Good read about Con Broadleaf wrappers

[Ben Brand]

Found this read about Con Broadleaf wrappers. http;//ow.ly/sk0sn.

 

[DGBAMA]

Reposting link.

Broadleaf

 

[DGBAMA]

Thanks for the good read Ben.

 

[bonehead]

that was very interesting.

 

[Southern Planter]

What a great read, it inspired me to open the humidor and light up a Connecticut Broadleaf cigar that Big Bonner rolled before my eyes while I was visiting a while back. What a marvelous smoke! I'm now jazzed to try growing it next year.

 

[Ben Brand]

Whats interesting for me is the soil that they mound up around the stem, wonder if they do that all the time, or just on very wet seasons?

 

[Ben Brand]

Southern planter, hoped you enjoyed the Big Bonner cigar. I will also look at my plantings next season, and adjust my Con B/ leaf quantities, definitely plant more of those. I see FX Smith use a lot of C B/ leaf for the Wrappers, binders and fillers in their cigars.

 

[DGBAMA]

Whats interesting for me is the soil that they mound up around the stem, wonder if they do that all the time, or just on very wet seasons?

Ben, i mounded dirt around a portion of my plants last year just because ithought they needed morestem support. To my surprise, within two weeks the mounded plants were notably outgrowing the UN-mounded ones.

 

[Ben Brand]

DGBAMA
Interesting, will do mine the weekend, my plants can do with a bit of a boost, un even in the row, some of them yellow, not a lack of fertilizers. Gave it a foliar spray yesterday (mulispray and Magnesium Sulphate)