gophers and grapevines

I don't know about pocket gophers but my vines here in Maryland are not bothered by groundhogs. I don't know if they have the same diet.

This is a little off topic but approximately how many vines and linear feet are needed to produce enough grapes for a few 5 gallon batches?

David

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I've no idea if they can damage grapes, but they can dig deeper than

If you are into natural control you might introduce a couple of cats, but then they may not be able to co-exist with the owls. Also, if you live in coyote country they probably won't last long.

--arne

Suggest you get the very inexpensive but excellent book "From Vines to Wine" by Jeff Cox. This will answer your question plus the many others that are likely to come up once you start.

You might consider planting geraniums. Gophers hate 'em.

Tom S

They don't like ammo either :)

Steve

For larger pests the right pesticide is a lead based spray.

Thanks,

David

LOL! You betcha! - A cat can work wonders, too, though. The tomcat we have now came to us as an 8 or 9 month old half-wild, half-starved stray, apparently used to pretty much fending for himself. He's absolute terror on all burrowing varmints,...utterly devouring their wee bodies and leaving just the heads for us to discover as evidence of his preditory conquests. He's a darn good little hunter and you better believe we reward him well for keeping our garden and miniscule vineyard rodent-free. Just wish he wouldn't take-out the garter snakes, gopher snakes and humming birds ,...but hey, as long as it supplements his diet with kitty delacacies... ;-)