FREE | EASY | Tomato HACK Stops Slugs, Snails & Cut Worm ATTACKS with Plastic Bottle.
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Slugs don't seem to bother my tomatoes, but the do love munching on my eggplant leaves. I'm going to try with them. Thanks for sharing Mark. I love repurposing materials that would otherwise end up as trash.
I put trimmings from my holly bush around my strawberry plants back in May. I concentrated on where the fruit was almost ripe. Seemed to help keep the slugs and snails away. Then I went to beer traps.
cool idea but not practical……you'll need 100 bottles if you got 100 plants….. who gonna cut measure and cut all them bottles???
Very clever. and recycling as well!
I use my 2 liter bottles for self wicking buckets, so using 3 per plant like this is not practical for me. I was thinking about trying beer bottle caps… Glue the smooth side to something cylindrical with the rough side out. Wondering if that would stop the little crawlers?
Thank goodness I don't have that problem, I guess they don't like the wooden sides of my beds. Now if you can build a SVB trap…UGH they make me nuts! Hope your harvests are plentiful!
Super great idea Mark
slugs get my young beans but not so much the maters
It'll take me forever to save that many bottles but it's a great idea that I definitely have to try
Thanks Mark, awesome idea.
Great idea Mark!
In May when the plants are put in the ground, the plants are already fairly large, and this week the tomatoes are too large to remove the tomato cage, let alone something of that size. Definitely something to try when planting things out.
Don't cutworms hide in the soil during the day, only 3-5 inches from the plant's stem?
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Very cool, I've never seen that before, I'll definitely have to try this hack and thank you for sharing.
I thought my peas weren’t germinating but it turns out they were being eaten as soon as they popped through the soil.. I sewed a few more pea seeds today and have encircled them with crushed egg shells. I have a major slug problem and tried this with cucumber seedlings last summer. It worked well.
Thanks Mark, your videos are great,I love your videos and I am adding many of your methods to my food forest raised beds
Genius!
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Very clever. Thank you
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Wow, I love it! I don't have a problem with slugs on tomatoes, but just about everything else! I might experiment using this on different types of crops. Thanks for another great tip, Mark!
Got any equally slick ideas to stop grasshoppers?
Slugs and other life eating your plants is an indication your plant is dying or sick.
Absolutely wonderful! Thank you!
I have copper tape from crafting with led lights. I think a ring of that below the plastic frill would keep snail/slug from crossing. No? Thanks for all the ideas.
Really appreciate your positive, get -her -done attitude! What do you use to stop vine borers in squash vines?
Could you make a video with slugs/snails, so we see how it works?
Great idea, did you notice any UV sun damage on plastic? I have problem with chipmunks, any advice will be appreciated.