or slate. An effective pest control measure is the use of wire molehills.
Uninvited guests can be poisoned. For this,
earthworms are cut into pieces, sprinkled with poison, laid in dug minks and buried. Moles will certainly eat the food prepared for them.