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Martin Brown writes:
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| The use of nicotine is banned by law in any form of horticulture.
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| That doesn't stop people trying to do this at home. The web is full of
| silly recipes for various unlicenced dodgy brews that are really scary
| given that they may be made in a kitchen.

Yes. I am pretty casual about using kitchen equipment for Bordeaux
mixture, but the lethal dose of copper is 1+ gram, and we need a few
microgrammes a day. So I wash it until I can't see green, and then
leave it in the washing up.

Nicotine is another matter entirely ....

| And nicotine does NOT carry any form of virus, though tobacco may.
| I have no idea whether alcohol extraction will kill the virus.
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| It didn't. There was some trouble with it in the old days when it was
| used. These days orchid growers are paranoid about not having anyone
| smoking in their greenhouse. Apparently the live virus can be dispersed
| in smoke.

Boggle. Now, THAT'S tough.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.