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Still have whiteflies
"Billy" wrote in message ... I haven't used this but the caution was that it is a wide range general insecticide which is also toxic to mammals. If the nicotine in one cigarette could get into your body, you would be dead. Nicotine and Soap Wash. This is for Aphids, Apple Sucker, Cuckoo Spit, Leaf Miners, and all forms of young Caterpillars. Nicotine (96 per cent purity)SS. 1 ? - 2 ? oz. Soft SoapSSSSSSSSS... 4 oz. Soft WaterSSSSSSSSS. 20 Gals. What does SSSSSSSSS mean? I'll get some ciggies from my husband and soak them. I spent so much on this garden already I hesitate to toss good money after bad. Pour the Nicotine into the dissolved soap in the water, and apply as a fine spray, BUT avoid using it on any plants the leaves of which are likely to be cooked or eaten in less than four or five weeks. The same remark applies to fruit. This is our tomatoes and peppers. In a month the toms will be rotten on the ground if I can't can them in the next few weeks. Too bad you can't find and dump a bunch of ladybug larvae... IME, natural predators work better than any pesticides if you can introduce them in great enough numbers. I bought lacewing eggs to control scale on my succulents. Have not seen a scale since. :-) -- Billy Bush and Pelosi Behind Bars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTf...ef=patrick.net http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo...eature=related |
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