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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Angela Patrone & Lottie Gibbons

Gardener says Sainsbury's 21p item will stop snails and slugs eating plants

Slugs and snails can destroy our gardens as they munch away at our plants and crops.

They are active for most of the year but can be particularly bothersome in spring and summer when it's warm and damp. Slugs and snails can consume several times their own body weight in food in one day.

But one gardener says they have found a "really effective" method to stop slugs and snails from attacking her plants. Taking to the Gardening UK Facebook page, she shared her non-toxic formula that won't damage wildlife or plants.

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