Gardener’s simple 79p Vaseline hack keeps your plants safe from slugs
Amy, known to her online followers as ‘The Lockdown Gardener’, has taken to social media to share her top gardening tip for keeping slugs at bay. In a TikTok video captioned: “My five defence system for protecting plants from slugs”, the green-fingered whizz revealed her unique method.
She said: “Put in a pot, raise up on a metal stand, slather Vaseline on the stand and rim on the pot, copper scouring pads around the base of the plant and lastly some garlic spray! Five defences! I hope there’s none living in the soil already as I will have just trapped them forever.”
In the clip, Amy demonstrates how she protects her Hostas from the relentless appetite of slugs by placing the plant in an elevated pot on a metal stand and applying Vaseline, which can be snapped up for a mere 79p at Waitrose, to the stand’s legs and rim.
To further reinforce her plant’s protection, she adds copper scouring pads around its base, reports the Express.
Additionally, she spritzes the plant with garlic spray, admitting: “I personally don’t think it works on its own, there’s too much rain where I live.
“But, together with the other defences, it seems to work quite well.” The video, posted under @thelockdowngardener, has quickly become a hit, amassing an impressive 79,500 views.
Fans have flocked to the comments to thank Amy for her sage advice, with many expressing their eagerness to try out her slug-deterring strategy.
One user raved: “Copper scouring pads are a genius idea! Snails and slugs destroyed my sunflowers!” Another gardener chimed in: “I will try this… I’m a newbie to gardening so any hints and tips welcome.”
A third enthusiast added: “I must try this… inherited a hosta with our house and it gets munched terribly in the border!”
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