First grow documenting, Wild Aztec Rustica: @Pj654

[JungleGhost]

whats a sucker?

 

[johnny108]

whats a sucker?

A new growing shoot coming out from the base of a leaf, on the main stalk: rustica and tobacco suckers…

 

[johnny108]

There are also ground suckers, that emerge from the base of the plant:

 

[johnny108]

Rusticas are notorious for heavy sucker production. This plant was topped just over 3 weeks ago- many sucker stems left behind by me, because I’m always in a hurry…

 

[johnny108]

I water from the top, just because it’s easier.
If I notice them dry- I water them.
When I break off a week old sucker, it’s a good half inch thick, and is juicier than a celery stalk.
My biggest problem this year has been summer rains on my in ground plants, which is actually managing to over water everything (pale growing tips, looking like it has a nitrogen deficiency is the tell.), including the rusticas! This is also causing a lot of Sun scorching on my rustica leaves.

Sun scorch from rain pooling on leaves:

 

[JungleGhost]

Sun scorch from rain pooling on leaves:View attachment 56652

what are u making as final product?

 

[JungleGhost]

I want to craft a snuff but have no idea where to start

 

[deluxestogie]

I want to craft a snuff but have no idea where to start

Have you read the free book?

Bob

 

[johnny108]

what are u making as final product?

I make chewing tobacco with the dark air types.
The Virginia and these yellow rusticas, along with orientals, will make cigarettes for buddies.

 

[JungleGhost]

nice! what are these white spots??

 

[JungleGhost]

Have you read the free book?

Bob

no, there is one!? where at?

 

[deluxestogie]

where at?

N. Rustica grow advice?

mine are about 2 weeks old . potted in cups with humidity dome over em.

fairtradetobacco.com

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Bob

 

[vktr]

I tried planting the seedlings into the ground with no success. They grow small and useless. You need a fertile soil for them to grow big. I have flowerbeds and cloth bags with composted soil and they grow to the top of their hight. Spacing in flowerbeds should be at least 30-40 cm between them. Hope this helps.

 

[Pj654]

Week 7
Some doing ok. But running out of time for substantial growth so I dunno

 

[JungleGhost]

how long u wait to use fertilizer?

 

[JungleGhost]

why are these leaves different?

 

[Pj654]

why are these leaves different?

They seem similar to me I wouldn't worry About that.
I started SMALL (1/4 Dose fertilizer ) once they where a few weeks old. I've been giving them lots lately as they struggle quite a bit.
I'm an amateur with tobacco and struggling myself though I've only grown other smokables before indoors. I wouldn't worry about your plants and fertilizer at all. Also I have no idea on your soil, that'll be a massive deciding factor. Just let them be for a while, give em light don't let em dry up to much I see there's fertilizer ball in soil so I would consider not doing any fertilizer until you move them into different soil. If you fertilizer and then the soil fert ball releases you will be burning them. As a rule if they look healthy tone of green and they are growing don't worry bout it

 

[Pj654]

Some doing ok hand reference for how big some are getting. Some I don't think there much hope. Crossing my fingers I get some growth in the next couple weeks as they mature. Letting some of the shitty ones flower for some seeds I've been trying to keep flowers off most of them I pluck them then couple days later they make more lol. Little over a month and a half till frost, think there's hope?!?

 

[JungleGhost]

some are turning yellow and dying, whys that u think?

 

[Pj654]

some are turning yellow and dying, whys that u think?

All of the bottom yellowed ones are the original leaves that where damaged by hail. Most of their stems and or leafs themselves were cracked they didn't really die but they didn't grow either, now their starting to die off. Had a very rough year up until 3-4 weeks ago.