How to Properly Use Tobacco Dust to Fight Pests: Advice for Summer Residents

08.06.2024 08:00

Tobacco dust is an excellent means of combating various pests.

It is difficult to find insects that could ignore tobacco dust.

It can be used at almost any stage of plant development, as it does not cause harm. However, when harvesting, you should be careful: the last treatment should take place approximately 14 days before the planned date.

In all other matters there are no “contraindications”.

How to properly prepare a pest control product from tobacco dust?

You will need to take one hundred grams of the product itself and dilute it in four glasses of water. Try to mix the concentrate as thoroughly as possible.

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Then put it on the stove for about 30 minutes. If during the boiling process you notice that the liquid is getting smaller, it is better to add it so that the volume remains unchanged.

After this, we wait 24 hours. Pour in four more glasses of water and carry out the treatment.

You can simplify the task a little. To do this, you need to immediately mix 100 grams of tobacco dust with four glasses of hot water and wait 24 hours.

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Marina Michalap Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor