Installing mole mesh

14-01-2021

Installing mole mesh

We regularly get asked how to best install mole mesh.
By now we have more than 10 years of experience selling mole mesh (or mole nets as our Belgian neighbours call it).
We can tell you that a mole only needs 5 cm of soil to dig a tunnel. If you lay the mole mesh 5 or 10 cm deep, there's a good chance the mole will end up between the mesh and the lawn. That would be a waste of all your effort and money. That's why we say the mole mesh should be laid directly under the turf or, in case of seeding, finished with 2 cm of soil on top of the mesh. This way you achieve the best result. The grass grows together with the mesh and the mole simply cannot make molehills. On our product pages you can find videos showing mole mesh combined with turf as well as mole mesh combined with seeding.

We also regularly get asked whether it's worth digging the mesh in vertically along the sides of the plot.
You can choose to fold the mesh over at the sides. This way you make sure the mole can't get under your lawn at all anymore.
You can also choose to place the mesh only vertically. In that case it's best to go at least 75 cm deep.
By far most of our customers only install the mole mesh horizontally. If there's a mole at the side of your plot, you'll see that it won't come more than a metre under your lawn. The mole would then have to drag the soil a long way, and it considers that too much work.

Maarten Schreuder