[Sca-cooks] Inchworms and tobacco.

[Chris Stanifer]

--- Ruth Frey <ruthf at uidaho.edu> wrote:
> 	So help me, the cigar smoke thing may be for real
> -- one
> of my Botany professors, way back, told me about a
> natural pest-
> control method using tobacco.  You take some
> cigarettes, moosh
> them up, and soak them in water for a while, then
> strain the
> resulting tobacco "tea" and spray it on your plants.
>  The
> nicotine is supposed to kill the insects.

This is most likely the real deal, since 'nicotine' is
sold as a chemical pesticide in bulk.  I'll see what
online sources have to say about it, and get back to
the list.

Balthazar of Blackmoor

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