I have had attacks from Sagae to smaller plants,so I would have to say no. One thing I do know,however,if you amend your soil and make it nice and fluffy,voles love it! They can dig easier. Now,I just dig a hole right in the native soil,plant the hosta,water in,add mulch,and walk away. This seems to work best for me Some people add grit,small stones to deter thm,and it may help,but voles like to use mole tunnels to travel about also. That's more info than you probably wanted,but that' my two cents worth! Phil

We had a big discussion about moles and voles sometime last winter I think. I think it was done by McTavish, if you wish to google it. Lots of pictures, discussion about what moles eat, what voles eat, and how to control them. The whole thread is about it, including the subject line, so it would be fairly easy to tell when you turn it up.

The hosta that are planted in wire waste baskets are rather vole resistant. Other than that, I think nooooo...

Don B.

lets straighten you out a bit ..

moles eat worms and grubs.. etc... they dont eat hosta ...

they may burrow under small hosta which eventually sink..

but in my experience.. they dont eat hosta...

its entirely a vole issue

man you got it bad between bad tree roots..

wanting drought resistant hosta..

and now.. voles ...

think pots.... and resolve all your issues ...

ken

voled eat the roots of hostas.

Yeah, we know. That's the problem.

Not for me, of course. I live in a blackland prairie. It would take quite a strong vole to make it through that dirt (un-amended, it's like concrete, except when it rains. Then it's like black goo.)

A few years ago, a gentleman who grows/sells heirloom flower bulbs in East Texas (where they have sandy loam) was having a vole problem.

Someone suggested he get a pair of ferrets. You let one out at a time. That one will always come back as long as you don't release them together.

Whether he got the ferrets, I don't know.

He's still in business, though. It appears that his business is thriving according to the emails I get.

bk