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Old 01-07-2006, 02:33 PM posted to rec.gardens.orchids
 
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Default Nicotine solution for bugs?


V_coerulea wrote:
Nicotine is extremely toxic. 2- About 30 years ago a local broke into a lawn-and-garden store at night.
During the robbery, he knock over several pesticides. The nicotine sulfate
broke open and spilled down the idiot's jeans. He did not make it through
the night.



Yep, nicotine sulfate is readily absorbed through the skin, and a
little bit goes a very long way.

J. Del Col (who remembers using Black Leaf 40; it works)