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Comments (8)while you may indeed be cautious about pointing your browser at that url, don't discard the information? no one loves their plants more than cannabis growers. i'd expect it's now the most academically researched plant in existence. there's a proportionate volume of bunk to wade through, but a champion cannabis gardener has years of fast turnaround to form their erudition and may well have a more informed eye for eg. nutrient deficiencies than a champion rose gardener. nowadays almost any horticulturally related search will result in mj sites or papers in the top ten. if you search frequently you'll probably get a feel for which sites tend to attract the more scholarly members (although some of them block their pages from google). since i don't have access to cigarettes, my pesticides are either dishsoap/garlic/pepper/isopropyl infusions, or occasionally dried lavender heads or lavender oil (use with caution, it's quite effective). i'm finding true cinnamon effective for deterring pests as well. tobacco teas are a traditional remedy, listed in every houseplant care tome i have. if you have the inclination and ability, i'd suggest buying some seed off ebay instead of funding the corps :)...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 MoreBad things are not always bad for you?
Comments (18)Fast food has a bad reputation, it is not going to hurt you unless you order 2 big macs or super size everything all the time. Then it is the calories that make you obese. If I buy the ingredients for hamburgers and make a meatloaf and salad out of it, there's no difference. My Mom is 96 and living alone. She was raised on food fried in lard. When I told the doctor my sisters were worried about Mom eating to many sweets, he said it doesn't matter what she eats because of her age. She is no longer building a strong body and bones. Let her eat what she wants. My mother in law didn't do a thing for the last 15 years of her life except make her bed, cook and do the dishes and she lived to be 85. Exercise does not extend your life only keeps you more agile, if it doesn't cripple you because of worn out bones. I don't believe all the stuff the health experts say. Remember the "drink 8 glasses of water at day"? It was a myth, no studies or proof that it was necessary. A doctor on TV said an abundance of water causes more problems than drinking only when you are thirsty. My doctor said eat a wide variety of food all in moderation. As you can tell, this is a pet peeve of mine. I've lost two doctors because I don't bow down the them and do preventative drugs...See More$247,932.00 - Holy smokes that's a lot of money!
Comments (24)Like all addictions, no one outside can control it. If your father has lived to 91, even with his health problems, and everything else, well, let him smoke. I quit for the 4th and final time about 5 years ago. I still get ticked at people who tell me "Oh, it was just a habit, an addiction - you didn't really enjoy it!" Well, yes I DID enjoy it! And it was your father's money he was spending, as it was mine to spend while I was smoking. He chose to buy cigarettes and smoke them. I agree, it's sad that they come with health issues, and I fully expect to have lung cancer sometime in my future. But when your father started, and when I started THEY WEREN'T DANGEROUS, and they are damned hard to quit. So lighten up. He's really old, and I know he's been a royal PITA. But give up the counting of the money spent. You're probably underestimating by a great deal anyway. And it's gone. And it wasn't yours to begin with....See More- 22 years agolast modified: 11 years ago
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