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"So many uses!" (Black Leaf 40 ad from Country Gentleman magazine 1939) (i.imgur.com)
submitted 2 years ago by coolteathatisblue@lemmy.cafe to c/vintageads@sh.itjust.works
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It is 40% nicotine concentrate.

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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Nicotine really is a great natural pesticide.

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

At 40%, it'll definitely kill all your pests, including the bigger ones like your neighbors.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's why plants evolved it.

[-] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Is that why tobacco plants produce nicotine in the first place?

[-] verity_kindle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Can confirm, grasshoppers are voracious, opportunistic terrorists and yet, will barely nibble a tender tobacco leaf before quickly moving on to something else.

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