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Forget about aphids and slugs! How tobacco dust saves crops and replaces fertilizers

As the author of the channel "From the Garden to the Table" tells us, today we will talk about tobacco dust. This fine powder, obtained from tobacco waste, protects plants from pests and at the same time works as a natural fertilizer. The benefits of tobacco dust lie in its double action. On the one hand, it enriches the soil with nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, which awakens biological activity in it and leads to an increase in yield. On the other hand, the nicotine contained in it becomes a formidable weapon against a number of insect pests. Well, for example, with its help, you can successfully fight aphids, ants, slugs, leaf moths, codling moths, cruciferous flea beetles and many oth... [Read more]

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