On May 14, 1:40 pm, Martin Brown
wrote:
Cat(h) wrote:
On May 14, 10:20 am, Sacha wrote:
On 14/5/08 03:04, in article , "Frank Booth

Snr" wrote:
Adam wrote:
Hi Everyone
I have some broad beans in my garden at the moment that seem to be
growing healthily enough, but they are covered in black aphids and ants.
Should I be worried about this? If it's a problem, what can I do about
it, given that I am doing my very best to garden organically?
Collect some fag ends, remove the paper and boil tobacco in water. Then
spray the nicotine solution on the aphids. Remember to wash off the
solution before eating.

And don't get it on your fingers. Nicotine extracted from just a single
cigarette with the right solvent could be a lethal dose in a human. This
is one very ill advised piece of kitchen sink chemistry.

And don't go near tomatoes. ;-)

Nor should you if you're a smoker, I was told some time back...
Is there really a chance that you would potentially contaminate the
tomatoes with tobacco viruses, or is it balderdash?

Despite the name tobacco mosaic virus is quite capable of infecting a
range of plant species with damaging results. ISTR orchid growers are
quite paranoid about it as the live virus can survive in the smoke.

Regards,
Martin Brown
** Posted fromhttp://www.teranews.com**

When I worked in Haematology I used to take blood from people with
specific problems, for some tests, the blood had to be taken by
someone who did not smoke. I smoked in those days so I was not
allowed to take the controls required.

Judith

"No aphids on broad beans" would be news.

In article ,
Judith in France writes:
|
| When I worked in Haematology I used to take blood from people with
| specific problems, for some tests, the blood had to be taken by
| someone who did not smoke. I smoked in those days so I was not
| allowed to take the controls required.

Hmm. I somehow doubt that was because of the risk of contamination
by tobacco mosaic virus, unless they were very unusual patients ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.