Making tobacco stock against aphids: recipe

Fortunately, aphids can often be treated with simple, organic home remedies. For example, a tobacco brew has proven effective in combating it. Those interested can find a recipe for quick and easy production in this guide.

recipe

Ingredients / utensils:

• 200 g tobacco
• 1 liter of water
• large container with lid
• 1 sieve
• 1 spray bottle

Note: Whether the tobacco comes from cigarettes or from a pipe does not matter for the benefit.

Manufacturing

• Pour tobacco into the container
• boil water
• Pour it over the tobacco while it is still hot
• Let it steep for 1 to 2 hours
• pass through a sieve
• Pour the brew into the spray bottle
• spray affected plant

Tip: If you don't have a spray bottle in stock, you can also mix the solution into the watering water. However, spraying an affected plant is much more effective, as the agent can be applied specifically to the underside of the leaves with this application. Here they hold up

Pests ostensibly on.

Warning notices

The nicotine contained in tobacco is a neurotoxin that has a harmful effect on the organism of every living being. What is harmful to humans anyway, aphids cannot tolerate because their metabolism in their comparatively small body cannot break down large amounts sufficiently. This makes nicotine brew one of the most effective home remedies against plant pests. On the other hand, due to the high toxic effect, great care must be taken when using it. Because the brew is not harmless for humans either.

Children in particular are at risk of being poisoned by the spray solution. Their metabolism is also unable to break down high doses of nicotine without consequences. The amount of six cigarettes used alone is enough to kill an adolescent person. This value is intended to clarify the potential danger posed by the home remedy. And adults too need to be very careful when using them. The spray that is created when it is applied to the plant is dispersed in the air and releases more toxins than get into the lungs when puffing a cigarette. For this reason, in 2010 the EU banned the addition of nicotine, which until then was considered a common agent due to its high efficiency, in pesticides.

Precautions

Whether plant lovers use the remedy in private households is up to them. After all, the simple production also offers many advantages. Anyone who smokes anyway is unlikely to get a substance that is so effective at combating aphids more cheaply. With the right precautionary measures, the plant pests will disappear without harming a person or animal.

• Do not store tobacco stock, prepare it shortly before use and dispose of leftovers properly
• Only produce quantities that are tailored to your needs
• inaccessible to children and Pets to store
• Wear a respirator
• do not use in closed rooms
• Avoid being around other people
• do not use in wind or draft
• line the floor with a film

Tip: The brew also helps against caterpillars and Snails.

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