A single gopher can dig up to a dozen mounds in a day and maintain a tunnel system covering hundreds of square feet. Left alone, a small gopher problem becomes a property-wide one fast. Here's what that means for grounds managers:

Turf damage. Gophers feed on roots, which kills grass from below. The mounds they push up smother healthy turf and leave bare patches that invite weeds.

Irrigation damage. Tunnels routinely intersect irrigation lines. Gophers chew through drip lines and poly tubing, causing leaks that waste water and go unnoticed until the damage is done.

Safety and liability. Collapsed tunnels and mounds create uneven ground. On a school field or a public park, that's a twisted ankle waiting to happen. On cemetery grounds, it's a hazard for visitors — often elderly — walking between graves.

Labor costs. Every hour your crew spends raking out mounds, re-leveling turf, and repairing lines is an hour not spent on the work that actually improves your property.

Designed for the places where safety matters most: schools, parks, and cemeteries.

Most gopher control comes down to two options: trapping or poison baiting. Both have serious drawbacks on public and sensitive properties.

Trapping is slow, labor-intensive, and only removes the gophers you catch — new ones move into the vacant tunnel systems within weeks. Poison baits carry real risks: secondary poisoning of hawks, owls, and neighborhood pets that eat poisoned gophers, plus the obvious problem of placing toxic bait where children play or families gather.

For school districts, that's a non-starter. For parks, it's a public relations problem. For cemeteries, it's a risk no one wants near visiting families.

Repellent works differently. Instead of killing gophers one at a time, it makes your entire property an unpleasant place for them to live — so they leave on their own and new gophers don't move in.

EcoFert's repellent program uses a proven small mammal deterrent developed to protect fields, orchards, and irrigation systems from burrowing pest damage. Rather than killing or trapping animals, it works by making treated ground unattractive to gophers, ground squirrels, voles, and moles — encouraging them to vacate the property on their own.

Because these pests live underground in elaborate tunnel networks with multiple entrances, coverage matters. Our team applies the deterrent across the full treated area in a land-expansive spraying program, ensuring it reaches the entire zone the animals occupy — not just the mounds you can see on the surface. Once gophers abandon their tunnel systems, ongoing applications keep the property protected so new animals don't move in behind them.

The deterrent is odorless and non-toxic to humans and animals, and it has been shown to remain effective even after precipitation — an important advantage for irrigated turf and Southern California's rainy season.

Yes. The repellent contains no poisons or toxic baits. It's designed specifically for properties where children, pets, and the public are present daily.