Comments on: How can I get rid of gophers in my garden and lawn? http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/ Best Info and Resources for Pest Control Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:38:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: simpleokie http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/comment-page-1/#comment-140 simpleokie Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:49:04 +0000 http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/#comment-140 I've been killing gophers for years professionally, here's what to do: Take a broom stick or something like that and sharpen the end so you can probe the ground easily. A gopher will push up a dirt mound, around the mound probe until you feel the probe hit a void or tunnel, you'll feel the resistance give way . circle the probe and smooth and widen the hole down to the tunnel. Pour in the labeled amount of strychnine coated grain, (available at most home & garden stores) cover the hole with a piece of paper with dirt on top to keep it in place.Dont let any dirt fall down the hole on top of the grain. Try to bait every mound, you wont be able to find a good tunnel at every mound.Thats it, if you do this, you will control the gophers. Do not leave any of the grain on the ground where pets or birds can find it. Wear rubber gloves when handling the bait. I’ve been killing gophers for years professionally, here’s what to do:
Take a broom stick or something like that and sharpen the end so you can probe the ground easily. A gopher will push up a dirt mound, around the mound probe until you feel the probe hit a void or tunnel, you’ll feel the resistance give way . circle the probe and smooth and widen the hole down to the tunnel. Pour in the labeled amount of strychnine coated grain, (available at most home & garden stores) cover the hole with a piece of paper with dirt on top to keep it in place.Dont let any dirt fall down the hole on top of the grain. Try to bait every mound, you wont be able to find a good tunnel at every mound.Thats it, if you do this, you will control the gophers.

Do not leave any of the grain on the ground where pets or birds can find it. Wear rubber gloves when handling the bait.

]]> By: andrew http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/comment-page-1/#comment-139 andrew Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:53:51 +0000 http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/#comment-139 flood the holes with water? flood the holes with water?

]]> By: Linda S http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/comment-page-1/#comment-138 Linda S Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:18:17 +0000 http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/#comment-138 Are you sure they are gophers or are they voles? Our front yard looked like a maze of tunnels with holes surrounded by dirt. We tried everything. Poison, traps, flooding their tunnels, more poison, smoke bombs, and mole scoot- a casteroil mixture that you spray on the lawn-it helped a little, the voles moved to the backyard. Three years ago we applied milky spore to the yard and re-applied it last year. This spring we limed the lawn and I haven't seen one single tunnel. The Milky Spore continues to grow and expand lasting up to 20 years. Does not harm anything else. Are you sure they are gophers or are they voles? Our front yard looked like a maze of tunnels with holes surrounded by dirt. We tried everything. Poison, traps, flooding their tunnels, more poison, smoke bombs, and mole scoot- a casteroil mixture that you spray on the lawn-it helped a little, the voles moved to the backyard. Three years ago we applied milky spore to the yard and re-applied it last year. This spring we limed the lawn and I haven’t seen one single tunnel. The Milky Spore continues to grow and expand lasting up to 20 years. Does not harm anything else.

]]> By: gokhalevai http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/comment-page-1/#comment-137 gokhalevai Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:04:03 +0000 http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/#comment-137 Watch the movie CaddyShack for inspiration! As Carl Spackler says "I got to get into this dude's pelt and crawl around for a few days. Who's the gopher's ally. His friends. The harmless squirrel and the friendly rabbit. " Watch the movie CaddyShack for inspiration! As Carl Spackler says “I got to get into this dude’s pelt and crawl around for a few days. Who’s the gopher’s ally. His friends. The harmless squirrel and the friendly rabbit. “

]]> By: gramma_arlene http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/comment-page-1/#comment-136 gramma_arlene Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:56:21 +0000 http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/#comment-136 I poured a little Decon down the hole and then covered it up. Voila....no more gopher. He probably wondered why something so delicious made him so sick. If you wonder if I regretted killing the little thing, the answer is NO and now I must replace the lovely new tree he killed by eating it's roots. I poured a little Decon down the hole and then covered it up. Voila….no more gopher. He probably wondered why something so delicious made him so sick. If you wonder if I regretted killing the little thing, the answer is NO and now I must replace the lovely new tree he killed by eating it’s roots.

]]> By: gerald k http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/comment-page-1/#comment-135 gerald k Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:04:11 +0000 http://pestcontrolspecialist.com/2008/06/how-can-i-get-rid-of-gophers-in-my-garden-and-lawn/#comment-135 Try planting garlic in the garden, gophers hate garlic. Try planting garlic in the garden, gophers hate garlic.

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