Re: [CH] Hot Peppered Products
Justin DeAre (dante@megsinet.net)
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 18:08:39 -0500
Dan,
Somebody already makes this. It's called "Hot Pepper Wax". Main ingredient
is capsaican.
Justin
----- Original Message -----
From: McWilliams, Dan <DMcWilliams@fendall.com>
To: <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2000 10:12 AM
Subject: [CH] Hot Peppered Products
> I had a fair amount of interest in the pepper based repellent products I
> posted about yesterday. There is a Web site listed in the article -
> www.medd4.com. It looks like this group owns the patent to the bonding
> process and is trying to market it. There is information on the site about
> the process and the research that was done. If someone is interested in
> repelling a certain type of pest they might be able to find out some
> information to see if capsaicin will affect whatever it is they are trying
> to get rid of. Then they might try some type of pepper extract spray. In
> fact I just had a thought. My father lives in Tucson, AZ and has real big
> problems with pack rats. Nothing he has tried, and he has tried just about
> everything, will stop them from nesting in cars and chewing up the wiring.
> Maybe hot pepper spray will work! Where do I get some Backdraft? And I
have
> Maple Gall mites in my maples, maybe, just maybe.....
>
> The Chile Cheese Head,
> Dan McWilliams
>
> What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it.-
> Charles Dudley Warner
>
>