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"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 5 months ago (4 children)

Nicotine really is a great natural pesticide.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

It's why plants evolved it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

The tough part is to get the bugs to start smoking

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 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.