Re: Tobacco mosaic (was dormant oil)
Cyndi K wrote:
>
> All else aside, you can also spread tobacco mosaic virus to garden plants
> through this practice. So if he ignored you, he probably was sorry for more
> reasons that one! Cyndi K
> -------
> ...While still a columnist with our national gardening magazine I received
> a letter from a male gardener bewailing the fact the could no longer get
> the nicotine and saying he was endeavouring to reproduce it by soaking
> cigarette butts in water. I hope I managed to convince him there are
> safer substitutes!!!
Hi Cyndie
You are so right. I remember, many years ago, seeing how commercial
tomato growers in England had to get fierce over their workers smoking
on the job because of the infection it was spreading.. A very tough
virus, Tobacco Mosaic, and hard to discourage.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand
