How to prevent and control voles in peanut planting? Practical methods shared

Peanut is a very common plant for us, and voles in peanut fields can give farmers who grow peanuts a headache, especially during sowing and 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 working in groups. So let us learn below about the methods for preventing and 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 while sowing, scatter some pesticide for preventing and controlling voles in the places where the seeds are sown. These two methods are the simplest and quickest ways to prevent voles during the germination period after sowing.

2. Bait-killing control

This method can be used at sowing time and throughout the entire stage of peanut growth. It means preparing some food that voles like to eat, then putting rodenticide into this food and mixing it well, and scattering it in the fields. Of course, some voles are smart, so we cannot place it too obviously; it should be done in a more hidden way, so they feel it is food they found through their own efforts. This is also a very good method of killing voles.

3. Agricultural control

Agricultural control means using agriculture and some characteristics of the land itself for prevention and control. First, carry out rotational cultivation. Voles have an environment they are suited to, so we can do water cultivation in one season and dry cultivation in the next, making voles feel they cannot survive. Second, we can carry out unified planting in a certain area, which can also spread out the damage from voles. Third, when we usually plow the land, we only loosen a bit of the surface soil, so voles will keep living there. Therefore, we should plow as deeply 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 prevention and 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 keep cats ourselves. Cats also very much like to go to the fields at night to catch rodents.

In fact, there are more and more methods for dealing with voles now, 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 preventing and controlling voles introduced to everyone today by Qinnongwang. Follow Qinnongwang to get more useful information.