How to Use Tobacco Juice to Control Pest in the Garden
Tobacco juice is a fairly effective natural pesticide for pests on most common house plants (aside from plants in the Solanaceae family, which are related to tobacco). Easy and cheap to make, a little tobacco juice on your plants will keep them free of gnats and other pests. Outlined below are the steps to making this natural pest control. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Four to five cigarettes
- Measuring cup
- Disposable plastic cup
- Sauce pan
- Laundry detergent
- Spray bottle
- Water
Instructions
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Fill a disposable plastic cup with 2 to 3 cups of water and 4 to 5 cigarettes. Allow the cigarettes to soak over night.
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Remove the cigarettes, transfer the tobacco-infused water to a sauce pan, and boil the solution for five minutes.
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Allow the tobacco solution to cool and transfer to a plastic spray bottle. Add 1 tbs. of laundry detergent to the mixture.
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Spray the juice on your plants 3 to 4 times a week, creating more solution as needed.
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Tips & Warnings
Soaking the soil with a cup of the tobacco solution will help rid the soil of any pests. Do this no more than once every 2 weeks.
Keep the solution out of the reach of children and pets as nicotine is a poison. Cigarettes should only be purchased by a person of legal age.
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Comments
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I had potatoes two ( Colorado style beetles ) I'm using tobacco juice and it is working. I smoke, used a winters worth of buts in two gallons water.
