A GARDENING expert has revealed a simple 50p trick to get rid of pests of plants, without harming any plants.
Aphids are sap-sucking insects that feed on plants and can cause the leaves on plants to go yellow and curled.
The bugs can tricky to get rid of and many people use a spray of soapy water to kill them.
However, posting in the Gardening Hints and Tips Facebook group, an expert said that this can actually be harmful to plants, and shared a non-toxic solution.
He said: "Spraying with household soaps can be very harmful to plants, damaging the waxy cuticles on the leaf surfaces, causing the plant to lose water quicker, and very often die.
"You really are playing Russian roulette with your plants if you use homemade soap sprays on a regular basis."
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The gardening pro said that instead, you should make a spray using garlic.
He said: "Garlic is toxic to bugs and it also helps to prevent bacteria and harmful fungus from harming your plants.
"Making your own garlic spray is dead easy, and a great organic tool for a healthy garden, and it does not impart any garlic flavouring on edible crops.
"It also happens the be the most effective organic control method for dealing with slugs and snails."
To make the spray, the gardener said all you need to do is boil two garlic bulbs in water until they are soft.
Squash the garlic with the back of a fork to release as much juice as possible, and then sieve out the skins so you are left with a cloudy liquid concentrate.
Dilute two tablespoons of the mixture with five litres of water and put it in a sprayer or watering can.
Spray on your plants every week, and the bugs should disappear.
Garlic is super cheap, and you can get two bulbs from the supermarket for around 50p, so this bug banishing mixture is incredibly affordable.
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Facebook users flooded the comments section of the post to share their thoughts.
One person said: "I sprayed my hostas with a water garlic spray for the first time this year and they look fabulous,"
Another person said: "Garlic is good for almost anything."
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A third person commented: "I have discovered the benefits of garlic spray. It works a treat."
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