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Re: Gophers
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Subject: Re: Gophers
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From: Robert Parker <rparker@ti.com>
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Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:38:30 -0500
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Article: 14329 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
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References: <320FB730.3A71@lithos.jpl.nasa.gov>
Ali Abtahi wrote:
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> Does anyone have any information on how to get rid
> of gophers. We tried to peacefully coexist with
> them but they have killed a majority of the plants
> in our garden. We live in the desert near Los
> Angeles and it is difficult enough to grow things
> here without the rodents killing the few plants
> that survive the heat and lack of water.
> After they killed half our plants we started
> flooding the tunnel system - to no avail. Then we
> started putting lit road flares in the tunnels,
> again they are impervious.
> We would appreciate any information on what might
> work.
Get some hair from your local barber shop and stuff it
in their tunnel and stomp the tunnel down so they have
to dig through it. It gets in their fur and drives them
crazy. Also, check out books by Jerry Baker. He has
several tonics to get rid of them. He says the main
reason they are in your yard is because of grubs. Get
rid of the grubs and the gophers leave due to lack of
food.
Good Luck.