I was wondering if plants could absorb nicotine if you exhaled on them for a continued period of time, or in a controlled area. I don't know what section this should be in so that is why i'm posting it here. This seems like it would be a good experiment to see if "second hand vapor" is in fact legitimate. I'm not sure if it is, but plants absorb whatever is in the atmosphere they live in so i'm curious if you were to exhale your vapor into a closed off enclosure with a plant, over time maybe it would absorb the nicotine and the water.
Can plants absorb nicotine?
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I'm not sure I see the point.
When you're trying to analyze something, you want to start with the cleanest sample possible. In this case it would be the gas directly exhaled from a vapers mouth.
Using plants would add a very complex mix of extra chemicals, and it becomes impossible to figure out which came from the vape, which from the air, which from the plant food, and which from the plant itself.
When you're trying to analyze something, you want to start with the cleanest sample possible. In this case it would be the gas directly exhaled from a vapers mouth.
Using plants would add a very complex mix of extra chemicals, and it becomes impossible to figure out which came from the vape, which from the air, which from the plant food, and which from the plant itself.
i'm just wondering because say you have a tomato plant and it absorbs nicotine from the air, then if you eat the tomato i'm wondering if it would be concentrated enough to eat the tomato and absorb some of the nicotine from the tomato?
Tomatoes won't work, they naturally have nicotine in them. So do a lot of other vegetables. Google it.
Here did it for you.
6 Common Foods with Nicotine Content » Marmaris Bay Cruisers
Here did it for you.
6 Common Foods with Nicotine Content » Marmaris Bay Cruisers
Nicotine is present in some plants but high enough levels of it will kill most plants. In fact there was a time when concentrated nicotine was used as a weed killer by farmers if I recall correctly.
Absolutely Plants can Absorb Nicotine.
But Unfortunately, you Probably can't supply that Tomato Plant with enough Nicotine to see Much Increase in Nicotine Levels without Damaging/Killing the Plant.
BTW - Did you get this Idea from the Simpsons Tomacco episode?
LOL
I have a Ficus that needs a pack of unfiltered Luckies blown on him every morning or he's just cranky the rest of the day.
It has been making a comeback for farms wanting to produce organic food.
OMG - Best laugh I've had all day,=!!! Thanks, HauntedMyst!!!
Cool.
BTW - Planting Mint around Tomato Plants is a Good Way to Keep those Humungous Green Tomato Worms/Bugs away from your Plants.
You are correct I stand corrected. It was and is used as an insecticide.
Hi, I know about the use of Tobacco extract as an insecticide on Some food and ornimental plants, but If I'm not mistaken Tomato plants will die if exposed to nicotine on their leaves and fleshy stems. Tobacco carries a type of wilt disease that will kill them in quick order. This is from an old issue of Mother Earth magazine.
Conversation at your neighbor's dinner table last night...
Honey did you see what that nut next door was doing..?
No...what?
He had that vapor contraption and was blowing smoke on his garden plants... Do you think we should call someone and report it?
Nah... we're probably ok. But I told there was something just not right about that guy...
darn sure, i experiment on anything that seems like it would be interesting, that's probably why i'm really smart.
Its tobacco mosaic virus. Tobacco and tomato are distant cousins and share some diseases.
Edit: and both contain nicotine (as their other cousins, like eggplant and potato).
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