Voles cause a lot of damage in vegetable and ornamental gardens because they like to nibble on roots. However, there are also plants that they don't like at all. Below you will find out what these are and how you can use these plants specifically against voles.
Which plants keep voles away?
Voles avoid plants such as imperial crown, oxtongue, mullein, cross-leaved spurge, lilies and marigolds. They also keep herbs and vegetables such as garlic, leek, black elderberry, mint, thyme and basil away. Combine these plants to effectively eliminate voles from your garden.
These plants avoid voles
Voles, like all rodents, have a very keen sense of smell, which in most cases benefits them, but in some cases also benefits the garden owner. Voles can be driven away with smells, especially with plants that smell unpleasant to rodents. Voles can be driven away with both ornamental and useful plants.
Ornamental plants against voles
Voles avoid the following ornamental plants:
- Imperial Crown
- Oxtongue
- mullein
- Cross-leaved Spurge
- Lilies
- Daffodils
- Oleander
- sweet clover
- Tagetes
Herbs and vegetables against voles
Voles cannot smell the following crops:
- garlic
- Leek
- Black Elderberry
- (Pepper)Mint
- Hyssop
- Thyme
- Basil
Using plants against voles
Voles live in an area of up to 100 square meters and dig numerous tunnels. Therefore, the plants against voles should be distributed cleverly and can be supplemented with other smells. It makes sense to plant deterrent plants at all entrances and exits. Since voles also have different tastes, it is advisable to combine different plants.
Smells against voles
If you want to save yourself the effort of planting anti-vole plants in several places on your lawn, you can also work directly with “scent bombs”. To do this, you can either make a decoction from some of the plants mentioned above and pour it into the aisles, or you can make a manure from these ingredients. Manure smells particularly strong and drives away even the most stubborn voles. However, the brew must steep for two weeks to ferment. Apply your brew or manure every morning and evening for at least a week.
Tip
The smell of human and animal hair is also repulsive to voles. Add some tufts of hair to the aisles.
