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Voles?

12 years ago

I recently discovered some of my newly planted Tiger lilies had shrank. When I checked them out, they came clean out of the ground with no bulb! Something is eating my plants with bulbs. (No worries to the people I have traded Tiger Lilies with. Those are in pots.) How can I stop this from happening any more? They have also eaten all but 1 of my Canna lilies. They are only on one side of my yard, which I am grateful for, but I worry they will soon be all over. I don't want my plants that I have babied and worked so hard on to be destroyed. HELP!

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smurf4288
12 years ago
I have read that if you plant castor beans theres will be no more moles/voles.. they eat the roots and die.. If thats something you want to do, and not actually put poison down.. Not sure how fast it will work though, just an option
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