[CH] TMV Spread?
Rain (rain@wwbbs.otherside.com)
Sun, 08 Nov 1998 08:27:01 GMT
-> into the compost heap, since I had read in DeWitt/Bosland when trying to
-> diagnose the problem that TMV can be spread by handling tobacco.
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-> My wife says that dumping the butts into the compost heap is unlikely to
-> promote the spread of TMV.
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In my experience, she's wrong. Putting them in the compost, flicking
them into the garden, smoking in the garden, or (I'm told by friends)
even handling the plants after smoking and before washing hands can
spread it. Partly seems to depend on the weather and the part of the
country, but it's not something I risk.
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Rain
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