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How to make a Garlic Wash to deter slugs and snails
 

This is the recipe used by a commercial nursery growing hostas to deter slugs & snails. I'll certainly be trying it next year on my vegetables.

Recipe

Makes approximately 1.5 litres / 2.6 pints

Ingredients
2 Whole bulbs of garlic
2 Litres of water

Method
Place the garlic and water in a pan, and boil till soft (about 10 minutes)
Crush the garlic with a potato masher
Once cool, strain the liquid through a fine sieve into a 2 litre pop bottle.
If you intend to use it with a sprayer, then filter through a piece of muslin or paper towel.
Label the bottle.

Note that this is a concentrate, and should be diluted for use.
 

Step-by-step instructions for use

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Do NOT apply in bright sunshine, or you risk "sun scorch" on the leaves.
 

Step 1

Add 15ml (1 tablespoon) of concentrate to a 5 litre watering can, or 30ml to a 10 litre can.

Step 2

With a rose on the can, liberally water the whole plant, including the foliage.
 

Step 3

Repeat every couple of weeks.

Alternatively

Step 1

Add 5ml (1 teaspoon) of concentrate to a spray bottle.
Label the sprayer if you don't use it all in one go.

Step 2

Liberally mist the foliage.
 

Step 3

Repeat every couple of weeks.

 

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