Re: tobacco attack

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• To: i*@prairienet.org
• Subject: Re: tobacco attack
• From: b*@rgfn.epcc.edu (Clark Weston)
• Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 21:15:35 -0700 (MST)

Once again people are pursuing the "Natural" pesticide will of the wisp.
Strychnine is "natural" and so is arsenic (they dig it out of the ground).
Maybe you should try those.  Before you start flaming me, my whole point 
is that "natural" does not necessarily mean harmless to humans or good 
for the environment.

There was once a product on the market which was called Black Leaf 40 
which was a concentrated nicotine for insecticidal purposes.  It was 
delisted.

Be very careful with your "natural" and "home" remedies.  They might hurt 
you. 


>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.
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>Or, if possible, dip the infested plants in warm, soapy water.
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>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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--
Clark Weston
>From The Hinterlands of The Franklin Mountains
<bk161@rgfn.epcc.edu>

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