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Re: Problems with garden trolls

At 03:49 PM 12/19/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 02:59 PM 12/19/97 -0400, Richard Callwood wrote:
>
>
>>  T - resistant to tobacco mosaic.  Tobacco is in the same family as tomatoes,
>>      so it's probably not a good idea to smoke around tomato plants.
>
>OK! This what is known as a troll. Maybe I'm just being really gullible today.

Sorry, if you're looking for trolls, you might try rec.gardens. ;-)

>Richard, I'm actually very curious. Are you concerned that the tomato plants
>will feel bad realizing that their cousins are being smoked up right there
>in front of them? 

Upon rereading my post i realize that i didn't explain the connection.
Cigarette tobacco is sometimes infected with the tobacco mosaic virus.
Tomatoes are susceptible to this disease.  The first place i read this was
in a book called _Square Foot Gardening_, by Mel Bartholemew.  Martha
Wells's experiment shows that there may be some truth to this folk tale.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to explain this.

(Full disclosure: i happen to be a non-smoker.  I hope this doesn't
compromise my scientific objectivity.)

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St. Thomas, VI 00802                   E-mail:    rcallwo@uvi.edu

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