I have had mixed results with tobacco as a pesticide. A lot of
critters it just doesn't affaect. The ants avoid it for a day or two
then seem to ignore it after that.

ardeith l carter wrote:
>
> On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 03:44:11 +0000 ginny wilken <[log in to unmask]>
> writes:
> > >We've been discussing tobacco and health.  I've been trying online
> > and off  to find an inexpensive source of tobacco for my garden.  Any
> ideas?
>
> I'm assuming you want it for pest control........my mother
> worked in a cigar factory in Tampa all her working life
> and brought home bags of tobacco dust to sprinkle
> around the yard for all sorts of pests.......I don't know
> if this is available commercially in garden supply centers....
> I drop cigarette butts in an old can with water in it, then
> pour the resulting "tea" on ant beds.......the ants either
> die or go away.......and I've got a couple of garden
> "recipes" that call for tobacco "tea" for pest control,
> but they call for using chewing tobacco......Walgreens
> pharmacy has pipe tobacco in one pound bags...not
> too expensive that way...I'm going to try making the
> "tea" out of that.......
>
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