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#16 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: steamy southern Arkansas
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bringing back the mulch then
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#17 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2007
Location: North County, San Diego
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The problem with mulch is it makes it more difficult to find and trap a gopher. The mounds may be hidden under the mulch making it difficult to see.
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#19 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: steamy southern Arkansas
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Lost 5 peppers, 1 eggplant, and one roselle last night.
WHAT CAN I DO?! I know people say trapping... but these guys arent making big mounds/ holes/ plugs. I dont even think they're coming up?! |
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Join Date: Dec 2016
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I was wondering if going up and down my rows stabbing the ground every few inches with my potato fork might work?? I may be lucky enough to kill one, but at the least I'd be disrupting their tunnel systems and I'd be a nuisance. I wonder if I should pack the soil afterwards.. wouldnt want freshly loosened soil to attract em to return.
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#21 |
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Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Central PA, Zone 6
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Not sure what you have. I found a big pile of dirt outside my perennial flower bed today. The hole is maybe 3 inches around and appears to be similar size to a chipmunk burrow I know they have elsewhere in the yard. I'm thinking maybe dynamite. I'm sure Bill Murray would agree
![]() Edit: Hey I like that pitchfork idea. I don't have one but I do have a garden fork with some heavy duty tines on it.
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: North Carolina
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I'm sure I would pass flat out if entire plants started disappearing.
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#23 |
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: steamy southern Arkansas
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UPDATE:
I spent the day digging around the "crime scenes"... 6" down there are v large tunnels at least 3 inches across. Found 3 pr 4 good entry points and proceeded to unleash a barrage of 2-minute smoke grenades, firecrackers, etc... trying all I can to annoy the tar out of these things. |
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: North County, San Diego
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I feel your pain. That is bigger than anything I have around here. Smoke grenades might work. You could also try dry ice.
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: steamy southern Arkansas
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Wonder what tilling between rows deeply would do... every few weeks??
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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#27 |
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Join Date: Dec 2016
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I read some .edu agri publications that mention deep tilling as a technique. I have a tiller and gas... so nothing to lose. lol.
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#28 |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Go Go Gophers cartoon.
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Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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#30 |
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: North County, San Diego
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I use the Victor blackbox gopher traps.
https://www.amazon.com/Victor-Black-.../dp/B000FBMFDO I think they may be too small for this monster gopher or whatever it is. I have tried several traps and like this one best. I prefer traps because I get a body count and don't want to risk secondary kill with poison. You get the best results placing the traps after fresh activity. Set a hair trigger for whatever trap you use. Gophers can be very gentle with dirt so the trap has to spring with the slightest touch. |
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