Delete(Eliminate) the rejections(discharges)

[Gavroche]

Delete(Eliminate) the rejections(discharges)

I have just met producing Jean Pierre Couvert of tobacco semois Belgium, he tells me that having removed the terminal bud, he puts of the hile of colza, some drops(gouts) to prevent the rejections(discharges) from producing it is the technique which you know?

 

[FmGrowit]

Delete(Eliminate) the rejections(discharges)

I have just met producing Jean Pierre Couvert of tobacco semois Belgium, he tells me that having removed the terminal bud, he puts of the hile of colza, some drops(gouts) to prevent the rejections(discharges) from producing it is the technique which you know?

"hile of colza" is not translating. What is this?

 

[deluxestogie]

Hile of colza is also known as canola oil. My understanding is that oil (almost any kind of oil, including used motor oil) when dripped down the stalk of a tobacco plant, will minimize the emergence of new suckers (new branches) at the leaf axils (where a leaf joins the stalk).

Bob

 

[Gavroche]

yes, Deluxestogie it's this... it's oil of colza... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colza_oil



Who make ?

 

[Jitterbugdude]

I use mineral oil. It works pretty good but it's not perfect.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

How much per plant?

 

[Gavroche]

JP Couvert told me to put it enough so that the drop(gout) comes down(falls) to the bottom of the plant he speaks about drops(gouts) of oil no brook lol

 

[Jitterbugdude]

The commercial method, as Gavroche relayed is to top the plant and then pour oil on top until it runs down the side a little. That's what I've done in the past, including putting a dab onto any sucker that I've removed. Not a 100% cure but it does cut down on the job of suckering.