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The Most Effective Ways to Get Rid of Slugs in Your Garden: How to Protect Your Plants
30.01.2024 04:10
Slugs often become a threat to summer cottages, destroying vegetables and damaging plants.
The fight against these pests is carried out both day and night.
Today we will look at the most effective methods that will help you get rid of slugs and protect your plants, says Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .
Natural Drinks - Deadly Slug Catcher
One of the simple and effective ways to get rid of slugs is to use natural drinks.
Prepare mixtures of milk, beer or compote and pour them into small containers.
Place these containers in your vegetable beds and in the morning you will find many dead slugs inside.
Smelly Repellents - Plants That Hate Slugs
One way to repel slugs is to plant certain plants.
Place grapefruit peels between rows of vegetables - the next morning you will find slugs gathered on them and you can destroy them.
It is also worth planting rosemary, sage, lavender, garlic and onions between the rows.
The scent of these plants is not tolerated by slugs and they will avoid your garden.
Mustard Solution - A Safe Product for Processing Vegetable Crops
Prepare a solution of 50 g of mustard powder and 0.3 l of water. Leave it to infuse for several hours, then add another 0.7 l of water.
In the evening, treat your vegetable crops with this solution. The bitterness of mustard repels slugs, and they will no longer pose a threat to your plants.
Garlic tincture is another effective way to combat slugs
Crush a few cloves of garlic and pour a small amount of water over them. Leave to infuse for 24 hours, then add up to 1 liter of water.
Treat the vegetables with this solution. Water the vegetables well early in the morning, as slugs like to gather in damp places.
Attractive traps - baits for slugs
In the fight against slugs, you can use attractive traps. Create an environment that will attract them and destroy them.
For example, create a compost heap where slugs will feel comfortable. Then periodically destroy these places to reduce their population.
It is important to remember that one method may not work on all slugs, so it is better to use several methods at the same time.
Follow these tips and keep your plants pest-free.
Earlier we wrote about a simple fertilizer for indoor plants.
