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Old 02-04-2011, 09:40 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Would it harm my Rose bush if cigarette ash was flicked into the soil?


"harry" wrote in message
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On Apr 2, 7:24 pm, Sacha wrote:
On 2011-04-02 19:12:53 +0100, harry said:





On Apr 2, 11:21 am, Sacha wrote:
On 2011-04-02 11:08:24 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley
said:


In message , Martin
writes
On Sat, 2 Apr 2011 01:18:43 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote:


On Apr 1, 11:00 pm, Sultana Wahab Sultana.Wahab.
wrote:
Apologies if the above question sounds stupid. A nice response
appreciated.
Thanks for reading


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Sultana Wahab


No. Tobacco is a naturally derived substsnce.


plus chemical additives


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._in_cigarettes


And the argument that something is non-harmful because it's naturally
derived is fallacious..


The ash would in fact
be benificial.


In what way would flicked cigarette ash be beneficial?


One could argue that the residual nicotine (if any) is harmful to
greenfly.


Do roses get tobacco mosaic virus? ;-)
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I don't think anything would survive the burning.


What burning from cigarette ash? Or from hands? Is there something I'm
missing?
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Any diseases present would be incinerated. Virii ? are highly
susceptible to heat.

In order to produce sufficient ash to benefit the plant, would the smoker be
alive to see the benefit I ask ?

Bill