Organic Pesticides

[phreedom_man]

I do not recommend using tobacco in or around your plants. Even handling tobacco with your hands and then touching your plants puts them at risk for Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) - not harmful to humans but can seriously hurt your plants & yield.

That is true for some plant species, but not all. It is known to infect members of nine plant families, and at least 125 individual species, including tobacco, tomato, pepper, egg plant (all members of the useful solanaceae family), cucumbers and a number of ornamental flowers. There are many different strains.

Most tobacco grown today, are resistant to the virus.

Also note that nicotine is a deadly poison. It is very toxic. It used to be used as pesticides, until the EPA banned it in the 1970s.

I have made many teas with it. Always wear protective gear (long sleeves, long pants, shoes, gloves, etc..)
Never get it on your skin. It will absorb into your skin.

 

[florafire]

yeah, concentrated nicotene is deadly...

but for insecticides i use blackjack, aka, farmer's helper, devils stick tight, spanish something or antoher, i cannot remember...it has a lot of names and is just a wild flower...grow's almost everywhere it seems..

pull it up by the roots and all, wash the root...beat the whole thing with a stick, fromthe roots up the stalk to the flowers...bruise it good...then soak it overnight in distilled h2o...strain, and throw away materia...spray liqiud on plants...donot use during last two weeks of flowering...it has carcogens(?) in it...works great for like any kind of bug though.