Is This Tobacco Frenching

[Brown Thumb]

A couple of my burley plants look like this.
Thanks
Tom

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Looks like it to me. How many of your plants are infected?

 

[Brown Thumb]

Looks like it to me. How many of your plants are infected?

More than I thought, Both the va309 and 509 have it. Could be about 75 plants it is all in the same area of the patch.

 

[Chicken]

does it have a ''quick fix'' to that problem?

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Frenching is caused by the bacteria Bacillus Cereaus (sic). It is in the soil usually in localized colonies. That's why Brown T said it was in the same area of the patch. I believe it just kind of goes away-eventually.

I wonder if a soil drench of Serenade would do anything?

 

[BigBonner]

Soil PH

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Tobacco/Pages/Frenching1.html

http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1440067

 

[Rayshields]

Gosh BigBonner, you are a fount of good information! A pleasure to have your knowledge on this forum.

 

[Brown Thumb]

The question Is does it Go away?
Should I stalk harvest them plants Or just make compost out of them.
Or let them Grow?
Thanks Guys,
Tom

 

[Brown Thumb]

Wow a lot of factors cause frenching.
It will take a six pack to reaed it all.
http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/23/4/560.full.pdf
I am suprised more peole do not have the problem.

 

[Chicken]

Soil PH

http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Tobacco/Pages/Frenching1.html

http://www.ipmimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1440067

after reading big bonners link,,, i myself may have had some frenching going on,

i though it was a defective plant and pulled them, because it was one weird looking plant amongst many,,,

the leaves were wrinkled up,, massivlly to where it looked like a kale leaf,,,instead of a baccy leaf

it's amazing how, much thier is that can make a baccy plant die or get a disease, or a fungus, bugs,,, e,t,c,

makes growing the perfect plant a miracle,