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Post by Doug on May 31, 2012 4:11:49 GMT -6
Just discovered them yesterday while noticing a mound of soil on top of the grass UGH  |
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Post by coppice on May 31, 2012 4:20:09 GMT -6
I dunno if it makes em really go away, but does make me feel better to use my iron pry-bar and bash the mound a bit.
I figure if I squash one every ten=thousand strokes, I'm being rewarded.
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Post by Rita on May 31, 2012 5:16:11 GMT -6
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Post by Christy on May 31, 2012 10:11:51 GMT -6
I get them every year, same area at the bottom of the yard. Its like 4wheelin with the push mower   Some times I dont see em to know there there till a crap load of dirt flys out the mower. I just mow em over. usally they give up n make a hole elsewere cause summer time there not there anymore...till next spring n I mow em over again  |
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Post by mogarden on May 31, 2012 13:04:13 GMT -6
Some of the mounds being described here could be crawdads. Are they single mounds or long lines of dirt pushed up?
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2012 13:33:46 GMT -6
Plant some mole beans, dog tick beans(castor beans) around here and there.....you'll have no more problems.
They call'em mole beans cause moles hate'em......dog tick beans cause they look like a tick full of blood(the seed).....the real name is castor bean...and, it's avery pretty plant.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jun 1, 2012 3:03:09 GMT -6
Plant some mole beans, dog tick beans(castor beans) around here and there.....you'll have no more problems. They call'em mole beans cause moles hate'em......dog tick beans cause they look like a tick full of blood(the seed).....the real name is castor bean...and, it's avery pretty plant. they don't grow as well here as they did back home Bro, but they do grow here, and You are right, they are a very nice lookng plant...I had a line of em' down home...in the fall it took a small saw (I used a chainsaw on most) to cut em' down! didn't have any moles  Yep Coppice..I have shot em', drowned em', gassed em'....but none of those methods feels as good as when ya can see one a workin' and get a good "SWING" in on em'... I thinks Douglas that they "seen" your signature critter here and dey think yer a SYMPATHIZER    |
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Post by Doug on Jun 1, 2012 8:55:04 GMT -6
SYMPATHIZER  |
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Post by Wrennie on Jun 1, 2012 15:19:33 GMT -6
I had voles nip off my c astor bean seedlings one year. Am trying again.
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Post by lucy on Jan 29, 2013 1:19:46 GMT -6
Never had a mole problem until this yr. Now they seem to be everywhere. I remember Mom and Dad used to plant dog tick plants in the garden. Can you buy seed for them, or do you have to find someone who has the plant? I'm lost.
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Post by Pharmer Phil on Jan 29, 2013 4:16:26 GMT -6
Never had a mole problem until this yr. Now they seem to be everywhere. I remember Mom and Dad used to plant dog tick plants in the garden. Can you buy seed for them, or do you have to find someone who has the plant? I'm lost. Yes you can buy seed for them, Dog Tick plant is known Ricinus communis (Castor bean) the seeds are what Ricin, a deadly poison is extracted. I love the plants, YOU.being where you are should be able to grow very nice ones...In Missouri, I had them lining the south edge of the property...they got very tall...and the stalks so large I had to chainsaw them down...maybe an axe would have worked too... They come in green, and a dark red color..both the same plant. I have added some different sources below... ONE WORD OF CAUTION: The seeds from the castor bean plant, Ricinus communis, are poisonous to people, animals and insects.Click this link for safety info Lucy > Cornell UniversityClick links below for Seed Sources: Johnny SeedsHenry FieldsAmazon.com  |
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Post by Wrennie on Jan 29, 2013 14:09:40 GMT -6
I tried to save some seeds but they got rained on & soggy. Might have ta get some more.
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