"Pests Will Disappear": How to Get Rid of Slugs with Coffee - Only a Few Know About This

31.03.2024 12:02
Updated: 12.05.2024 23:20

With the advent of stable warmth and sun, “unwanted” guests begin to appear on the site – slugs.

To combat them, summer residents use a lot of means, but we will tell you about an unexpected and effective means that everyone has in their kitchen.

An expert of the MOS SMI portal, agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh will tell you about this product.

This miracle savior is coffee. It is safe for humans and plants, but not for slugs. Pests are afraid of it.

To prepare the remedy, take 4 tablespoons of ground coffee and pour 0.5 liters of boiling water over it. After that, let the liquid cool down a little and strain it.

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The prepared infusion can be used to water or spray plants.

If you use a concentrated coffee solution with 1-2% caffeine, the pests will disappear. The only downside is that the leaves of the plants may lose color.

Previously, we talked about whether it is worth pruning grapes in the spring.

Ekaterina Streltsova Author: Ekaterina Streltsova Editor of Internet resources

Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert: Anastasia KovrizhnykhExpert / HERE NEWS