Nicotine/tobacco and bugs (was) RE: [at-l] Arthritis on the trail

[nealb at midlandstech.edu (William Neal)]

I use to grow this flowering kind of tobacco.  It was suppose to be good for
bugs since nicotine is poison to bugs.  I notice that end of my flower bed
had less bugs.  I tried it near my tomatoes and the tomatoes did not do so
good.  Now I know why.  The site below gives some homemade bug sprays and
how to make them.  It includes the nicotine/tobacco spray/tea and the
explanation there might be why my tomatoes did not do too good.  I don't
think the spray would be too good on the trail.  But if you're into
"natural" gardening...  Also, this site contains lots of "natural" anti-pest
chemicals you can use such as garlic oil.
 
Hmmm....  Smell like garlic and old tobacco or get bit by bugs???  To stink
or not to stink, that is the question. ;-)
 
William, The Turtle
 
PS    Read the section about nicotine and its relation to tomatoes and
eggplants.  Amazing that two of our favorite veggies are from the deadly
nightshade family.

Original Message-----
From: Leslie [mailto:lbooher@pure.net]
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 10:27 AM
To: William Neal; 'Kelly Whitman'; AT-L List (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [at-l] Arthritis on the trail


My husband's grandmother used to open cigarettes and put the tobacco in her
closets to keep the moths out, too.  Would menthols be better for this?
Once, our youngest daughter was stung by a wasp that flew into the car as we
were going to her dancing lesson.  Her dance teacher wet a cigarette and put
it on the sting.  Old remedy for stings.  anklebear

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