My uncle in Los Angeles used poison bait, traps, flooding, and gas bombs. Then when it ran out of the tunnel he hit it with a shovel and killed it. Whatever it takes... Shmuel Silinsky Jerusalem Israel On Fri, May 7, 2021, 4:21 PM VIJAY CHANDHOK via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Use a smoke bomb in their tunnel to get rid of them, works great > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On May 6, 2021, at 9:18 PM, Geri Cooper via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > What an image! I might need to get a Malamute. > > > >> On May 6, 2021, at 11:49 AM, Jane McGary via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> > >> Gophers have a particular taste for Lilium (true lilies) too. One > destroyed a whole planting of Oriental lilies at my former garden. Then one > of my Malamutes pounced over the tunnel, caught the gopher, and ate it, > while I stood by saying "Good dog!" > >> > >> jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > >> > >>> On 5/5/2021 6:39 PM, Robert Parks via pbs wrote: > >>> Apparently the local gophers like tangy things. They just ate (the > bulbs > >>> under) half a dozen big clumps of Oxalis purpurea, as well as all the > >>> Oxalis obtusa that I didn't have in pots set in the ground. They also > >>> browsed the tops of a California poppy (and at least some of the > roots). > >>> > >>> At least they haven't cultivated a taste for geophyte aroids. > >>> > >>> Anyway, feeding stations set up in tunnels with a banquet of the three > >>> flavors of gopher treats I have. > >>> > >>> Argh. > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pbs mailing list > >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>