I am one of your most CONVINCED customers. I first tried Yard Gard last fall (2010) I got great results!! It was easy to apply and the armadillo that was giving my yard HELL every night stopped coming by!
- Frank, FL
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Our mole deterrent works on the same principle as our armadillo deterrent by using operant conditioning to train or to condition the animal to leave an area.
The differences between the two products being:
Moles travel in their “mole super-highways" located approximately two (2) to four (4) feet below the ground surface; yes that's right, even though you may not see them:
A couple of reasons moles come up to the lawn’s surface and cause damages your lawn:
1) Dirt falls into their “mole super-highway" tunnels;
2) The mole comes up toward the surface to find food, namely earthworms and grubs.
Most folks don't want to kill the earthworms or chase them out of their lawn because;
Our research and development team came up with a way to allow the ingredients in Yard Gard Deterrent to migrate downward into the soil for approximately two feet in depth.
This creates a two foot thick barrier over your lawn, extending from the lawn surface and downward for approximately two feet. (Creates a blanket effect)
After spreading Yard Gard Mole Deterrent over your lawn; water the treated area a couple of times per week within the first two weeks after application. To enhances your success more quickly, water more frequently. More water pushes more ingredients down into the soil, where they do the job of deterring the animal.
The moles, just like the armadillos, must be conditioned or trained not to return to that treated area to forage for food and this is what Yard Gard does; it conditions or trains the animal to go elsewhere to forage for food, because after Yard Gard is applied, the area is uncomfortable to the animal.
To put it simply, the next time the moles travel their super-highway tunnels they will pass right by your exit.
Yard Gard Mole Deterrent is made with two main components;
These two components are joined together and covered with a hard-shell binding or coating agent which keeps the active ingredients locked inside the granule.
The hard-shell accomplishes several things;
This product is composed of natural food grade oils, spices, and minerals.
Because of these all-natural elements used in Yard Gard,
Our Test Results - Activity vs. Days
The effectiveness rating ranges from 95% to 100% depending on three keys conditions:
1) the amount of water applied to the treated area
2) the number of animals (moles) tunneling in the treated area
3) the thickness of dead grass (thatch) in the treated area.
Once the Yard Gard is applied, as directed on the label, the water causes the hard coating shell to dissolve.
This allows the active ingredients to percolate out of the carrier granuel.
As the ingredients begin to release into the soil, lodging within the grains of soil; they form a barrier on the top layer of soil, a barrier that NO critter wants to dig through once they've breached the surface.
The active ingredients are NOT soluble in water so they will not just dissolve away in a few days, or even a few weeks.
These ingredients stay lodged in the grains of soil for months making Yard Gard Deterrent one of the longest lasting products on the market.
Yard Gard Mole Deterrent uses the Mole's own sense of smell against it.
By combining ingredients that are uncomfortable to the taste and smell, they actually repel the moles when it tunnel up-ward through no mole barrier zone.
By tunneling through the soil the mole ignites the ingredients to release its potent aromas and taste, when this happens it begins to condition the moles.
This process is called operant conditioning and it was made famous by Ivan Pavlov when he conditioned his dogs to salivate when he rang the bell and the dogs expected food.
Using operant conditioning on moles takes time but it has a long lasting effect.
Ingredients
The following ingredients are in our Yard Gard Mole repellent