Simple trick to banish garden slugs with kitchen ingredients
Slugs are the most voracious species of snails. It turns out there's a way to get rid of them from your garden. You just need to mix two ingredients. You probably already have one of them in your kitchen cabinet.
8:17 PM EDT, August 13, 2024
They are the bane of every gardener. In one night, they can severely damage a crop. How to get rid of them? Prepare this simple trap, and you'll forget about pests for a long time.
If you notice them in your garden, you need to take action. Otherwise, you might lose a large portion of your crop. How do you get rid of slugs in the garden? The most effective way is to prepare a trap. For this purpose, you can use beer or... cake flavoring. It turns out that slugs love the smell, and once they sense it, they immediately go towards it.
How do we prepare for such a trap? Take a small jar and fill it with water. Add 1/2 teaspoon of your chosen cake flavoring (vanilla or rum would be the best). Mix it thoroughly, then dig a small hole near the beds attacked by the snails. Place the jar in the hole and leave it overnight. The next day, you will see the effect. The pests will fall into the trap by themselves.
How to get rid of slugs?
The cake flavoring trap is cheap, simple, safe, and extremely effective. For best results, it's worth preparing several such jars and placing them in spots frequently visited by snails. You can recognize these spots by the characteristic slime trails. The mixture can be enriched with sugar, yeast, or beer, which slugs love. Repeat the process daily for a few days, and you will eliminate the pests from your garden.
