RE: Non Chemical

Sounds good Dennis, I seen two around my plants tonight, will try it. Bill Van


At 10:20 AM 5/26/01 , you wrote:
>sorry sometimes I send before I read
>
>This mite sound funny but white fly hate nicotine is you make  a solution
>and it seems to work on just about all flying insects around the pumpkin
>plants I was using chemicals and they were not working very well. Then I
>read an organic pest book and found this : take a gallon milk jug fill with
>water pour in one bag of red mans chewing tobacco and set in the warm sun
>for a day, drain liquid into 2 gallon sprayer add 1/2 cup mouth (
>antiseptic ) mouthwash 1/4 cup dish soap for a sticker and top off with warm
>water. I used this and I haven't had white fly in about a week
>
>Dennis
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>From: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com [o*@mallorn.com%5DOn
>Behalf Of Robert Troy
>Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 1:27 AM
>To: Mallorn
>Subject: Non Chemical
>
>
>List,
>
>Has anyone found a good non chemical way of preventing / treating powdery
>mildew, white fly's, aphids, flea beetles and other minor insects with out
>nuking them with chemicals ?
>Tried Hot Pepper Wax, Baking Soda, Dishwashing liquid, Ultra Fine, Oils,
>Kelp, and Lady bugs at different times with no success.
>I would like to try not to nuke everything in the soil this year.
>Does systemic insecticides kill off good microbes and beneficial's in the
>soil ?
>
>Bob T.
>
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Thanks,
Bill Van Iderstine
P.E.I. Record Holder @ 862 lbs.
http://aggc.1wh.com/aggc.asp
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