Slug and snail pests do not like coffee grounds

Who would have thought slug and snail pests are fussy about the type of coffee they come across! In fact, they are really effected by espresso coffee, not your instant coffee. Oh no, only the best coffee grounds and slugs combination for your garden pests.

I wonder if you ever thought coffee grounds organic gardening tips would combine like this. Amazing how useful so many things in our normal daily lives can be used to help prevent garden pests in a natural and sustainable way.

slug and snail

The ratio is 10 to 1. You need 10 parts water to one part coffee. Mix them together in a container which can be used to spray. Give it a bit of a shake if it has been standing for too long to mix it all together again and spray it over the leaves and soil near the plants. Cover a fair bit of the ground surface as you really want the slugs and snails to get a fair dose of the caffeine as that is what kills them. If it rains too heavy you better spray some more on.

Slug and snail and coffee! What next?