Long growing season....two crops?

[Brown Thumb]

Good input , RC
Bt

 

[Shundahai]

Most of the folks I know who are garden friendly are also rabidly anti-tobacco, so that likely won't happen. Guerilla growing is too damn much work...haulin' plants, sorting out irrigation would be a major obstacle. My climate is likely similar to yours....I am in Sonoma County. Very wet ( in normal years) winters and dry summers, though not as hot as further south. Generally have a long, warmish Autumn season. In most years I'm still harvesting 'maters up until near Thanksgiving.

Maybe this a total noob question, but how much work can 30 plants be?. Doesn't seem like a lot to me. I guess I'll do my main crop, and take whatever I can get from suckers as a bonus crop. Further down the line at some point maybe I'll have a better idea if I can pull off two crops a year, or better yet, more space for a larger plot.

Thanks for all the info guys

ok, my tnx to mad 4 the good word...

here's the inside story...

A baccy crop is a lot of work!
BT said, why do 2!

He's right. At the end of my season, I'm DUN. Toast! and then there's the curing process! and boxing up for aging!!!
Xsept, u say limited space... my 1st thought would be give plants to other people, then go harvest them.
2nd thought would be guerilla grow.

Don't bother cloning, unless for your own entertainment. (planting suckers)

I am south of you. Central Coast. You judge what environment differences may be...
Here, it's hot and dry, drought conditions. 2 litres per day per plant. More for squash.

IMO, grow what you have room for. Generous spacing, because this is hobby level growing.
Pop your suckers and buds for best leaf growth. Harvest by priming for best results.
After priming, let the suckers grow, and see what 2nd growth you may get as a bonus round.
It can be substantial... Yet it is generally smaller, and harder to color cure, because of it's size.
It may get frost damage while growing... that makes it junk. Compost. No saving it, so don't even try!
I even put up picks of frost damaged leaf... Gosh is it ugly!
Here, I must harvest all my leaf and get it indoors just before Thanksgiving.
Good luck to you,
rc

 

[DGBAMA]

30 should not be bad at all. The perfect double crop plan would be:
First planting of short duration varieties. Start seed for second crop a couple weeks after planting the first. 2 weeks after topping the first crop plant the second half way between each 1st plant. At 3 weeks on the second, stalk harvest the first crop.

 

[DGBAMA]

I grew up in Nor Cal. Ft. Bragg and Carmel are great places.

 

[Shundahai]

I used to live in Ft. Bragg.

I grew up in Nor Cal. Ft. Bragg and Carmel are great places.

 

[SmokesAhoy]

30 is a good amount to start with. Be sure to give them enough room so you can pamper em. Depending on type, 30 well pampered plants could give you a very nice yield. Hell I even I have a rustica that is all by itself, not a part of the baccy patch out back that is right by my front door, that thing is always getting hit with ferts, water, tending suckers whenever I go past it etc. I wouldn't be surprised to see half a pound from it.

If you do 30 right you'll be better off than double that done wrong. And remember, the plant grows itself. You need to be there to sucker it and cure it. Don't mess those steps up.

 

[forumdotabaco]

hey can anyone post some picks from a sucker crop please?