Gophers in Spring
Megan Pinneo
Gopher Problem on Property
While gophers are active all year long they are most active during the Spring months, creating up to three mounds daily! Gophers being mostly active during the night you may not see them, and just be taking notice of their unsightly mounds.
Are you faced with a gopher problem?
Wondering what it is that you can do on your own before calling in a Professional? DIY is not as easy for gophers as some may think, once a gopher problem has got to a certain point of destruction your best bet is to call in your local pest control professional. Black Knight Pest Control specializes in Gopher Defense! Providing Gopher Control Defense to residential, commercial, and agricultural. Gophers are burrowing animals and spend most of their time underground by the time a property owner notices them or their mounds, extensive damage may have already taken place. For those still left wanting to take on the pesky rodents hoarding vegetables from your garden, the following are some DIY Tips for Gopher Control you can try at home. Keeping in mind that Moles and Gophers are often difficult to get rid of and is usually recommended that you seek help by a professional.
Tips on DIY Gopher Control
Ugly truth about DIY for gopher control is many methods that are recommended are down right nasty!
With tips like, using pet waste scattered throughout your property to try keep the gophers away. Or using poison to attract the gophers, this could be devastating if you have children or household pets.
Apply drops of peppermint oil to cotton balls then placing them at the openings of the gopher mounds.
Place wind chimes thorough out your property to try to deter the gophers as they dislike loud noises.
Plant marigolds and daffodils.
Use vibrating stakes.
Build a fence around the property that extends into the ground.
Use a sandy type of soil.
Plant less vegetation.
DIY isn’t cutting it?
After some attempts all your own with fail, it’s time to call Black Knight Pest for Gopher Defense. Black Knight has two treatment options in gopher control that have great results and depending on the customers needs will pick the one that best suits the gopher problem at hand. Don’t delay in gopher defense! They unseen damage could prove to be costly.
For other Gopher related blogs refer to - Gopher Problems and Gopher vs Mole
Call Black Knight Pest Control for more information today!
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