Coffee Slug

How to get rid of slugs and snails with coffee according to the united states department of agriculture s agricultural research service in hilo hawaii concentrations of as low as 0 01 percent caffeine repel slugs.

Coffee slug.

To be fair i only tried this with 3 slugs and they were of one type. A neurotoxin caffeine in as little as a 2 percent solution will kill slugs according to the usda researchers findings. Apluswriting coffee kills slugs better than the most commonly sold poison bait for slugs. A lot of horticulturists believe that the mere smell of coffee can be a deterrent to the slugs and snails.

A cup of instant coffee contains about 0 05 caffeine and brewed coffee has more. Besides coffee does not alter the ph of the soil nor has any side effects on the plants. Either way when these snails and slugs catch one whiff of the caffeine they ll immediately crawl the other direction. The introduction of caffeine in their system also stimulates the mucus production in their body making them slower.

I read other anecdotal advice. Robert pavlis of garden myths set up his own experiment with slugs and coffee grounds and he says the coffee grounds don t even slow them down. The myth that coffee grounds stop slugs is busted. Coffee grounds are already recommended as a home remedy for keeping slugs and snails at bay.

Especially in a large garden with a lot of slugs and snails it will not be sufficient to put out a daily portion of coffee to repel them. Pour a pot of coffee directly on the garden soil. How a slug of coffee can get rid of those garden pests by james chapman daily mail a saucer of beer a trail of salt or even a crack over the head are all weapons used in the war on slugs. Well if coffee is good at killing things then surely the advice to use coffee grounds to kill slugs or repel them is accurate right.

As if keeping the snails and slugs away weren t enough adding coffee grounds to the soil in your garden is actually extremely helpful and nutritional for it. Coffee slug is a collaborative effort of two young musicians mocha case and pocket slime mostly dinking around on. This one is a big fat maybe. But given the speed at which my slugs crossed the barrier i would be surprised if the physical characteristics of the grounds would stop any slug.

Clearly they are not enough to protect their favorite foods.