How to Spray Vinegar to Kill Slugs

Remove slugs from your garden or basement with a vinegar solution.

A relative of the snail also known as a mollusk, the slug lives in the ground and comes up to feed primarily at night or on cloudy, damp days. Slugs tend to congregate in large numbers in gardens, basements, on walls, doorways and along walkways, which can make these areas unsightly. Slugs are typically found when the ground thaws in the spring until it freezes in the fall. You can eradicate your home and garden of slugs safely by using vinegar.

Things You'll Need

• Garden sprayer
• Spray bottle
• Flashlight

Instructions

1. Fill a garden sprayer with a mixture of one part water to one part white distilled vinegar. For smaller applications, a spray bottle is sufficient.

2. Search for slugs during the night-time hours with a flashlight. Check the ground surrounding garden plants and the leafy areas of the plant. Also, look at damp areas of the basement.

3. Spray the vinegar solution directly on the slugs.

Tips & Warnings

• Slugs vary in size from 1/4-inch to seven inches long depending on the species.

References

• 1001 Uses for White Distilled Vinegar: Garden
• Parallels: 101 Uses of Vinegar
• Gomestic: Vinegar: Your BFF in the Garden