>My wife says that dumping the butts into the compost heap is unlikely to >promote the spread of TMV. > >Any thoughts? Yeah, I think she's wrong. Everything I've read about TMV says, no tobacco in the compost heap, no using tobacco ashes as fertilizer, no flicking butts into the garden, don't even handle yer tomato plants without washing your hands after having a smoke. === Dave Sacerdote davesas@tiac.net Resist or Serve. "I am so mighty, I do not have to kill you all." -- Flaming Carrot Visit Dave's New England Almanac: http://www.tiac.net/users/davesas