Starve gophers by killing weeds?

02-05-2013, 12:47 PM	#1
pman6 Member   Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 71	Starve gophers by killing weeds? My backyard is a lawn of weeds. It's like a buffet for gophers. Anyone ever try killing off weeds and have gophers not come back?

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02-05-2013, 01:24 PM	#2
concretemasonry Member     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota - Latitude 45.057 Longitude -93.074 Posts: 3,329	Starve gophers by killing weeds? Gophers do not eat weeds. They eat critters in the soil that live there whether the area is weeds or prime grass. Dick

02-05-2013, 11:22 PM	#3
pman6 Member   Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 71	Starve gophers by killing weeds? really? I read they were omnivores and eat weed roots. Even after I put fresh sod in my front yard, they were burrowing into my front yard for no apparent reason.

02-06-2013, 03:50 AM	#4
chrisn paper hanger and painter     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hagerstown MD Posts: 5,716	Starve gophers by killing weeds? Quote: Originally Posted by concretemasonry Gophers do not eat weeds. They eat critters in the soil that live there whether the area is weeds or prime grass. Dick wrong http://www.crittergetteronline.com/Gophers/gopheat.html __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

02-06-2013, 03:51 AM	#5
chrisn paper hanger and painter     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hagerstown MD Posts: 5,716	Starve gophers by killing weeds? Quote: Originally Posted by pman6 really? I read they were omnivores and eat weed roots. Even after I put fresh sod in my front yard, they were burrowing into my front yard for no apparent reason. http://www.crittergetteronline.com/Gophers/gopheat.html __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.