My friend desires only peaceful coexistence with all the wonderful wildlife in her yard. She’s much nicer than me. I desire total garden domination. Oh I know that’s impossible, Mother Nature is ALWAYS in complete control (and she can be hard to work with when she gets in one of her moods.)
This cute little fairy wings (Epimedium grandiflorum ‘Bandit’) arrived last spring, by fall he had lost most of his roots to a viscous vole attach. He has only now been released from his rehabilitation pot in the nursery. He’s one of the lucky ones. They don’t all make it.
The voles have started a full out war. This last weekend, I rescued a 3 year old cast iron plant (Aspidistra ‘Asahi’) that was just starting to fill out, and a Corydalis ‘Blackberry Wine’. They are both in ICU now. It was bad.
This 5 year old hosta ‘Blue Angel’ has always been spectacular. It’s hard to see him like this.
Alright, enough of that, here’s how I’m going to win this war. My defensive strategies include: wire baskets, and rings of wire that go 7 inches into the soil. Rings are easier to make than baskets, but baskets are safer. I also bought a deterrent that you sprinkle on the ground.
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My offensive strategy is to poison them. Remember they started it. I was talking to a nice man at Plant Delights Nursery, asking how deep to plant my new Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaeme triphyllum ‘Black Jack’). I also wanted to know if it was susceptible to vole damage, and he said I should plant it in a wire basket. Of course I started complaining about the damn voles. He agreed they can be devastating when their numbers are high, and he told me what they do to control them. Locate the underground runs by poking around with a piece of rebar. If you can find a zig-zag run, that is usually a feeding run. (I can easily find the feeding runs by following the sick and dying plants.) Open up the run a little so you can drop in the poison, then cover it with a rock or something to keep the light out. Check the poison stations every week or two, and if they are feeding, make sure to keep the food coming. Mole poison probably won’t work because they eat different things. He had never used D-con mouse poison, so he had no idea if that would work. They use Rozol, but it’s a restricted substance. He also talked about feeding stations you can order on the internet, and that’s what I’ve decided to do. I ordered the Deluxe Vole Control Bait Station System – with Kaput Bait from Vole Control.
What is the matter with this sedum? His 3 brothers look great.
DAMN VOLES!!
While I’m waiting for my new system I tossed some mouse poison in the gapping hole where this sedum’s roots used to be. DAMN VOLES!!!