Re: Are Nicotiana insecticidal ?

I wonder if it would be a particular species of Nicotiana because they never
touch mine.  I have a N. sanderae cultivar.  I tried N. sylvestris a few
times but it always got loaded with thrips; I gave up.  What your writer
described is what I have read often about JBs and Mirabilis.

Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James R. Fisher" <garrideb@well.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 6:52 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Are Nicotiana insecticidal ?


> Here is one hearsay testimonial from another list:
>
> "The Japanese beetles are rapidly increasing in my yard but I
> noticed that they seem quite attracted to the flowers of a flowering
> tobacco in the yard.  On each blossom this morning, there was a beetle
> that seemed comatose, had lost its lustrous copper coloring and
> had turned brown.  This seems like a great trap/insectidal plant
> for these pests.  Next year, I plan to put flowering tobacco next to
> all of the susceptible plants that I love."
>
> Trissa Elkins
> Philadelphia
>
> -jrf
> -- 
> Jim Fisher
> Vienna, Virginia USA
> 38.9 N 77.2 W
> USDA Zone 7
> Max. 105 F [40 C], Min. 5 F [-15 C]
>
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