coolteathatisblue@lemmy.cafe to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months ago"So many uses!" (Black Leaf 40 ad from Country Gentleman magazine 1939)i.imgur.comimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1image"So many uses!" (Black Leaf 40 ad from Country Gentleman magazine 1939)i.imgur.comcoolteathatisblue@lemmy.cafe to Vintage and Retro Ads, Promos, Fliers, Etc. @sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·5 months agoNicotine really is a great natural pesticide.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up13·5 months agoAt 40%, it’ll definitely kill all your pests, including the bigger ones like your neighbors.
minus-squareHikermick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoThe tough part is to get the bugs to start smoking
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoIs that why tobacco plants produce nicotine in the first place?
minus-squareverity_kindle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoCan confirm, grasshoppers are voracious, opportunistic terrorists and yet, will barely nibble a tender tobacco leaf before quickly moving on to something else.
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.