"So many uses!" (Black Leaf 40 ad from Country Gentleman magazine 1939) (i.imgur.com)

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It is 40% nicotine concentrate.

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[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

Nicotine really is a great natural pesticide.

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

It's why plants evolved it.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

At 40%, it'll definitely kill all your pests, including the bigger ones like your neighbors.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

The tough part is to get the bugs to start smoking

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Is that why tobacco plants produce nicotine in the first place?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Can confirm, grasshoppers are voracious, opportunistic terrorists and yet, will barely nibble a tender tobacco leaf before quickly moving on to something else.

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