Re: perennials DIGEST V3 #252

In a message dated 7/29/2003 12:03:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
perennials-owner@hort.net writes:


> why the elbow? which end do you stick in the ground and do you think 
> it would work with chipmunks and groundhogs (yes, I know I'll need a 
> bigger tube!)
> 

Cheryl:
Lay the pipe on the ground....don't stick it in the ground........all 12 
inches laying flat with one end at or very near a vole hole.  The elbow creates 
the turn into darkness and the vole feels safe as though he were in a tunnel.  
Also helps keep the bait in the pipe.  
Chips might eat the bait and croak but I imagine they are a bit too large for 
1 1/2 inch pipe; groundhogs would need a 10 inch pipe and bait of similar 
size. 
One never sees the dead voles as they don'y die immedately.......apparently 
die in their hole. Proof of success is: #1 they don't eat the bait anymore and 
#2 They don't eat the plants anymore.  What more proof does one need.  Of 
course, you can set out peanut butter in mouse traps and you'll get a vole.....or 
a mouse....or an accidentally sprung trap........remember Litters per 
year,etc.  That's a lot of mouse traps.
Walter in Bucks County,Pa   

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