Instead of using tabbacco
directly, I've stewed it into strong tea and used that in a sprayer. It breaks down after a while so stop using it near harvest time...
"Not long t'harvest, Hiram." "Ayuh."
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Re: "Not long t'harvest, Hiram." "Ayuh."
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Watering the ground with Dawn dishsoap and tobacco keeps a few others away. Spraying the plant with soapy water at night helps too...just don't do what I did and forget to rinse them off before eating...soapy hot peppers are icky.
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Re: "Not long t'harvest, Hiram." "Ayuh."
Been doing it for nearly three decades and never had an issue. Odd.Dave wrote:I'd be very cautious about doing that. A lot of tobacco carries TMV (tobacco mosaic virus), and this virus also attacks other nightshade plants including tomatoes and peppers.DinkyInky wrote:Watering the ground with Dawn dishsoap and tobacco keeps a few others away.
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Re: "Not long t'harvest, Hiram." "Ayuh."
Some (many?) of the commercial vegetable-nightshade varieties have apparently been bred to be TMV-resistant. And, I've read reports that the incidence of TMV in commercial tobacco has been reduced a great deal over the past few decades. Since it stunts the tobacco, I'm sure the growers try hard to keep it out of their crops.DinkyInky wrote:Been doing it for nearly three decades and never had an issue. Odd.Dave wrote:I'd be very cautious about doing that. A lot of tobacco carries TMV (tobacco mosaic virus), and this virus also attacks other nightshade plants including tomatoes and peppers.
So, you may just have been lucky (in a statistical sense).
The bad news is that the stuff is very resilient - the virus can survive months, or even years of dryness and sunlight.
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Re: "Not long t'harvest, Hiram." "Ayuh."
If the tobacco is air-dried, it can still transmit TMV. If it has been flue-dried, it usually gets hot enough that the virus has been restructured and deactivated. You can always try heating the tobacco up to around 45°C for a few hours to sterilise it.Dave wrote:Some (many?) of the commercial vegetable-nightshade varieties have apparently been bred to be TMV-resistant. And, I've read reports that the incidence of TMV in commercial tobacco has been reduced a great deal over the past few decades. Since it stunts the tobacco, I'm sure the growers try hard to keep it out of their crops.DinkyInky wrote:Been doing it for nearly three decades and never had an issue. Odd.Dave wrote:I'd be very cautious about doing that. A lot of tobacco carries TMV (tobacco mosaic virus), and this virus also attacks other nightshade plants including tomatoes and peppers.
So, you may just have been lucky (in a statistical sense).
The bad news is that the stuff is very resilient - the virus can survive months, or even years of dryness and sunlight.
I've heard that there's also been some research into using milk solutions to help reduce TMV transmissions.
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Re: "Not long t'harvest, Hiram." "Ayuh."
If by flue-dried, you mean use the dottles leftover from my pipe, or some of my clove cigarette ends, yeah I do that.Catawampus wrote:If the tobacco is air-dried, it can still transmit TMV. If it has been flue-dried, it usually gets hot enough that the virus has been restructured and deactivated. You can always try heating the tobacco up to around 45°C for a few hours to sterilise it.Dave wrote:Some (many?) of the commercial vegetable-nightshade varieties have apparently been bred to be TMV-resistant. And, I've read reports that the incidence of TMV in commercial tobacco has been reduced a great deal over the past few decades. Since it stunts the tobacco, I'm sure the growers try hard to keep it out of their crops.DinkyInky wrote:Been doing it for nearly three decades and never had an issue. Odd.
So, you may just have been lucky (in a statistical sense).
The bad news is that the stuff is very resilient - the virus can survive months, or even years of dryness and sunlight.
I've heard that there's also been some research into using milk solutions to help reduce TMV transmissions.
Yanno how some people have Angels/Devils for a conscience? I have a Dark Elf ShadowKnight and a Half Elf Ranger for mine. The really bad part is when they agree on something.
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--Safyr Drathmir
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