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MoleMax & other castor oil repellents do work, to a degree. Sonic spikes- no. Mole traps- no. Voles don't seem to repeatedly use tunnels like moles do. I think they're just eating a path of roots, then on to the next one to forage. My yard (metro ATL) backs up to woods, and I've been fighting voles for years. Especially since we planted a garden a few years ago. The cat helped a lot when she was younger. Problem with the repellent is it's inconsistent - depends on how much rain you get, because it really needs to be watered in to repel them. And you have to stay on top of it. I start with a 5-6' band at the edge of the lawn, give it a few days, and do another adjacent band 6- further out, until I've pushed them outside the fence. But once I forget for a while, they're back, and I have to start over. And, I believe it's gotten less effective over the years. That's why I'm here- looking for more solutions. So I'm buying lengths of rain gutter, cut into 18" lengths and in half, staking over baited traps (so the dog won't get in it). I need to start killing them instead of repelling them.

Pinwheels. I have one bed I put an small old metal windmill in also never gets touched it make noise also.

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Pour the repellent down the holes.

The 10" of hardware cloth above and below need to also have a 6" or more ninety degree bend at the bottom running out away from the fence line to keep them from going under the lower end of the 10" underground.

They are always coming back even in few month. I am trying demontsnroys earth on the leaves now. Will see.

Great advice! Thanks!

Are the bugs too small to manually remove?

Voles are NOT field mice.....they are a totally different species.

I had chipmunks, note; HAD and did live catch with Hav A Hart trap and drove them 13miles away. I know that's an overkill of distance but so I had a reasonably clear conscience I put them near a water source. I caught 9 chips, 1 squirrel, 1 hawk catch and 1 feral cat catch, 2 wren catch (and release.) I used Kirkland unsalted nuts to entice them. Those holes are big enough for a chipmunk. Got rid of those and now I have moles, voles or whatever it is. Although I haven't done it yet there's a liquid form of castor oil, the smellier the better. Mixed with dawn dish soap in a garden sprayer or hose sprayer. Not only does the castor oil make the grubs taste bad but the dish soap will irritate the skin. Apply after a rain is best. People also use the old fashion whirly jigs but it needs to have a breeze. It vibrates the rod it sits on that then keeps them away. All things I've read but just passing along to others and have worked for them. Lots of videos out there to research.

3:40 Thanks so much Ned.

I use a repeating mouse trap placed in their runway. Caught about 40 voles in a summer month. Reduced their population significantly. Cutting grass short lets owls and foxes get to them easier as well.

Rabies and other diseases they bite Use poison!

I just found out that I had voles. They took 48 new tomato plants out Sunday night. Thanks for the information

Juicy Fruit is the treatment for MOLES, who eat grubs. I thought Old Alabama Gardener used Juicy Fruit, but he has a video on killing moles with Tom Cat worms. - ruclips.net/video/QrhgvzjngRI/видео.html

1:37 Exactly what I found, today, in the garden. Only larger.

Wish you made the video after seeing if the castor plants and infused earth was actually effective

Thanks Ned.

Got another good idea, super cheap, yet to do it but someone on a RUclips video said it worked for him with a real infestation of voles. Pin Wheels, he said they all disappeared and thought the wind on the Pin Wheel sent a vibration or sound into the soil that they can't stand. My next cheap solution a farmer guy mixed half flour half baking soda put it, think like a mouse, in locations on plastic lids from yogurt lids and such this white powder concoction. Viola rodents gone. When they eat this then drink some water it swells up kills them from the inside. If you have dogs or cats, rabbits roaming around shelter it from them even though it probably won't be enough for them to die from it. This guy put it in his chicken coup with no problem or interest from his chickens.

Voles and field mice are two different species. Field mice here will eat poison bait and will go after peanut butter in snap traps. Voles won't touch any of it here.

Let’s go Brandon

what kind of plant is this?

I have a neighbor cat that catches the voles in our front yard. Our garden this year is pots and raised beds wire on the bottom, our cardboard moving boxes, rock on top of the cardboard then the soil. Sprayed castor oil on the raised bed forms. We shall see.

After a break from battling voles due to injury, I am now over run by voles. Previously I used “Just one bite” bars with 0.005 % Bromadiolone that I cut into small pieces and dropped down their holes (deep enough so that birds would not get them) and by so doing, kept them in control. Now, over run by voles, I made and bought bait stations like and identical to JT Eaton 902 and baited it with Tomcatt with Bromethalin (0.01%), with twice the concentration but a similar but different name has not achieved any results. I read that voles do not like the taste of bromethalin. They even licked the peanut butter off the cubes , leaving the cubes untouched. Sadly, I just purchased a bucket of Fastrac, which also uses bromethalin (0.01%), so doubt it would be any more successful. Will try to find some more “Just One Bite” (0.005% bromadiolone) bars. The down side is they need to be cut down to size and a hole drilled in them so they will fit into the bait trap. By the way, a number of years ago, I used a plastic ground cover to help trap the heat for my sweet potatoes, only to find I had created a great hiding place for voles.

What if the leaves are very small or there are too many? And how do you treat the base of the plant since you can't wipe it down as easily?

HI Ned, Just wondering if the castor plants are working...How do you feel the Mole and Vole repellent is working? Do you recommend one over the other? Thanks!

Voles are not field mice. Next video please. And he did seem like a nice chap.

i was gifted a cebu blue and it has a lot of scale i think. it’s the same looking brown spots but it’s also bubbling the leaves. i chopped off 90% of its leaves and been treating it with bonide but i saw a new affected leaf so i will try to this method

Nothing of this will work in a very big garden (5000 m2).

Great video. Thanks.

Beautiful garden Very peaceful Lovely arrangements

Love the idea about castor plants! Going to try to is week thank you!

I have 8 10 foot castor plants in my garden and it didn't stop the voles. The oil is what they don't like. Try spreading the castor oil around as a barrier maybe that will work and castor oil is edible so no danger of poison to pets and children. One seed from the castor plant is enough to kill a kid if ingested and their is no antidote so you might want to cut the flower heads off when you see them forming.

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I really appreciate this video! I will be moving back across country. Where we was stationed I made a flower bed and two flower boxes. I’m taking as much as I can with me, now that you have shown me how to move store and house my flower babies. Thank again. Happy future flowering you guys. i must say the pandemic has really made me a garden girl🤭🤗❤️

This was very helpful! Thanks for this!

Damn you are cute with a great smile

Whatever you put in your garden you and everyone else will be eating BECAUSE YOU CANNOT STOP A RAIN RUNOFF IF YOUR GARDEN IS NEAR ANY POISON .TRUST AND BELIEVE YOU WILL EAT IT... COMMON SRNSE.. RAIN HAS NO BOUNDARIES IN A GARDEN UNLESS YOU MAKE THEM. SAME GOES FOR THOSE BOXES WITH RAT POISON .

Has anybody tried to use WireTek 1001 Easy Mole/Vole Eliminator Traps? They are scissor type traps.

For that small area traps should be good. Studies have shown that you need almost undiluted castor oil to actually repell voles.

Get a sniper rifle with a night vision scope for voles. Add in a six pack of beer and you're good to go.

I spray white distilled vinegar around the parameter of my garden, also clean up all trash and leaves. my neighboring garden get a lot of Voles, mine is not too bad.

I've just witnessed a cat entering a family of voles ear shot territory with magpies, blackbirds and jackdaws all making alarm calls. Prior to the cat appearance, the voles were happy foraging, but during the affray they were nowhere to be seen. Perhaps bird alarm calls are recognized by voles? It may be worth trying recording such an event in combination with a nearby predator then playing the recording back... distressing the voles.

Middle ga gardener here, I have had a garden for 4 years in this location and all of a sudden this year my merigolds, jalapeño pepper plants (still in grower pots), cucumbers, and many other flower varieties have been eaten down to the stump over night and ruined. Since I seed start in my greenhouse you can imagine how disheartening this is, so I’ve been shooting roof rats with a .22 when I see them in the field as well as setting traps, I’ve just realized all the mole/vole funnelings in my problem areas, I hope your solution helps because I’m ready to pull an all nighter to “fix” the problem

Nice video.. Straight to the point..!

The best way I have found is to use a small Tupper ware container ,cut a hole on each end kitty corner to each other and put a snap trap at each hole. They love to hide and can't resist going in. Empty the trap every day as you will have a constant number ,no bat needed. Recently the farm pest problem went away when an ermine moved in and since he is doing no harm to the chickens and other animals I couldn't be happier ! I don't know how you could get one to move in on purpose but they are mice and vole eating machines!

Okay maybe I’m weird but I don’t want to kill them but they are destroying my lawn. I’m going to be diligent about spraying with solution of detergent and castor oil, rake, reseed, and cross my fingers!

Mole Max does work, but if it rains or gets wet from watering your supposed to reapply more mole max. That can get quite expensive having to keep reapplying if you live in a area where it rains fairly often . Those caster plants might be a better idea long as the plants don’t poison your animals that run around your property? That would ruin that idea.