I Must Garden Mole & Vole Repellent: Professional Strength – Twice The Coverage – All Natural Ingredients - Pleasant Scent - 10lb

I have literally never written an Amazon review before, but I wanted to for this product. It works and it works exactly as advertised, but you have to have patience and follow the instructions. I had a bad infestation in my yard, exacerbated by the fact that there’s an abandoned house next to mine with a fruit tree - basically ground rodent heaven. Anyway, once the dirt piles started in my yard, they accelerated in frequency and got closer and closer to my house, which, again, seemed to be to be evidence of a bad infestation. After doing some research on potential fixes, I opted to give this product a try over things like spikes and poisons. Spikes seemed really hit or miss, poisons were a no-go for me with pets, and I wanted a long-term solution. I followed the instructions and baited the area around my house with this product, pretty liberally if I’m being honest, and tried to tie it to whenever it would rain (easy to do in the PNW, lol). I then followed the instructions and progressively baited zones outward from my house, trying to drive the rodents away and give them a permanent exit. I was pretty dismayed at first when the dirt piles kept showing up in the first couple weeks after baiting and even in the areas I had baited the strongest near my house. I had thoughts ranging from: 1) I had done the baiting and accidentally trapped the rodents in my yard to 2) the product didn’t work as it should. Really all that way necessary was patience and giving the product a chance to seep in the ground and work. And it absolutely did. After that first period of dismay, there haven’t been any dirt piles in my yard AT ALL. In contrast, I’ve been seeing a lot more active dirt piles in the yard of the abandoned house next door; I think I drove the rodents back that way. And the piles that were in my yard have started growing over with new grass. I baited my yard over the course of Jan 2022 and it’s May 2022 now, and there’s been no rodent activity whatsoever. I’m ordering more to do preventative baiting around the perimeter of my yard to keep it that way. Anyway, I know what it’s like, when the dirt piles start popping up, to want them gone, like, yesterday. But I don’t believe there are any quick fixes for ground rodents; it takes time to drive them out of your yard once they’ve gotten in. So this review is for those people that find themselves in a situation like mind; stick with this product. Follow the directions, bait liberally, and have patience. It is an excellent long-term solution.

I had used my lawn spreader to put this around my backyard for trying to get rid of moles. The scent of the item is great but I would need more than two bags to cover just my backyard, I estimate I would need about 5 or 6 to get all the area done. Perhaps because the product inside the bag is dampish it caused issues for my spreader to work well. I may purchase again but waiting to see how the first two bags work out as I'm hoping that it will work well and may cut down on my dogs digging up the yard since I think they are hunting the voles/moles.

This repellant thoroughly chases voles out of the area. Our lawn was swarming with them so that nearly every step was like sinking into a pit, not safe or comfortable to walk on! But after several simple applications of I Must Garden, the earth beneath the grass is firming up beautifully. We plan to do repeat applications at least twice a year to keep the little monsters out.

I followed the directions to the letter. A few days after the first application in the first section of my garden, everything seemed okay, but there were no new holes anywhere in the garden. When I put it on the second section, I included the first section. A few days later, my entire garden had holes from voles - the majority were in that very first section! I wish I had thought to take a photo to post!

So far, I am impressed with the usefulness and potency of this granular deterrent- seems more effective than the MoleMax liquid hose-end spray bottle

We get voles this time of year and this is working…. The voles get to the flowers and just started up last week. I’ve used my own mixture of castor oil and dish soap but it stains. These granules are working great so far and the voles have been gone since I spread it out in the flower beds three days ago

A couple times a year, I get a visit from a mole/vole and it/they create mounds of dirt in my flower beds and kills the plants by destroying the roots. I don’t want to kill it/them, I just want them to not ruin my flower bed. This product is so easy to use. I sprinkle it all over the flower beds and they move away. I have had to apply twice at times, and they seem to come back once or twice a year, but now that I know the warning signs, I act quickly with this product and am able to minimize plant loss. This product is more expensive than other brands (I tried them) but I’ve decided that it is worth it because 1) it seems more effective. I don’t have to reapply as much, and 2) even though it is castor oil, it has a pleasant odor compared to other brands. Since I am the one applying this and breathing while I do it, I think that it is worth the extra cost.

This expensive stuff does not work. It seems to for a short time, but you have to put it down heavy and at least every other month. It's just too expensive. when it wears off they're back.