I’m a gardener and I swear by a 45p buy to get rid of slugs for good – ditch egg shells for pest-free plants this summer

SLUGS can be a real nuisance and if you are fed up with them climbing all over your plants, then fear not, you’ve come to the right place.

Late summer often means that slugs are busy searching around gardens for tasty plants to feast upon. 

Whilst it can be frustrating for many gardening enthusiasts, a professional gardener has revealed the best way to deal with them.

Not only is this hack natural, but it’s incredibly affordable too - and you may already have the secret in your cupboard.

Whilst sprinkling crushed eggshells around your plants to act as a barrier is a very popular gardening method to keep slugs away, Matt Peskett, a gardener and founder of has shared what to do instead.

According to Matt, using eggshells has not worked for him and instead, there is a better way to keep slugs out of your garden for good. 

Matt explained: “If I had a pound for each time I heard somebody recommend crushed egg shells as a slug and snail barrier I’d be rich. 

“The problem is, it’s mostly a load of old cobblers which never ever gave my plants any kind of protection whatsoever.”

Instead, Matt has done a series of experiments around his garden to see what works best to stop slugs from eating plants.

He discovered that it is best to combine a dry powdery substance with rose thorns. 

The green-fingered guru highlighted: “In my tests, snails will not cross a barrier of dry fine powdery ‘stuff’.

“It’s pretty obvious that it sticks to them, they can’t get any traction to climb over it but the granules must be small.” 

So if you want to give this trick a try, you can use a variety of items, many of which you may already have in your cupboard. 

But the cheapest hack will cost you just 45p - yes you heard that correctly, thanks to a bag of plain flour from Sainsbury’s.