Re: tobacco attack

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• Subject: Re: tobacco attack
• From: A* D* <a*@soils.umn.edu>
• Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 14:25:05 -0600

Wouldn't this expose the plants to Tobacco Mosaic Virus?  Perhaps not a
problem on foliage plants, but we people who grow orchids have been told to
keep tobacco away from the plants.

At 01:21 PM 3/24/98 -0600, you wrote:
>Ed:
>
>To continue your aversion to chemical sprays, try using "tobacco tea." Make
>it with chewing tobacco or ripped-up cigarettes (the only thing they're good
>for) and water. Shake it up well in a bottle or, if you wife is more
>understanding than mine, use the mixer in the kitchen. Spray on the plants.
>
>Or, if possible, dip the infested plants in warm, soapy water.
>
>Both work fine for me. I have few bugs because I look for them constantly
>and maintain clean growing areas. Even then, an occasional bug creeps in.
>
>John G. Adney
>Marion, Iowa
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Anita Dille
e-mail:  adille@soils.umn.edu
beancounter...and proud of it

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