"So many uses!" (Black Leaf 40 ad from Country Gentleman magazine 1939)
It is 40% nicotine concentrate.
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Nicotine really is a great natural pesticide.
It's why plants evolved it.
At 40%, it'll definitely kill all your pests, including the bigger ones like your neighbors.
The tough part is to get the bugs to start smoking
Is that why tobacco plants produce nicotine in the first place?
Can confirm, grasshoppers are voracious, opportunistic terrorists and yet, will barely nibble a tender tobacco leaf before quickly moving on to something else.
It's amazing humanity has survived. So many old products were like "Here's some concentrated poison. Spread it in your house, on your food, and in the air you breathe. It also makes a great toothpaste and eyeliner!"
I mean this isn’t really poison tho. It’s just nicotine which is a natural plant product specifically evolved as a pesticide.
product specifically evolved as a pesticide.
A.K.A., a poison.
"Natural" doesn't mean "good" -- lots of natural things are poisonous.
I mean this isn’t really poison tho.
Go ahead and look into the toxicity of a single drop (30-60mg) of nicotine. Plenty of "natural plant products" that are poisons.
Nicotine really is a great natural pesticide.
It's why plants evolved it.
At 40%, it'll definitely kill all your pests, including the bigger ones like your neighbors.
The tough part is to get the bugs to start smoking
Is that why tobacco plants produce nicotine in the first place?
Can confirm, grasshoppers are voracious, opportunistic terrorists and yet, will barely nibble a tender tobacco leaf before quickly moving on to something else.