StrawberryJamrozy
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Cigarette Ash...?My friend has a cherry tree growing in her garden, in a big pot. They thought it was dead, so used the pot as a cigarette bucket for their dog ends, etc, and said that they'd heard it was good for them.
Having just read a similar post, I wondered if the cigarette ask will do any good for other crops?
Both myself and my Husband smoke (shame on us, I know  ) however, if this is true, then I will happily accept that our filthy habit will do something some good! lol
Heidi
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Treacodactyl
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Simple answer no. Wood ash will provide potash and other nutrients that plants need but cigarette butts will contain all sorts of toxic stuff that really shouldn't be put on a garden or compost heap. I doubt there's much in with pure cigarette ash, good or bad, so I'd not use it.
Give it up an spend the money on plants.  I'll not even mention you can grow your own tobacco.
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StrawberryJamrozy
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| Treacodactyl wrote: | Simple answer no. Wood ash will provide potash and other nutrients that plants need but cigarette butts will contain all sorts of toxic stuff that really shouldn't be put on a garden or compost heap. I doubt there's much in with pure cigarette ash, good or bad, so I'd not use it.
Give it up an spend the money on plants. I'll not even mention you can grow your own tobacco. |
Perfect answer, thank you.
I'll continue to throw the butts in the firepit 
I thought growing it at home was illegal....Now THERE'S a new venture...THANKS! Haha x
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Duckhead
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Don't old timers say that you can throw your tab ends, only roll ups, into a bucket of water and then after a while use that to spray on your tomatoes and suchlike. Please check first, I am quite often completely, and hopelesly, wrong 
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frewen
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Isn't cigarette ash a mild abrasive? I am sure I read in one of those "improving" household manuals of the 1930's that it was good for removing marks on furniture and parquet floors? ...
Don't mind me 
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Tavascarow
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| sfolati wrote: | | Don't old timers say that you can throw your tab ends, only roll ups, into a bucket of water and then after a while use that to spray on your tomatoes and suchlike. Please check first, I am quite often completely, and hopelesly, wrong |
Nicotine spray is a very effective insecticide.
Will kill anything from white fly to caterpillars depending on the concentration.
Used to be approved by the soil association till a few years ago.
I think they only stopped approving it because they saw it as supporting the tobacco industry.
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zigs
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Beware passing on tobacco mossaic virus to any of your solenacea plants, tomatoes, spuds peppers etc. More danger if you roll your own.
Otherwise, keep smoking, its paying off the deficit and we can have your pension money too (tongue in cheek, as i smoke too, just trying to look for more reasons to quit )
Country would be buggered if we all gave up tommorow, VAT would have to go up to 40% to cover the loss.
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Hairyloon
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I would say there is no problem at all with the ash, it is no different from wood ash really.
But yes, the butts are probably full of yack. Not sure that they'd leach it out particularly quickly though.
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jamanda
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My main issue is that it would stink.
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James
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I knew someone who occasionally rubbed a bit of cigarette ash into his house and greenhouse plants to stop them getting compost flies. I tried it once - I had to ask our next door neighbour for some fag ash - and it seemed to work. But that's hardly scientific proof.
So if I had a decent amount of cigarette ash, I'd certainly see if it could be used to control compost flies.
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