A new obstacle...Moles.

[Moll. 1,793]

I'm busy trapping the gardens of a cottage, and have never encountered this problem before...sandstone seams under the ground, they range from an inch down to more under the surface of the lawn. Very hard to find the tunnels in places.

Any hints and tips please?

[THLpatrick 555]

Get a vibrator...

 

no seriously a mole vibrator kept our garden free for years

 

unless you want to hunt them...

[TOMO 29,203]

Get a vibrator...

 

no seriously a mole vibrator kept our garden free for years

 

unless you want to hunt them...

 

waste of money,,, been to so many mole jobs with one of those in the midle of the garden,,, and i can garrantee theres a dozen other pesters on here done the same...........................the only reason theres no moles in your garden patrick , is because they dont want to be in your garden,,, perhaps lack of invertibrates for them to eat...

 

 

as for vibration keeping them out,,, you see millions of mole hills next to roads

[TOMO 29,203]

not quite clear on what you mean moll,,, unless you mean the run is almost on the surface,,,, i asume there are hills??

you can trap in the hills,,, probe the hill till you locate the tunnel, then set your trap,,

[nod 285]

them sonic devices are brilliant, when i go to trap moles in some gardens i show them how good they are and use them as mole trap markers

[Steve Albano 21]

We catch moles right next to these vibrators all the time.

 

[J Darcy 5,871]

I tell you what....I wish I'd have invented the mole repellants!!! someones made a bloody fortune!

[Moll. 1,793]

not quite clear on what you mean moll,,, unless you mean the run is almost on the surface,,,, i asume there are hills??

you can trap in the hills,,, probe the hill till you locate the tunnel, then set your trap,,

 

That is what i am having to do Tomo, , but the soil is not compact and you cannot get a good sod out. Thought someone might have some hints on how to locate the runs near the surface, it is almost impossible to find them with the probe.

 

Patrick...it is pest control, not my own garden

[paulus 26]

not quite clear on what you mean moll,,, unless you mean the run is almost on the surface,,,, i asume there are hills??

you can trap in the hills,,, probe the hill till you locate the tunnel, then set your trap,,

 

That is what i am having to do Tomo, , but the soil is not compact and you cannot get a good sod out. Thought someone might have some hints on how to locate the runs near the surface, it is almost impossible to find them with the probe.

 

Patrick...it is pest control, not my own garden

if there near the surface shotgun works wonders

[talpa 55]

I'm busy trapping the gardens of a cottage, and have never encountered this problem before...sandstone seams under the ground, they range from an inch down to more under the surface of the lawn. Very hard to find the tunnels in places.

Any hints and tips please?

If you are getting vertical shafts coming up between the seams of rock so that you don't find runs use one of Steve's Trapline traps vertically, where a hill is over a vertical spoil shaft. Had a couple of tricky ones like this recently.

Talpa

[Moll. 1,793]

Luckily there are a few hills, so places i can trap (If the buggars go back) Have found out it is not sandstone seams but old foundations.

[DKGPestControl 22]

Moles do navigate along footings! I find the only trap that works consistently in these situations are the Talpex traps! Although the NoMole has worked before!