Root Guard™ Gopher Wire Baskets

Give Your Plants A Fighting Chance Against Gophers.

Root Guard Gopher Baskets are uniquely designed to keep troublesome gophers away from delicate plant roots. The mini baskets are specifically designed to protect small plants in 4" pots while the larger ones work for everything from bulbs to small shrubs (size up according to your needs). When selecting the proper size for your plants, choose a basket that is one size larger than the plant's root ball to allow for plant growth. These baskets have multiple attributes to maximize their effectiveness, ease-of use, and desirability:

Made of heavy duty 20 gauge wire to prevent gophers from chewing through.
Hexagonal-shaped openings in the wire are smaller than regular chicken wire. This smaller size mesh allows for root growth while keeping the gophers at bay.
Mini Baskets are 1/2" mesh and Larger Baskets are 3/4" mesh.
Wire is woven and vinyl coated to keep baskets strong and to eliminate sharp edges.
Opens in seconds and pops into shape easily.
Free standing for easy planting and to allow for up-sizing when needed.
Reusable and easily refolded for storage.

Basket Dimensions:

Mini - 4" diameter and 5" deep
1 Gal - 8" diameter and 9" deep
3 Gal - 12" diameter and 9" deep
5 Gal - 12" diameter and 14" deep

This Product Controls These Pests or Diseases: This product works as an underground mechanical control for Gophers & Moles.

How to Form and Use:

Pull open top of basket
Round-out the sides
Form flat bottom
Install basket in pre-dug hole, leaving 1" - 2" above ground, then back-fill. Be careful to eliminate any air spaces and water.

Installation Instructions

Reviews

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Wire baskets

Jun 29, 2024 | By Susan Crawford

The small quart size are wonderful and reusable for protecting fruit on trees. The larger sizes are of a stiffer, heavier wire and are not nearly as playable for my intended purpose. They are both of great quality.

Not just for gophers

Feb 5, 2022 | By Karin Monvoisin

I purchased these baskets to help my delicate hostas from being uprooted by obnoxious armadillos in my area. Though I haven't seen any armadillos yet since planting the hostas, these baskets are exactly what I was looking for to (hopefully) keep them in the ground should the 'dillos decide to root around.

Exactly as described/ fast shipping

May 28, 2021 | By Sharon L Pajka

There's nothing too exciting about these Root Guard Gopher Baskets except they protect out plants. This product was great, exactly as described and shipping was surprisingly fast even in a pandemic.

Excellent Purchase

Jul 18, 2020 | By Melissa Muir

These are perfect baskets for 4" plants and the price is great. A life saver when I planted my fern/hosta garden!

Wire Baskets

Jul 9, 2020 | By Susan Crawford

I am being overrun by ground squirrels, eating everything. They no longer get my berries and tomatoes. They are protected by the wire baskets. I've won one battle with Arbico's help.

Gopher Wire Basket

Jun 24, 2020 | By Nancy Baric

I cannot yet do a review because I will not be planting bulbs until the fall. It is my expectation that the baskets will work well, though. How could they not?

Exactly what I needed

Jun 2, 2020 | By DeLayne

Ready to plant my bulbs and not provide lunch for gophers. Easy to set up. Well made.

Tomatoes now protected.

May 28, 2020 | By Nathan

Great product to defeat the gophers. Easy and quick to use. Sellers shipped quickly.

Gopher Basket

May 6, 2020 | By Janette Duncan

The 5 gallon baskets are hard to find so I am happy to get these four. But, the overall width is barely big enough around for transplanting artichokes here in California

Just what the doctor ordered!

Apr 26, 2019 | By Gerald McDougall

My garden is plagued with gophers and moles that have destroyed so many of my plants. In the past I have had to fabricate the wire baskets from rolls of wire netting but now with your easy-to-shape baskets, I am spared that laborious chore.