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Offline NJAntman

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Tomatoes and mosquitoes
« on: July 18, 2005, 09:28:48 pm »
Anyone know if tomato plants have something in them that repels mosquitoes?

Some much rain in our area the last few weeks that I can't walk five feet in my backyard without getting ripped by those damn little tiger mosquitoes. Yet when I get in between the waist high rows of the tomatoes in the garden the mosquitoes dissappear. Get near the garden fencing with only shin high plants and the bugs pick-up in intensity. All the plants have green fruit and are still flowering and there is that "musky" tomato plant smell.
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Re: Tomatoes and mosquitoes
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2005, 10:25:12 pm »
Let ME know if you find out... I would if true volunteer to go water ours!
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Re: Tomatoes and mosquitoes
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2005, 08:45:54 am »
I know that onions and Garlic help to repel Critters. I think It's the sulpher in them.

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Re: Tomatoes and mosquitoes
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2005, 09:15:08 am »
Three Words:

Deep Woods Off..


If you want to go "organic" buy some "Skin so soft" from an Avon rep.  That stuff really repels them.
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Re: Tomatoes and mosquitoes
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2005, 04:58:45 pm »
Just for the record I'm not planning on smearing myself with tomato products. Currently when I want to cut down on the critters I use the Cutter spray that attaches to a garden hose, seems to work for about 3-5 days straight.

But I figure if the tomatoes are warding off the mosquitoes then what better an excuse to plant even more next year.
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Re: Tomatoes and mosquitoes
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2005, 09:42:21 pm »
Ah!  Citronella pots & candles work well if you're going to be outside in the yard for a while.
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Re: Tomatoes and mosquitoes
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2005, 05:10:28 pm »
Excellent suggestion Dracho, SSS from Avon was THE sh*te to have in the U.S. when you were out in the field.

Garden Ridge has bamboo torches for .99 cents, the nice metal ones are $7.99, and they sell the Tiki fuel that is packed with citronella. I bought 3 today and they are the sh*te when it comes to clearing a large patio or yard of those pesky mosquitoes.
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Re: Tomatoes and mosquitoes
« Reply #7 on: July 22, 2005, 12:01:41 pm »
Tomato's are like marigolds they produce a ton of insect repelling and killing poisons. ( They are related to nightshade a very toxic plant.)

 As a result of this they suffer from very few insect predators. And the few that do eat them are specialistists.and can eat nothing else.

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