I’m a farmer – my brother taught me the best hack to keep worms out of your garden, it’s strange but it works
A FARMER has shared the hack her brother taught her to keep worms out of any garden.
The green-thumbed influencer demonstrated the handy trick for her followers.
In her video, TikTok user April (@aprilsunrisefarm) explained that she learned the hack after her brother gave her unsolicited gardening advice.
She explained: “My brother saw my video [where the corn] has a little worm at the top and he couldn’t wait to run over and show me some brotherly love.
“A kind of sibling love where they’ve just got to tell you what you’re doing wrong and what they’re doing right,” April said.
She added: “Normally, I don’t care much for that love and to be fair I’ve never seen worms in his corn before so I was ready to listen.”
The content creator revealed that her brother’s secret pest-repelling weapon is mineral oil.
April explained that she dyed the oil to give viewers a better look at the liquid.
“Take a syringe or straw as I did and just kind of dab it on the end of that corn,” she said, demonstrating the hack.
The content creator continued: “Then take your fingers and lube it all up.
“Get them when they’re young and then again throughout the season, that way you get to eat what you grow, worm-free,” April told viewers.
TikTok users took to the comments section to share their thoughts on the advice.
“I just had a flashback of going to visit my grandpa and spending my whole summer mowing his lawn and oiling the damn corn!” wrote one follower.
Another viewer said: “I buy a gallon of it and put it in a pump sprayer, adjust the nozzle to a stream and squirt them up.”
“I could have used this information three months ago lol,” commented a third person.