CINCH TRAP INSTALL

Lay 1-2 inches of soil between the mesh and sod roots-install too high, gophers will pull down the grass through the wire and install too low, they will tunnel over it. Install wire mesh to protect your garden and lawn.Stainless steel wire is very effective and lasts a long time. Choose a basket that will accommodate the root system of your plant as it grows. Monitor your site the re-occupancy rate of burrows can be rapid.Management is ongoing and you may have to repeat the treatment process to keep these rodents out. Knock down soil mounds and clear garden debris during and after successful treatment so that new activity can be easily spotted.For example, cut back on watering your lawn to partially dry the soil beneath. Reduce the potential food supply for moles, pack down soil and reduce soil moisture.Plant strategically and choose gopher and vole neutral plants such as daffodils and sage.See our section on gopher, mole and vole traps below for more information. Look for fresh clipped trails in the grass leading to small, very round and clean open holes to identify vole damage.įor voles a standard snap trap will catch these pests in their runways as they exit the burrow. Most destruction is from excavated dirt smothering lawns.įor moles use cinch traps, scissor traps, harpoon traps and chocker loop traps to catch these pests in their tunnels.Ĭlear away garden debris to improve visibility for monitoring. Look for rounder, volcano shaped dirt mounds and raised ridges of upheaved soil to identify mole damage.

Reduce attractants and make the area less habitable for these pests. Look for crescent or horseshoe shaped mounds of soil with a small circular plug or holes surrounded by a clipped band of vegetation to identify gopher damage.įor gophers use two-pronged pincher traps, box traps and black hole traps to catch these pests in their burrows.

Install wire barriers to protect vulnerable plants and turf. Guidelines to Maintaining a Gopher, Mole and Vole Free Yard

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