mae@weitek.UUCP (Mike Ekberg) (05/16/85)
The following suggestions for getting rid of gophers is taken from some info distributed by Common Ground of Palo Alto: It seems that gophers do not like strong odors(poor things). Putting something offensive down their holes seems to encourage them to seek another home. Suggestions include sardines,rag soaked in strong chemical like gasoline, or male human urine. Also, some plants are posionous to gophers. I believe daffodils are one such plant. There is also a plant called gopher plant(I think it might be called Euphorbia but am not sure). I think gopher plant is toxic to people. I think you also might contemplate purchasing a gopher snake. Mike Ekberg
jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla) (05/19/85)
> It seems that gophers do not like strong odors(poor things). Putting > something offensive down their holes seems to encourage them to > seek another home. Suggestions include sardines,rag soaked in strong > chemical like gasoline, or male human urine. > Get some manure from the local zoo, preferably from a large cat, and spread it around. It will do the garden good, and keep *everything* out of it, including deer, rabbits and the neighbor's dogs. > Also, some plants are posionous to gophers. I believe daffodils are one > such plant. There is also a plant called gopher plant(I think it might > be called Euphorbia but am not sure). I think gopher plant is toxic > to people. There is a plant called caper spurge which has a high boron content. It's pretty effective at keeping away moles, so it might work for gophers as well. -- jcpatilla "'Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill !'"
piety@hplabs.UUCP (Bob Piety ) (05/24/85)
> It seems that gophers do not like strong odors(poor things). Putting > something offensive down their holes seems to encourage them to > seek another home. Suggestions include sardines,rag soaked in strong > chemical like gasoline, or male human urine. Moth balls also seem to work. Bob
tc@amd.UUCP (Tom Crawford) (05/29/85)
My uncle swears that putting X-lax in the run (pun intended) gets rid of gophers every time. He has a theory on why this is the case which I will not repeat on family radio. X-lax is probably not speled gud... Tom Crawford ...amdcad!amd!tc