What are the latest methods for controlling voles in peanut cultivation?

The peanut is a very common plant for us, and voles in peanut fields can give the farmers who grow peanuts a headache, especially during sowing and during the harvest period, seriously affecting the survival rate and yield of peanuts. And you basically cannot see them during the day; when night comes, they start committing crimes in groups. So below let us learn about some methods for controlling voles.

1. Chemical control

Chemical control at sowing time is mainly to prevent peanut seeds from being eaten by voles, so before sowing you can mix the seeds with some targeted chemicals that have no effect on seed germination but are harmful to voles, or at the same time as sowing, scatter some pesticide for controlling voles where the seeds have been sown. These two methods are the simplest and quickest ways to prevent voles during the germination period after sowing with a seeder.

2. Bait and kill control

This method can be used at sowing time and throughout the entire stage of peanut growth. That is, prepare some food that voles like to eat, then mix rodenticide into this food, and scatter it on the field. Of course, some voles are smart, so we cannot place it too obviously; it should be done in a more concealed way, so that they feel it is food they found through their own efforts. This is also a very good method of rodent control.

3. Agricultural control

Agricultural control means using agriculture and some characteristics of the land itself for control. First, carry out rotational cultivation. Voles have an environment they are adapted to, so we can do water cultivation in one season and dry cultivation in the next season, making voles feel they cannot survive. Second, we can carry out unified planting in a certain area, which can also disperse the damage from voles. Third, when we normally plow the land, we only loosen a bit of the surface soil, so voles will also keep living there. Therefore, we should plow as deep as possible to destroy vole nests, which can also cause certain harm to voles.

4. Ecological control

Ecological control means using the natural ecosystem for control. Simply put, snakes and cats are both natural enemies of voles, so we can use the snakes that already exist in the fields to deal with voles, and at the same time we can raise cats ourselves. Cats also very much like to go to the fields at night to catch rodents.

In fact, there are now more and more methods for dealing with voles, so today's voles are also getting smarter and smarter, but in the end voles still cannot beat us. The above are several methods for controlling voles introduced to everyone today by Qinnong Net. Follow Qinnong Net to get more useful information.