Each pouch contains a powerful blend of plant-based essential oils that creates a strong scent barrier around treated areas. The scent helps make the area less inviting to gophers, encouraging them to move away from and avoid lawns, gardens, flower beds, and other protected spaces. Simply place the pouches near areas where you've noticed fresh gopher mounds, tunneling, digging, or damaged plants and let them work continuously.

Each PestLab™ Gopher Repellent Pouch provides 30 to 90 days of protection, depending on outdoor conditions. Heavy rain, moisture, heat, and direct sunlight may cause the scent to fade more quickly. We recommend checking your pouches every 30 days and replacing them when the scent has noticeably faded to help maintain continuous protection.

It depends on the size of the outdoor area you want to protect and the level of gopher activity. As a general guide, use 2–4 pouches for small gardens or flower beds, 4–8 pouches for an average yard, 8–12 pouches for larger properties, and 12+ for farms or areas with persistent gopher activity.

For broader coverage, place the pouches approximately 10–15 feet apart around the areas you want to protect.

Place the pouches anywhere you notice gopher activity—around vegetable gardens, flower beds, lawns, landscaping, trees, shrubs, and areas with fresh dirt mounds.

For best coverage, focus on fresh mounds, active digging areas, damaged plants, and sections of your property where gopher activity repeatedly appears. Space the pouches throughout the affected area to maintain consistent scent coverage.

PestLab™ Gopher Repellent Pouches are made with plant-based essential oils and are designed for use around outdoor areas such as yards, gardens, flower beds, and farms. When used as directed, they provide a simple alternative to traps and poison for helping discourage gopher activity.

For best results, keep the pouches intact and place them where children and animals won't chew, open, or ingest them.

No. PestLab™ pouches are designed to repel gophers, not kill them. The plant-based scent helps make treated areas less inviting, encouraging gophers to move away and avoid those spaces.

That means no poison, no lethal traps, and no dead gophers to dispose of—just a simple way to help protect your yard and garden.

PestLab™ Gopher Repellent Pouches are specifically designed to help discourage gophers from treated outdoor areas. The plant-based scent helps make lawns, gardens, flower beds, and landscaping less inviting to gophers.

Results can vary depending on the size of your property, the amount of gopher activity, and how established the underground tunnel system is. Many customers may begin noticing less activity within 1–2 weeks of placing the pouches.

For best results, maintain consistent coverage around fresh mounds, active tunnels, gardens, and other areas showing signs of gopher activity.

Yes. PestLab™ Gopher Repellent Pouches are designed for outdoor use and can be placed around lawns, vegetable gardens, flower beds, landscaping, trees, shrubs, and areas showing signs of gopher activity.

Because outdoor conditions such as rain, heat, moisture, and direct sunlight can cause the scent to fade faster, we recommend checking the pouches regularly and replacing them when needed.

We stand behind every PestLab™ Gopher Repellent Pouch with a 90-day money-back guarantee. If you're not satisfied with your purchase, simply contact us at support@pestlab.co within 90 days of purchase, and our team will assist you according to our return and refund policy.

PestLab™ Gopher Repellent Pouches are designed to create a plant-based scent barrier that helps make treated areas less inviting to gophers.

For continued protection, maintain proper coverage and replace the pouches as their scent begins to fade, particularly after prolonged exposure to outdoor weather conditions.