While we enjoy their flowers, voles prefer the bulbs. In spring we eagerly await the carpet of flowers planted in autumn. But if mice live in the garden, they can spoil this pleasure for us. You can taste the onions.
Voles love roots and bulbs
Fight voles
It is enough for the rodents to eat the flower bulbs so they do not sprout in the first place. The reproductive voles should therefore be fought in any case. When they disappear from the garden, the flower bulbs are safe from them too.
- use appropriate control agents
- vole traps are ideal
- Chemistry only as a last choice
- colonize natural predators, e.g. e.g. cats
Shield bulbs
There may be periods of time when newly introduced voles have not been noticed. Or the culprit has long been known, but has not yet been completely expelled. Then you should protect your flower bulbs to be on the safe side:
- use special planters
- made of plastic or metal wire
- Onions are out of reach for mice in it
- alternatively, lay out rabbit wire as a barrier when planting
tips
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Flower bulbs that voles don't like: crown imperials, daffodils, grape hyacinths or checkered flowers.