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Question on Tobacco Tea
On Jan 7, 6:24*am, McGerm wrote:
I have been catching up on my garden reading here in Zone 6. *One of the things I picked up at the library was a DVD on tree and shrub care. *Among the things it said to do was to use a 'clean-up tonic' once every two weeks to discourage insects and diseases. *The DVD made it sound like a very good thing to do. Clean-Up Tonic 1 Cup lemon-scented liquid dish soap 1 Cup of antiseptic mouthwash 1 Cup of chewing tobacco tea The tobacco concerns me, specifically tobacco mosaic virus. *Will this treatment spread the virus? *According to sources online TMV infects and kills tomatoes/peppers/eggplant/ cubits, annual flowers, orchids, and hundreds of other ornamentals. Jim You would be much better off adding beneficial microbes to your leaf surface through AACT or Actively Aerated Compost Tea, than killing everything with your recipe. Plants put out exudates (simple sugars, carbohydrates, etc.) through their roots and also on the surface of the leaves. In a healthy plant, these resources are taken in by beneficial bacteria, fungi, and protozoa, which then occupy the infection sites on the leaf and OUTCOMPETE the pathogens for that space. It's a symbiotic relationship that's constantly occurring at a microscopic level. Here's a good starting point for learning mo http://www.soilfoodweb.com/03_about_us/approach.html |
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