Pet-Safe Gopher Control in Redlands, CA

Gopher Control in Redlands — Citrus Heritage and Historic Neighborhoods

Redlands is one of the most historically significant agricultural communities in Southern California, and that citrus-growing heritage lives on in the established groves, mature landscaping, and deep-rooted trees throughout the city. The same conditions that made Redlands ideal for navel orange cultivation — rich loamy soils, reliable water access, a mild year-round climate — create ideal gopher habitat. Properties in the historic neighborhoods north of the 10 freeway, with their century-old trees and established landscaping, are particularly vulnerable because the deep root systems represent year-round gopher food sources.

The University of Redlands campus and the historic residential neighborhoods surrounding it feature the kind of mature, irreplaceable landscaping where gopher damage is most costly. A gopher feeding on the root system of a 60-year-old ornamental tree or a heritage citrus is causing damage that cannot be quickly or cheaply repaired. For these properties, the rapid deployment and mechanical certainty of trapping — compared to the variable results of bait in established soil — makes trapping the appropriate first choice.

Gopher Control in Redlands' Newer and Historic Neighborhoods

Redlands has a unique mix of historic neighborhoods with established trees and character properties alongside newer HOA developments in the south and east. For the historic areas, individual property owners take great pride in maintaining mature landscaping, making gopher damage especially unwelcome. For newer HOA communities along Tennessee Street and the southern developments, the same HOA compliance considerations that apply throughout the region make trapping the preferred approach.

Signs You Have Gophers in Redlands

Gophers spend nearly their entire lives underground. Watch for these indicators:

• Fan-shaped dirt mounds appearing overnight across lawn turf
• Drip irrigation lines cut or pulled underground by feeding gophers
• Plants wilting or dying suddenly as roots are consumed from below
• Dead spots in turf that don't respond to watering

The sooner treatment begins after you notice signs, the smaller the tunnel system will be and the faster the problem is resolved.