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Re: snails arggggggggggg

At 07:25 PM 3/22/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 11:15 AM 3/22/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>Also: I just caught the tail end of a Jerry Baker gardening show... looked
>>like he had lots of homemade concoctions for garden pests. Anyone know of
>him?
>>
>>Thanks
>>Rhonda
>
>Jerry Baker has been around for quite a few years.  Has written several
>books; spokesman for KMart for a while; radio shows etc.
>
>Very big on home brews from beer, ammonia, chewing tobacco etc.  Much of
>what he writes appears to be common sense; some seems a little off the
>wall, but harmless.
>
>
>Wally Goffeney
>Bloomfield, MI  Zone5
>
>
I have a couple of Jerry's books and have used some of his concoctions with
varied results.  However, using any home brew which is made from tobacco
products is NOT harmless.  The active ingredient in the resulting brew is
nicotine.   Nicotine sulphate (I believe) was a commonly used insecticide
until it was made practically obsolete by the chemical industry.  It is
still available, but you would have to look hard to find it.   It is an
extremely effective insecticide, but also can kill warm blooded creatures
(read kids, adults, pets, etc.).  It can also spread tobacco mosaic virus
which will affect all member of the nocotia family such as tomatoes,
potatoes, peppers,etc.
My advice would be to use his "brews" with a great deal of caution.

Chuck
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