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Title: Pesky Moles
Post by: Weekend_Sawyer on April 14, 2003, 06:19:25 PM
 We lost 4 seedling white pines today to moles. We have planted 150 seedlings and there seem to be mole tracks everywhere! Our dog has cought a couple of them but we have a bumper crop of them this year.

 Without doing something that might hurt the dog, do you have any suggestions for getting rid of them?
Title: Re: Pesky Moles
Post by: hydeoutman on April 14, 2003, 07:04:43 PM
The first thing you need to do is eliminate the reason the moles are there in the first place. I have had great sucess with a product called Milky Spore. It might be a little expensive for some people but this product will last for ten years and is well worth it in my opinion.
Just one website I found to be the cheapest.
http://homeharvest.com/milkspore.html
Title: Re: Pesky Moles
Post by: Weekend_Sawyer on April 14, 2003, 07:51:01 PM
  I noticed on their website that the mole repelant contains 100% castor oil. Seems simple enough.

One friend of mine suggested jucy fruit gum, says they like to eat it and it pluggs up their systems.
Title: Re: Pesky Moles
Post by: Tom on April 14, 2003, 08:09:04 PM
It's a secret weapon.  The moles order that repellant with the castor oil when they are having to live on the land of that Smart A** that feeds them Juicy Fruit. ;D
Title: Re: Pesky Moles
Post by: hydeoutman on April 14, 2003, 08:29:58 PM
They also claim that human hair works as does cayenne pepper. I have had no luck with either one. Maybe the moles in your area have not found the blueprints yet :D :D and might have better luck.