Slugs were taking over my garden and I hated it – but a 36p hack stopped them from coming back

IT can feel like a full time job keeping pests away from your garden, with slugs and snails invading almost as soon as the weather gets warmer.

Before you give up having gorgeous flower beds or potted plants, one man has revealed how he keeps the creepy crawlies away using a 36p hack.

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Like many amateur gardeners, Rogen had struggled with slugs and snails.

Fed up of them attacking his vegetable patch, the TikTok star decided that he needed to find a way to stop the pests without using harsh chemicals.

Even better, his hack used items that you can easily find in your kitchen and your recycling bin (yes, really).

Rather than throwing away his old yoghurt pots, the green-fingered influencer will keep them and use them to build a DIY slug trap.

In the viral video, he even demonstrated how he would cut two large holes (roughly the size of 10p piece) around the rim of the yoghurt pot.

He will use a sharp knife to do this before tidying up the edges with a part of scissors before heading outside to put them in place.

Rather than burying the entire pot, the content creator will ensure the container sits just above the soil and make sure the holes aren’t covered.

It is then that Rogen will add his secret ingredient: beer.

While it might sound too good to be true, slugs are attracted to the yeast smell, with them often crawling into beer traps as they look for shelter and something to eat.

Instead of going on to destroy your garden though, the pests will drown in these makes shift traps as the influencer revealed.

Though it might seem cruel, he explained in the caption: “Slugs are an invasive species in Norway, so eliminating them just helps our environment and also spare my vegetables from being eaten.

“They don't have natural predators here, so with human intervention, they could be controlled.”

If you want to test this non-chemical method for getting rid of slugs, you’ll need to ensure that you use either a yoghurt pot or margarine tub with a lid.

This is because rainwater and condensation will dilute the beer, making it less effective so meaning you’ll have to top up the beer more often.

By leaving the lid on, you’ll only have to check your trap every 3-4 days and add extra beer then.

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Even better, you won’t have to splash out on expensive booze either.

Right now, Sainsbury’s have a four pack of Depot 90 Bitter for just £1.45 so you’ll spend just 36p per can to get rid of your slugs.

You can even throw the waste from your trap on your compost heap, as beer can help stimulate bacteria and help to break down garden waste quicker – juts make sure your pile doesn’t get too wet.

With this hack, you’ll banish garden pests in no time.

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