Do you remember watching cartoons of gophers in the garden, seeing the tops of plants quiver, vibrate and disappear? Well, if you love playing in the dirt and building your own garden, you know that those cartoons weren't far off the truth. Because basically, that is exactly what really happens. And if you've poured a lot of time, energy, money and nurturing into your garden... Only to wake up one morning and find your garden destroyed... You come to grips with the fact that gophers are no damn good, maybe it is time to set a Gopher Trap.
Now don't start, telling me to live and let live, that they're cute and furry and wonderful and need our love. The fact is, they're destructive and if you let them get a toe-hold around your property, they will destroy root systems on whatever they can get their choppers around.
The probe is made of a long pipe attached to a metal rod, with a flattened and a broad tip. While probing, if the ground suddenly drops down and gives way, you have successfully located the tunnel! Once you found the tunnel, place commercially available traps in the burrow. You can add baits like spinach and lettuce leave to attract the gophers.
Poisoning: Another way to kill gophers is by placing poison baits at each end of the active gopher tunnel. These poisons can include chemicals like Strychnine and Zinc Phosphide and are usually applied to grains before they are placed in gopher tunnels. However, be careful while using this method, as the poison can harm you if not handled properly. Also, this method can have limitations if a pet happens to come across the poison!
Smoke bombs are often sold in hardware stores and can have limited success. You must plug all holes with the smoke bombs to have a chance. The idea is to kill the mole with carbon monoxide, but usually, the holes do fill with enough smoke to choke out the well hidden and protected pest.
Just a tip: dig your trench in spring when the ground is nice and soft from the winter/spring rains. Now, mole control isn't fool-proof. These little buggers have been known to dig down up to six feet! But for the most part, it should work well for you. I did my garden with the two foot perimeter six years ago, and it hasn't been breached, yet.
Mole Control for Your Yard- This is a whole different scenario than your garden, but is just as easy to do. You don't need an exterminator, fumigators, poisons or chemicals. You can do this yourself. I call it dirt fishin'. You will need two Macabee mole traps (available at your local diy store) and a small hand gardening shovel. The Mactrap is the one I've used for years, and it works flawlessly every time.
When you see fresh mounds of dirt in your yard, that's a sure indicator of a mole. Take your shovel, and gently dig through the mound, and expose the tunnel. If you find an intersection of two tunnels, you'll need a trap in each tunnel, since you don't know which way he'll approach. Set your Mactrap(s) and put it in the hole, prongs in first. Some pest control people advise you to re-cover the hole, but this isn't necessary.
Now don't start, telling me to live and let live, that they're cute and furry and wonderful and need our love. The fact is, they're destructive and if you let them get a toe-hold around your property, they will destroy root systems on whatever they can get their choppers around.
The probe is made of a long pipe attached to a metal rod, with a flattened and a broad tip. While probing, if the ground suddenly drops down and gives way, you have successfully located the tunnel! Once you found the tunnel, place commercially available traps in the burrow. You can add baits like spinach and lettuce leave to attract the gophers.
Poisoning: Another way to kill gophers is by placing poison baits at each end of the active gopher tunnel. These poisons can include chemicals like Strychnine and Zinc Phosphide and are usually applied to grains before they are placed in gopher tunnels. However, be careful while using this method, as the poison can harm you if not handled properly. Also, this method can have limitations if a pet happens to come across the poison!
Smoke bombs are often sold in hardware stores and can have limited success. You must plug all holes with the smoke bombs to have a chance. The idea is to kill the mole with carbon monoxide, but usually, the holes do fill with enough smoke to choke out the well hidden and protected pest.
Just a tip: dig your trench in spring when the ground is nice and soft from the winter/spring rains. Now, mole control isn't fool-proof. These little buggers have been known to dig down up to six feet! But for the most part, it should work well for you. I did my garden with the two foot perimeter six years ago, and it hasn't been breached, yet.
Mole Control for Your Yard- This is a whole different scenario than your garden, but is just as easy to do. You don't need an exterminator, fumigators, poisons or chemicals. You can do this yourself. I call it dirt fishin'. You will need two Macabee mole traps (available at your local diy store) and a small hand gardening shovel. The Mactrap is the one I've used for years, and it works flawlessly every time.
When you see fresh mounds of dirt in your yard, that's a sure indicator of a mole. Take your shovel, and gently dig through the mound, and expose the tunnel. If you find an intersection of two tunnels, you'll need a trap in each tunnel, since you don't know which way he'll approach. Set your Mactrap(s) and put it in the hole, prongs in first. Some pest control people advise you to re-cover the hole, but this isn't necessary.
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