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Darn gophers. The snow has finally melted back far enough so I can see my fruit trees and the gophers have killed my Bosc pear tree. They ate the roots and then striped the bark up as high as they could reach. The poor tree is wobbling without any roots to support it.
They ate all the roots of my last rose bushes, too. The rose bushes are just dead sticks without any plant at all below the surface of the soil.
All sorts of anti-gopher methods have been tried and the gophers just thumb their bitty furry noses and keep on destroying my plants. I'm considering getting a brace of Jack Russel Terriers.
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We have moles, but no gophers. For us it's the deer and rabbits that eat our plants, and they normally stick to decorative plants like Hostas, Snapdragons and Roses. The back is fenced so no trouble with deer eating our apples, but the rabbits will munch on any that fall. Years ago in California we hired a company to get rid of the gophers in the youth soccer fields. They would make holes big enough to break an ankle. They used a poison grain, that they inserted into the tunnels with a long metal tube, pointed but open on the bottom, and a funnel on top. It had to be repeated some but did work, and they usually died in their tunnels so no smell or bodies to be eaten by predators.
All sorts of anti-gopher methods have been tried and the gophers just thumb their bitty furry noses and keep on destroying my plants. I'm considering getting a brace of Jack Russel Terriers.
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Originally Posted by Hemlock140
We have moles, but no gophers. For us it's the deer and rabbits that eat our plants, and they normally stick to decorative plants like Hostas, Snapdragons and Roses.
Fencing keeps the rabbits out of the garden. Until last year, I never had problem with deer. Due to road construction, they have lost a lot their territory, so they discovered (eg ate everything in) my garden. I can't believe they even ate the rough okra leaves, leaving only stalks. Will be trying higher fencing this year.
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