Hey gardeners - is tobacco good for tress and plants?

[c.ortiz108]

I seem to remember hearing somewhere about crushing up nubs and scattering them around the garden. Not sure if this was supposed to keep bugs away, or act as a kind of fertilizer. Anyone know?

[TreySC]

I've heard it will keep cats away and i think some other bugs/critters.

[ChiefIlliniwek]

I think the nubs are high in nitrogen, which helps fertilize. Crush them up and spread them around, just don't try to plant your flowers in your ashtray.

Disclaimer: I'm not really a gardener.

[Lynn]

boil with water spray mist for insect control..

[AK47]

Found this : http://readynutrition.com/resources/it-aint-just-for-smoking-known-but-beneficial-uses-for-tobacco_27082010/

makes sense nicotine can be used as insect repellent, probably doesn't take much to get them buzzed lol.

[Old Smokey]

I think it was mentioned by Herf N Turf a while back that soaking some nubs in water and making a tea is a good natural pesticide. I think I am going to mix up a batch and try it in my garden.

[c.ortiz108]

Thanks, I'm going to try it. I have a cherry tree that is on its last legs due to insects, I think, so maybe this will help.

[Zeede]

Nicotine in pure form is used to kill insects. I know it is used, or used to be used as a primary ingredient in some pesticides. I dunno if a homemade "tea" would have sufficiently high concentrations.

[allusred]

Perhaps the fellers we see picking up the cigar butts, filling their pockets with them,don't plan to smoke those, may be on their way great wealth selling Organic insect Repellent. Doubt the product will be marketed as "Cigar Bum Bug Off" tho.

[Herf N Turf]

I think it was mentioned by Herf N Turf a while back that soaking some nubs in water and making a tea is a good natural pesticide. I think I am going to mix up a batch and try it in my garden.
Indeed. If you read the list of ingredients in many commercial pesticides, you'll see relatively high concentrations of vitamin N.

[ghe]

Before you use tobacco and its byproducts on your garden, you'd be wise to read up on Tobacco Mosaic Virus, a disease that's deadly to many plants, including tomatoes.

[Brent Strande]

Before you use tobacco and its byproducts on your garden, you'd be wise to read up on Tobacco Mosaic Virus, a disease that's deadly to many plants, including tomatoes.

i was just going to mention that my wife is paranoid of my nubs in her tomato beds...

[GWBowman]

In these parts, tobacco is primed and the stalks left in the field. Tobacco farming has really fell off over the years. People used to get the stalks ground up and spread on their yard. My father-in-law did one year and said the results were amazing. Don't quote me on why, but I believe it's nitrogen content.

I've read handling tomato plants after handling tobacco can cause problems for the tomato plant.

Unrelated note:My uncle James would sit on the porch chewing tobacco and throw it in the front yard when he was done. Can't count the times I thought I had stepped on a dog turd, but luckily it was just old chew.:)