Keep slugs out of your plant pots for a year!

Anne Vine |

Monday, 1st March 2010

The war between gardeners and slugs is perhaps the longest running in history. For those looking for a new weapon, try this simple tip with your flower pots

Get greasing that pot... (photo: George_Shuklin/Wikimedia)

Choose a pot with a lip that curves out at the top. Turn the pot upside down and smear vaseline all the way around this lip. Sprinkle salt over the vaseline. Turn the pot right way up and plant up as usual (but beware of getting greasy hands if you pick it up by holding the lip!).

The salt does not wash away because the lip protects it from rain. This will last for up to a year, and is very cheap, easy and effective.

This article originally appeared as
"Slugless pots"
in Permaculture Magazine issue 63.
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Keep slugs out of your plant pots for a year!

The war between gardeners and slugs is perhaps the longest running in history. For those looking for a new weapon, try this simple tip with your flower pots

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Keep slugs out of your plant pots for a year!

The war between gardeners and slugs is perhaps the longest running in history. For those looking for a new weapon, try this simple tip with your flower pots

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