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Gardening

Retrograde

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8. I'm surprised your predators haven't driven them away

Reply to Sedona (Original post)

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 02:22 PM

Jul 2012

My cat sleeps in the garden during the day, which seems to discourage the gophers.

Rather than line my plot with wire, I make little wire cloth boxes just big enough for the root ball when I put the plants in: this discourages the gophers from making off with the whole plant, and the holes are large enough for the roots to grow through.

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Wow this group is quiet! I have a gopher problem. Help! [View all] Sedona Jun 2012 OP

EXPLOSIVES bluedave Jun 2012 #1

The fire department Sedona Jun 2012 #2

flood him out Viva_La_Revolution Jun 2012 #3

Live trap and remove or live trap and destroy? Denninmi Jun 2012 #4

they're fairly large burrowing animals that BlueToTheBone Jul 2012 #11

Maybe a concentrated garlic product like Mosquito Barrier or Garlic Barrier beac Jun 2012 #5

I have never dealt with gophers, Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #6

One of the books (square foot gardening?) I was looking at last week suggested jtuck004 Jun 2012 #7

I'm surprised your predators haven't driven them away Retrograde Jul 2012 #8

I have a groundhog problem. Lugnut Jul 2012 #9

I use thumpers. BlueToTheBone Jul 2012 #10