Suckers

[Old Gasman]

We know as home growers that it's best to remove the suckers from our plants, an easy thing to do now and again. But that made me wonder, if you were to grow it commercially how are the suckers removed? If done by hand it must be very labour intensive.

 

[Knucklehead]

We know as home growers that it's best to remove the suckers from our plants, an easy thing to do now and again. But that made me wonder, if you were to grow it commercially how are the suckers removed? If done by hand it must be very labour intensive.

Topping & Sucker Control - Chemical Sucker Control

Chemical sucker sucker control programs are critical for removing and managing sucker growth following topping. The number of applications, approaches, and programs for acceptable chemical sucker control vary widely and there is not one recipe for always managing suckers. Moreover, crop...

tobacco.ces.ncsu.edu

https://burleytobaccoextension.ca.uky.edu/files/topping_and_sucker_control_id160_2019.pdf

 

[Old Gasman]

Well I wouldn't have guessed that as the answer but it makes perfect sense of course, thank you.