It’s long been a common request to apply grub control in the spring to get rid of moles. I’d get maybe one or two per year just about every year. However this year, I’m getting call after call about it. I know there’s a goofball in the local radio that comes up with all kinds of “natural lawn remedies” like chewing tobacco and Coca-Cola and other goofy ideas. Maybe that’s where the grub control thing is coming from.

So answer my poll.

Question:
Does putting grub killer on your lawn get rid of moles?

Choices:
No, it’s grub control not mole control
No, moles main food is earthworms so killing grubs has no effect
No, that’s an old wives tale
No, spring traps are the only effective way to get rid of moles

 

Correct me if I’m wrong, Sandy, but if I kill all the golfers, they’ll lock me up and throw away the key.

You kill the grubs and the moles go to the neighbors yard to eat.
Thats how it works in my area. I apply GrubX 3-4 times a years and have done so for the last few years and this has done the best to keep moles from digging my yard up.

Go to my neighbors on either side and everything is torn up from the moles!

I'm pretty sure moles will eat a grub just as fast as they will eat an earthworm. Just my opinion. Having said that, I have never found killing grubs gets rid of the moles. I think traps are really your best bet.

I have a much bigger problem with Armadillos. They will eat everything and they can decimate your lawn over night as well. A .410 works quite well on them.

Dad had the bright idea to rid the yard of moles by running a mix from his welding tanks into tunnels. Cover all the holes and light a fuse placed in one hole........

The yard looked kind of like Dresden 1945.
If it wasn't so funny, it would have been terrible. Mom was not pleased.

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It's been commercialized as the Rodenator

I encourage moles because they eat grubs and grubs eat the roots of my weeds/grass.

Works for us. I put down grub control & no moles. If I miss a couple years: moles. *shrug*

No. When you get rid of grubs, the moles just change their diet. They will eat earth worms, ant colonies, etc. In my experience, grub control is not an effective tool in mole control. Trapping is most effective but you need to be good at it and diligent. Tunnel traps seem to work the best.

I’ve actually ran a Rodenator. Kills those little buggers very dead. Don’t ever put it down the hole if you suspect the tunnel goes under a sidewalk or driveway. These things rock!

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Does putting grub killer on your lawn get rid of moles?

Moles eat lots and lots of insects, earthworms, and grubs but they don't digest lead from a shotgun very well. They also don't swim well in the bird bath.

My daughter used her corgi in pest control.
I watched him, on our lawn, one day stop, do a “polar bear” pounce, dirt flew, then he come up with a mole! One “snap” later he brought it for his treat.
I really loved that dog.

Nowadays it’s scissor traps and finding the feeder tunnels.

I’ve had two dogs that were mole killers, a Labrador and a American Staffordshire Terrier.

The Lab was plain goofy, he’d toss them in the air and catch them. Repeat.

The Staffie, one night she came in from outside, ran past me and jumped on the couch burying her nose between the back and the corner cushion. She was up to something but I wasn’t quite sure of what. I pulled her back from the corner, reached down into that corner and felt something wet and furry. Yep, a Mole. Glad I found it that night instead of a couple days later.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
Try this...

I'll see your blue whatchamacallit and raise you this wrist exercise machine (coming soon to a gym near you.)
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Hey, no one picked “it’s an old wives tale”. Well, it is. But all the choices are correct.

https://boughterslawncare.com/...-moles-in-your-lawn/

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Originally posted by Bassamatic:
I have a much bigger problem with Armadillos. They will eat everything and they can decimate your lawn over night as well. A .410 works quite well on them.

It’s raccoons up here. In the fall and winter they can turn over half your lawn overnight.

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Try this...

Yeah! That's good for whack-a-mole!!! Ingenious!!! LOL

Skunks will tear a yard up pretty bad looking for grubs and worms.

I don't use chemicals of any kind on property. My drinking water comes out of the ground.