Marshmallow killing moles

Yale

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Livestock Farmer
It's highly unlikely that your marshmallows are fertile, because you need both male and female trees, in close proximity to produce viable seed, and males are very rare. Also, it is common knowledge, that marshmallows prefer a much warmer climate: I doubt they'd germinate. You cold try a few in a cold frame or even better, a heated greenhouse.

Good look(y)

P.S. You need an acid soil for the pink ones.

Yes they tend to be grafted onto root stock as due to hybridisation which causes the difference in colour,it prevents fertilisation via pollination.:bookworm:
 
Or in a marshmallow induced coma!

Its difficult to say, there has been a few fresh diggings in the field that was treated.

Need to rake flat again and see, we've no traps in tho particular field, only marshmallows.

Its very difficult to say without seeing any bodies...

No marshmallow trees yet either.
 

wr.

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Breconshire
Or in a marshmallow induced coma!

Its difficult to say, there has been a few fresh diggings in the field that was treated.

Need to rake flat again and see, we've no traps in tho particular field, only marshmallows.

Its very difficult to say without seeing any bodies...

No marshmallow trees yet either.

Did you use the white or the pink ones?
 

PFH

Member
Does it have to be full size? Or can you get away with the small ones for your hot chocolate? Would go a lot further :)

I trialled the small ones last week and they don't appear to have worked.

Levelled all the mole hills on the field in front of the house (about 15 hills) and put 5 small Marshmallows down 5 separate holes. There are 6 fresh mole hills there now so going to try the bigger ones, perhaps they can swallow the little ones but choke on the biguns?!
 

PFH

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Plan B ? stool, darkness, shotgun?;)

Plan B has just arrived!!
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the zetor man

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so has anyone tried peanuts soaked in antifreeze yet ...there was a blog on a different forum in the states about greens keepers doing that on golf courses ..i'm going to have a go when ground dries up a bit ..to wet to harrow yet ...
 

Pond digger

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East Yorkshire
so has anyone tried peanuts soaked in antifreeze yet ...there was a blog on a different forum in the states about greens keepers doing that on golf courses ..i'm going to have a go when ground dries up a bit ..to wet to harrow yet ...
I can't see an animal that lives on worms taking to peanuts, or marshmallows for that matter.:depressed::yuck:
 

wr.

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Breconshire
Do we have any results in yet?
Begrudgingly, I risked one pink marshmallow. Can't say it killed the mole but I think it slowed him down for a day or two. :scratchhead:
 

milkloss

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Livestock Farmer
Location
East Sussex
You're all doing it wrong. What you need to do is tie a piece of string round each mallow so the mole can't drag it home. If he (or she) takes it home they can nibble on it as and when whereas if it's blocking the hole becasue the string holds it then the mole has to eat it in one sitting and gets stuck and dies of thirst.
 
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