Re: Magic fertilizer mixes?
- To: <perennials>
- Subject: Re: Magic fertilizer mixes?
- From: "* <d*@kiva.net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 22:36:55 -0500
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plants (I dont use on veggies) I find it much safer and in its spray that I
make it is quite safe, (per cooperative extension. Thank you for your
concern...
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Plantermom,
Where do you live...what state and county?
Your tobacco solution is an ineffective pesticide if it is quite safe....so
IT ISN'T REALLY SAFE! I worry about you working with the concentrated solution,
which is toxic and can be absorbed *through* your *skin*! It can also infect
ornamentals like petunias and nicotiana with tobacco mosaic virus....if the
tobacco you used for your solution carried that virus.
I also wonder about the cooperative extension agent recommendation, since
tobacco based products have been withdrawn from the American market...with good
reason. They are supposed to recommend legal products of proven effectiveness,
applied according to product label directions. The person who suggested this
product to you was out of line, if they were working with extension services.
Jerry Baker's formulas sometimes show good short term results, but perennials
are plants for the long term, and tend to suffer under his recommended
ministrations.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 <dorsett@kiva.net>
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