Does anyone here grow tobacco as a companion crop? I’m wondering if it growing in proximity would act as a deterrent to bugs, if not a tobacco tea would surely help wouldnt it? I grew a few tobacco plants on my kitchen table in an apartment and they were surprisingly simple, hardy and potent! For only a window and a desk lamp they grew like crazy, I now have 1000s upon 1000s of seeds and was contemplating tossing them around my outdoor stuff next year!
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Not tried, but LOVE to learn something here.
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Lol sure beats making “organic” tobacco tea with cigarette butts.
And yes it does kill bugs.
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Tobacco has its own set of insects and diseases,
Here’s a list of common insects
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Well, I know nothing about companion crops, but I have grown lots of
Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana).
I have grown them in containers and in garden beds, they produce nice flowers which exude
a delightfully enticing aroma. They are fairly easy to grow, seeds are teeny tiny though.
The pink and blue flowers are Nicotiana.
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It was fun to grow, they took all kinds of abuse. I was in camp when they started to flower so they all ended up seeding. So now I have a ton of seeds crossed between “del gold and 10000 year old rustica” (according to amazon lol)
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