Hello:
I have not had any good results versus voles with urine. However, I have
discovered that peppermint essential oil works very well. I put a few drops
(its very potent stuff) on cotton balls and scatter them where the voles are
eating and they quit. Also repels mice in buildings.
Best regards,
Sarah
Dieter Brand <diebrand@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi,
Does anybody know whether urine is effective for
repelling voles? Voles are supposed to have a very
sensitive sense of smell and seem to avoid anything
with a human odour on it.
At what ratio is urine diluted when used in the garden?
Is it used immediately or do I a let it sit for a while?
For how long is the repellent effect likely to last, if
there is one?
This is rather urgent, the buggers finish off one
salad after the other before I get a chance to harvest
any. In the summer they destroyed almost all of my
sweet potatoes. I bought 10 sweet potatoes to grow
more than 100 seedlings. When I harvested last week,
all I got was 5 sweet potatoes. At this rate I might
as well give up or use poison.
Dieter Brand
Portugal
PS: I use no-till with mulch, which doesn't help in
detecting the voles.
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