Garden Pests and Diseases: GOPHERS ARE TAKING OVER MY STATE! MY EFFORT TO SAVE CA!, 1 by buffaloroad

buffaloroad wrote:
I HAVE HAD IT! THIS YEAR WAS ONE OF THE WETTEST IN CA. IN A LONG TIME. GREAT FOR MY SON'S SNOWBOARDING OBSESSION BUT ROTTEN FOR MY EFFORT TO SQUASH THE GOPHER POPULATION. WHERE DOES IT SAY, "JUST ADD WATER AND BODDA BING, YOU'VE GOT MORE GOPHERS?" I HAVE TRIED IT ALL. WE HAVE 7 ACRES SO THE TRAPPING WITH MACABEE'S IS OUT OF THE QUESTION. WE HAVE SOME OF THE GAS PELLETS THAT EMIT POISONOUS GAS UPON SENSING MOISTURE. I AM TRYING THAT THIS WEEK AS WE ARE SUPPOSED TO GET RAIN TOMORROW.
WE PURCHASED A RODENATOR ABOUT 4 YEARS AGO. I HAVE TO SAY IT IS THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE KILLING GOPHERS. IT DESTROYS THERE TUNNELS BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN A GOPHER COME FLYING OUT OF THE HOLE WHEN WE BLAST. THAT IS MY HOPE THAT SOMEDAY WHILE I AM BLASTING I WILL ACTUALLY REAP THE REWARDS AND SEE THAT LITTLE SUCKER FLYING PAST ME, TO NEVER EAT MY VEGGIES AGAIN!
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ANYONE'S IDEAS ON HOW THEY CONTROLLED THE GOPHERS THEY HAVE.