We have been growing 12 plants outdoors since May. They all look great, that is until 2 days ago. They are approximately 2 weeks into budding and all of a sudden one plant in the corner is completely drooping. The leaves are just hanging on it. It's not a water problem, they all are watered the same and until 2 days ago all looked fine. Just in case we gave it a little extra but still looks like it's dying. The only thing we can think of is a mole. My questions are, how do you get rid of a mole without it completely wiping out my whole garden? And would it be possible to fully dig up the dying plant and transplant it into a small kiddie pool and try to nurse it back to life? Or will that stop the budding process completely? Any help is appreciated, ASAP!
Mole in the garden?
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smokinpauly
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Moles are blind and run on scent 100%. feed it a treat and that will rid your mole problem. im assuming there is only one because they are territorial and will kill each other. hope this helps
imchucky666
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I think it's the moles (not gopher, the gopher is deeper, and leaves the mounds of dirt.) that generally burrow close to the surface, but if you walk or push down around that area, you will be able to actually feel soft spots where he has dug, that will compress very easily.
I have been using flares and/or poison in the lawn, but the poison I use that seems to work well is pellets that only require 3 or 4 individual pieces, about the size of rabbit feed and is easily applied very selectively.
It comes in an ice cream cone shaped yellow and white plastic container at Lowe's, and it's not broadcast, you just use the pointed tip of the container to poke a small hole in a tunnel when you find it, then cover it back up.
It works well, and since it's not just thrown all over the soil, I don't think you would have to worry about it really getting into the soil
smokinpauly
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they sell bags at lowes. they look like pellets.
Doobius1
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Not sure what kind of damage a mole could do with a tunnel. I think voles cause much more damage to plants. Moles are carnivores eat worms and grubs. Voles live in the ground are also called meadow mice and are vegetarians. They will eat the roots and bark off a plant. A buddy lost 10 plants this year from voles ringing his plants of the bark for moisture. Plants just fall over and die. He even tried wrapping the bald spots with tape and they chewed threw that.
Moles actually create tunnels through the roots creating air pockets which kills the roots. We bought some mole repellant that contains garlic and castor oil. Apparently they don't the like the smell of either. Learning that they don't like garlic I took a head of garlic that I had used to cook with and put the cloves in the ground near each plant. Does anyone know why a garlic clove would have an adverse affect on the plants? Also, thanks for all the help. I told my husband to get pellets to kill them and he came home with repellant. Hoping that works.
goten
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