If the garden is infested by voles, neither tulip bulbs, carrots, celery nor rose roots are safe from the voracious pests. Troubled gardeners are rightly wondering what to do about the destructive burrowers without resorting to chemical weapons. Read here what really helps in poison-free vole control.
How can you fight voles in the garden without poison?
To combat voles in the garden effectively and without poison, you can use their sensitive sense of smell and treat corridors with strong-smelling substances such as vole gas, turpentine, petroleum, carbolineum, butyric acid or thuja plant manure and castor oil.
Fight with stench – voles can’t stand these products
Voles have a sensitive sense of smell to orientate themselves in the eternal darkness of their tunnels. This is what the following means of poison-free vole control are aimed at. This is how you drive water voles and their ilk to hell with a stink:
- Fumigation with Vole Gas (€36.00 at Amazon) from Neudorff as smoke cartridges with the smell of lavadine oil
- Soak old cloths with turpentine, petroleum or carbolineum and stick them in the aisles
- Introduce butyric acid into the tunnel system at several points
- Make a mixture of thuja plant manure and castor oil and pour it into the walkways
However, these products carry the risk of becoming a victim of this odor attack yourself. You can avoid this disadvantage with the innovative remedy Dr. Stahl mole and vole free. Here the frightening smell is packed in balls that are buried a spade deep in the ground. The product develops its optimal effectiveness when it is used in three stages within 24 hours.
Tip
In the naturally managed garden, the mole is increasingly seen as a beneficial insect. The insect eater destroys huge amounts of plant pests and loosens the soil with its digging activity. Do you want to know whether you are dealing with a vole or a mole? Then stick a carrot into a tunnel. If it's nibbled on the next day, these tips for vole control will come in handy.
