[CH] Nicotine Sulfate

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To: Margaret Lauterback

Nicotine Sulphate

The first thing I think you are doing in not considering the big difference
in concentrations:

I remember the old Black Flag nicotine sulfate. If I remember correctly
one of the reasons it was banned is because of the concentrations and
careless people. If I recall correctly it did not take much more than about

½ teaspoon to be lethal. Too many parents did not keep this stuff out of
the
reach of their own children, wound up killing their own kids and blaming it
on the chemical company. Carelessly splashing this stuff on your skin could
also cause problems.

Now compare to Jerry Bakers concentrations. You start with the amount of
chewing tobacco, that a tobacco chewer normaly uses; Definitely not a
lethal
dose. It then gets diluted 384:1 as a concentrate. Just as a gut feel
I don't think this amount would hurt anyone. Then as an application it
gets diluted again 256:1.

To me like comparing a pharmaceutical bottle of asprin.
If you take two, it won't hurt you, take a bottle of 1,000. You will
never feel pain again.

Nictonie sulfate is also listed in many books as an acceptable organic 
solution. Even in "The Pepper Garden" by Dave Dewitt and Paul Brosland,
Pg  105 a mild solution is recommended.

The price is also right, it cost me less than $6.00 per year for a 20x80
garden
and can be used on any plant from seed leaf until the frost gets it.

Byron


P.S. If anyone out there wants to try some. Drop a note I'll send you
formula
        and how to make it. 
 

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