Re: Odd reference to potatoes
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- Subject: Re: Odd reference to potatoes
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 20:11:04 -0500
You know, Dean, I've always wondered that, myself. Could be that the
Nicotiana used in insecticides is the same one used for smoking
tobacco and the rest of the family aren't quite as lethal in chemical
make up. Seems if there's an aphid within 100 miles, it will find
any ornamental Nicotiana...at least any I've ever grown...and become
fat, happy and fecund slurping away on it.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Dean Sliger <deanslgr@kode.net>
> Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 7:04 AM
>
> Speaking of the nightshade family, I've always found it
(interesting?)
> that elements of Nicotiana are used in several different
insecticides,
> yet Nicotiana plants are always the first to become infested with
aphids
> and a host of other things. There must be something in the
processing
> that the bugs aren't getting in the raw form.
>
> Dean Sliger
> Warren, MI, USA
> Zone 6B
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