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A GARDENING expert has revealed a 70p hack to get rid of your slug problem.
Slugs can be an extreme nuisance in the garden, as they munch away at your beloved plants and vegetables.
They also reproduce at a very rapid pace and have an insatiable appetite, meaning they can destroy a whole flower bed in just one night.
However, there is no need to break the bank purchasing expensive products to get rid of them, as you can make your own DIY slug trap at home.
Lauren Liff, expert at Dabah Landscape Designs revealed that you can banish slugs from your garden using good old cola.
She said: "Since Coke was originally being used as a health tonic, you might be asking, what possible use could it have in our gardens?
"It turns out that Coke can be used to kill slugs!"
Many gardeners use beer to trap slugs, however cola is cheaper and works just as well.
You can pick up cheap cola from Sainsbury's for just 70p.
It is also a much safer alternative to using pesticides or poisons.
Lauren revealed that to spot whether you have a slug problem, you should look out for holes in the leaves of your plants.
She said: "They chew ragged holes into the leaves and can sometimes devour an entire seedling."
To make a cola slug trap, fill a low bowl or cup with the fizzy drink, and leave it over night.
Lauren said: "Just like using beer, the slugs will be attracted to the sugar in the soda and lure them into the bowl.
"The slugs will then find their way into the sugary drink and suffer a death comparable to drowning in acid."
You can also make a water bottle trap, by cutting the top off a plastic one-litre bottle, removing the lid, and then positioning the top of the bottle upside down so that the bottle neck is pointed towards the base.
Fill the bottle up with cola and then wait for the slugs to travel downwards into the trap, where they will drown.
Gardener David Domoney, revealed that these types of traps work best when they are slightly hidden.
He told This Morning: "I'd bury them in the ground so that there's at least an inch or more above the ground to stop things falling in by mistake."
To bury your traps, make a small pit in the ground near the plants the slugs like best, then bury a small bowl, so only the liquid is visible.
"It's almost like a dinner bell for the slugs as they come in then you can humanely remove them", David said.
Alan Titchmarsh has been an organic gardener for 40 years but draws the line at welcoming slugs into his garden.
In a recent interview with The Daily Telegraph, Alan admitted to creeping into his garden by torchlight, picking all the slugs off his plants and hurling them over the country hedge.
Luckily, he doesn't have any neighbours.
Referring to the RHS' suggestion that gardeners should "", Alan remarked: "I’ve had a little bit of beef with being told slugs are my friends.
“It’s like saying to people that bed bugs and ticks are your friends. Don’t be ridiculous!”
