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MattyB

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MattyB Grand Master

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That's about 50 habanero peppers. Boil for 1 hour. Dump water on plant. Hopefully he'll leave that plant alone.

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Matt Bradford

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Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

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9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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Hmm.

I recall that people used to raise hot chiles to use as bug killer.

Will it scare gophers? My cats love hot food, with chiles, but i don't eat anything with 50 habaneros in it.

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Lol, Triode.

This particular ficus tree is way out in the canyon and I carry a bucket of water to it every so often. Today I dumped the water and heard gurgling; the sound of water going down a gopher hole. With no visible mounds or signs of the tunnel system I opted for this repellent method. During the dry season, in the dry native scrub, the gophers rarely make mounds, they just stay hidden, and you only discover them when your plant dies.

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Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Maybe you should try using that super HOT Ghost pepper if the Habanero doesn't do the job! I have a plant of it growing in the garden tho' we really never use it as it's just too potently hot. Thought about making an insecticide with it. For kitchen use we tend to prefer Serrano, Jalapeno, Habanero, Carribean and Anaheim.

Keep us apprized as to how it works to protect your palms from those bad gophers.

Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

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Al, this plant was actually supposed to be a ghost pepper, but turned out not to be. Someone said it looked like something called white habanero. It's about half the size of a hababero and about twice as hot.

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Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

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9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Funniest movement?

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Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

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tapatio would be a very cheap option too. you can buy it by the gallon for $8.99 around my area. ive used it before to repel skunks and raccoons with success.

if you can find it, dilute it and soak your plants as needed.

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Grant
Long Beach, CA

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I've used powdered cayenne pepper too.

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Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

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Like I have said in the past,........much less stress and better living, MOVE to FLORIDA. Oh and did I mention about growing palms here? :)

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Searle Brothers Nursery Inc.

and The Rainforest Collection.

Southwest Ranches,Fl.

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you want me to move away from this?

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Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Like I have said in the past,........much less stress and better living, MOVE to FLORIDA. Oh and did I mention about growing palms here? :)

Its the "sweat blindness" from walking out to get the mail, or to a shopping mall from the parking lot that would do me in... :bemused: <--- See? those eyes would drown!

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

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I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

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DISCUSSING PALM TREES WORLDWIDE????
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South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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Not even close. What the hell is wrong with people?

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My guess is they are bored or illiterate.

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South Arm, Tasmania, Australia - 42° South

Mild oceanic climate, with coastal exposure.

 

Summer: 12°C (53°F) average min, to 21°C (70°F) average daily max. Up to 40°C (104°F max) rarely.

 

Winter: 6°C (43°F) average min, to 13°C (55°F) average daily max. Down to 0°C (32°F) occasionally, some light frost.

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tapatio would be a very cheap option too. you can buy it by the gallon for $8.99 around my area. ive used it before to repel skunks and raccoons with success.

if you can find it, dilute it and soak your plants as needed.

It also helps to manage drunken buffoons . . . .

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I've had good results with the poison bait pellets I buy at Home Depot. They have a couple of brands and both seem to work well. I sprinkle it into, and around, the hole. If the hole is sealed off I dig out the seal with a table spoon. Supposedly the gopher retreats to its lair and dies. Should make for good soil fertilizer. I used traps for a while, but it was way too much work.

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I've had good results with the poison bait pellets I buy at Home Depot. They have a couple of brands and both seem to work well. I sprinkle it into, and around, the hole. If the hole is sealed off I dig out the seal with a table spoon. Supposedly the gopher retreats to its lair and dies. Should make for good soil fertilizer. I used traps for a while, but it was way too much work.

Be careful birds don't get the pellets; they'll die too if they eat them. I've seen it, it's not a pretty sight. (Thankfully the gopher croaks in his vile little hole . . . :evil: )

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This would make a great script for a movie.....

And it shall be called 'Mattyshack'....... :)

Nick C - Living it up in tropical 'Nam....

 

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