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From: jcp@osiris.UUCP (Jody Patilla)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: getting rid of gophers
Message-ID: <338@osiris.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 19-May-85 10:31:51 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 19 10:31:51 1985
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> 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.
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jcpatilla

"'Fancy thinking the Beast was something you could hunt and kill !'"