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Comments (30)Can you provide any photos of the critters you are seeing on your peppers? Fungus gnat larvae live in moist soil with a high percentage of organic matter. They feed on roots, generally not to the point where they cause significant damage but do not crawl around on plant parts. They won't emerge from the soil until they become adults. If you do indeed have fungus gnats, there are a lot of much easier and safer ways to control them than using a nicotine tea. In fact, you run a serious risk of infecting your peppers with TMV if you use it - ALL plants in that family (Solanaceae) are quite susceptible (tomatoes, peppers, tomatillos eggplants, etc.) as well as more from 9 other plant families for a total of about 350 different plant species. The virus is very stable and can remain active even in dried or processed tobacco products. This is why you will see 'No Smoking" signs in every commercial greenhouse - not because of human health hazards (although I'm sure that is a consideration) but because of the risk of losing a crop and the financial investment that represents to the grower. I know of greenhouse workers that were fired for smoking on the job, just for this reason!! Fungus gnats lay their eggs in moist soils so keeping things on the drier side will help considerably. You can also top each pot with a layer of coarse sand. The adult gnats won't lay their eggs on the sand as they perceive it to be an inhospitable environment for their young. You can trap the adults with vinegar or beer traps and bait for the larvae by covering the top of your post with thin slices of potato. Leave in place overnight and then discard and replace with fresh. And don't be grossed out by what you find on the reverse side of the potatoes in the morning :-)) But the best thing you can do is get those peppers outdoors and into the ground ASAP. Fungus gnats are not known to be a problem in plants grown outside in garden soil. But this is assuming that fungus gnats are the problem in the first place and I am not convinced they are. Photos are really necessary to determine exactly what's going on....See MoreHomemade Chewing Tobacco Teas are Really Safe and Good!
Comments (41)i grew about fourteen white burley plants this year, happily with success, and without pesticides or any other poisons. however, the nicotine produced by these 'naturally' grown plants is considerable, and is not always the best insect control possible. ironically, the high-alkaloid flowering tops and new leaves attract huge colonies of aphids, which don't look like they suffer for the experience. also, the ladybugs on the plants stayed quite healthy (as opposed to the confused claim in the posting above) and were my primary aphid predator--some ants helped, as well. As they crawled all over the plants for hours each day, there was clearly some contact. And there were the occasional leaf-cutting caterpillar (or whatever) that chewed up foliage, in some cases obviously getting pretty far, so instant nicotine death wasn't likely there. on certain other insects, i'm sure the nicotine is a good control, but i would not want cats or birds (or anything else) to suffer its toxicity. if a person were using commercially-grown tobacco, they'd be enlightened by checking out the reprinted article on the uses of radioactive materials in fertilization, as reprinted in the book The Emperor Wears No Clothes, by Jack Herer. It's primarily a cannabis book, but has other info of value like this. Best natural-type control? Pyrethrum works fine for me....See MoreCigarette smell and a new home
Comments (45)I am a smoker, but I don't smoke in my apartment. Former smokers and never been smokers tell me my apt. doesn't smell of smoke. This is what I did 1: Washed down the walls. I couldn't wash the ceilings, because they're that cardboard cheap stuff. The ceiling in my kitchen has been painted over, but none of the others have. 2: Washed in hot water and bleach, or simply got rid of any and all curtains. Disposed of all blinds too. (They were cheap, so it didn't matter, if you have expensive blinds that are made of plastic you could probably wash them down with hot water. 3: Sniffed around my place a lot and ran around with a bottle of Dawn power dissolve. Honestly, that stuff worked fantastic for the little corners and things I found where the smell would linger. I also used several bottles cleaning all around my windows, in the little cracks, etc. I always made sure to do this on warm days so I could keep the windows open 4: Speaking of windows, when I was home, I lived without the AC, bought a bunch of cheap box fans, and ran them in reverse in every room I could. When I wasn't home, I ran the dehumidifier. The problem with cig. smoke is that it's sticky. (Smoke from various illegal substances is even worse, I know this because the people who lived here before us smoked a lot of that) The moment any moisture gets in, it mixes with any dried sticky smoke and hydrates it, making it much smellier. The humidifier dried it up. 5: Again, washed down the walls, after several months of "Fan when home, humidifier when not" 6: Scrubbed bathroom tile with Dawn power dissolve and then used a Clorox bleach pen on the grout. 7: Bought a shark floor steamer and washed the kitchen floor quite often. That eliminated the need for any harsh floor detergent. Distilled water works the best in one of those, and you can get a gallon of the stuff for about a buck. It worked wonderful, especially getting into the little cracks. 8: For the carpeted floors? (which is everything but the kitchen and bathroom) I knew that would be a problem, so I just went crazy on it. Made carpet freshener from baking soda. For every box, I mixed a half a teaspoon of cinnamon. Try this before you do it yourself, because some people find that even that little can make them sneeze. I took each room, one at a time, pulled the furniture out, sprinkled the carpet freshener liberally around the room and left it. Preferably, I did this when we were going out for a few hours. When I came home I vacuumed. Did this with each room about three times, then I would... 9: Rent a carpet steamer (Or, call a professional, but renting was cheaper) steam cleaned the carpets. 10: Continued to vacuum and use my home made freshener whenever possible. Didn't move all the heavy furniture out of the way anymore though, unless it was spring/fall cleaning. Just vacuumed as I normally do, but used the freshener. 11: Put boxes of baking soda into all closets and in cabinets. (after cleaning them, of course) Since doors and cabinets are kept shut, it's hard for them to be aired out. The baking soda helped a lot. Also, if I could I kept the doors open. The biggest problem? People who came over started griping that they could smell the cat's litter boxes, when they never had before. So, we learned to changed them the moment someone came over. (Not that we don't changed them a lot anyway, but we'd go to the extra effort) and also switched to a sawdust type litter that works better than any litter I've ever tried at covering up the smell with a natural scent (pine or cedar) No, I didn't use baking soda in the litter box, never found it helped all that much. I do put a layer of newspaper on the bottom though, to help absorb the urine. Since I use the newspaper for compost, (only for non edible gardening) I never felt guilty about using it for the cats. And, my cat box is 12 years old and the bottom looks brand new....See MoreSuggestions for removing unpleasant odor from bread machine?
Comments (22)I had to think about this for a while whether to post this or not. I decided to post anyway. Please, please, it is not my intention to preach or to denounce anyone. This is for information only, information which sometimes we donÂt think of. One of the really nasty thing that is happening is the way we throw away electronic equipment, especially serviceable equipment. Even you take them to legal recycling centers, somehow they all end up in third-world countries killing thousands of children every year, and messing up the environment for hundreds of years for all of us. It is not that difficult to take care some repair/maintenance problems. Besides saving time and money, you will be very proud that you have accomplished a task successfully. I always pick up computers on sidewalks which people threw out. Many reasons people throw computers out. Many times itÂs just very minor problems. Most of the time when people throw out computers, they take out the hard drive and memories. I can get lots of old memories and old drives from corporate I.T. departments. Last couple of months, I fixed four computers and donated them all to Salvation Army Thrift Shop. One replacing the power supply (5 minutes), one replacing the start switch (10 minutes), one with a stuck CPU fan, and one with no fixing, it was a working computer. (Many internal components are interchangeable). This is how I clean really grimy smelly electronic equipment, which I do not recommend for others: 1. 100-lb psi compressed air gun to blow out the dirt. I do this outside in the garden because the dirt in the key board, power supply, CPU and graphic card heat sink is unbelievable. 2. Dump the whole thing in a tub of hot dish washing water for no more than 5 minutes. 3. Take the computer out and blow out all the water with a leaf blower. 4. Use an electric fan to blow on the computer for a few hours. 5. Wait one day to turn on the computer. I also repair small appliances to donate. Kat, sorry about going off-topic. dcarch...See MorePawprint
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