workhorse_01
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Look how tight they are.
the Black Thumb Shrivel Log
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workhorse_01
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Mine are quite a bit farther apart, but i'll keep my john deere.
Riding by, Bearswatter and I thought these plants were spaced rather closely. But when you walk to the field, you see it's just that these leaves are so large already that one plant reaches to the next. The picture was taken about 2pm, so the leaves were laying down in the heat.
AmaxB
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The field looks good I find it interesting to see how they have the dirt right up to the bottom leaves
workhorse_01
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This is how they control grass and weeds. They also fertilize this way. You side the crop by running a plow down the side of the hill taking care not to cut too deep, you don't want to cut the feeder roots. this also removes some grass. Then you fertilize in the trench that you just made about 8"-10" away from the stalk. This distance away from the stalk grows as the plant does. Then you run the middles Which means you take the dirt that you just cut out of the side of the hill, and threw out to the middle of the open row, and throw it back on to the side of the hill covering the fertilizer with pulverized dirt, which is soft for roots to grow in, and covers grass which kills it. (as long as NO green is showing) This intern causes the dirt to hill higher and higher, and the roots to grow higher up the stalk, and improve the plants ability to stand up in the wind, or it anchors it better. Sorry for the length of the post, webmost.
Sorry for what? Is a longer post chock, full of more useful information somehow offensive to anyone here? I didn't come here to read about honeybooboo --- I cam to read what you just wrote. Write away Workhorse.
I'm just trying to figure out how they would do this without their big percherons trampling the plants.
Tell you, they got the prettiest farms up there you could ever hope to find.
That's because of the slave labor they employ. It is very common to see 6-8 Amish kids out in the field hoeing, suckering topping, mowing the yard etc. I often see them raking their yards... and there is nothing to rake!
DonH
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I can't believe they grow all this beautiful tobacco and they aren't allowed to consume any of it. It would be like having Mormon winemakers.
leverhead
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I think they can smoke, just too cheap to smoke.
A lot of them smoke and chew. It is not forbidden.
DonH
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That's good to know. That would make that kind of life a little easier.
DonH
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I did some in depth research (quick Internet search) and found this:
So I guess you have to belong to the right community with the right Ordnung.
workhorse_01
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Hey my children resemble that remark. LOL
Aw come on, Jbug. What you call slave labor, we used to call that chores. Everyone had his chores and it was a good thing. Better than playing video games way into the wee hours.
Nah, I think they have such pretty farms because that Lancaster dirt is just great stuff and they work hard at it.
In September, there's all these big slatted barns where they hang their leaf. Smells like heaven riding by on a motorcycle.
All of a sudden, my sodden sproutlings have decided it's better to stand than swim.
Grass is also happily invading.
On the other hand, bearswatter finally stuck her seedlings in the ground on Sunday. Then it promptly began to downpour once again. Now half of those are all washed out.
It's the black thumb, I tell ya. If only I'd gone to Nam they wouldn't of needed Agent Orange.
Grass is also happily invading.
On the other hand, bearswatter finally stuck her seedlings in the ground on Sunday. Then it promptly began to downpour once again. Now half of those are all washed out.
It's the black thumb, I tell ya. If only I'd gone to Nam they wouldn't of needed Agent Orange.
chillardbee
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Drove to Palmyra PA today to deliver a motorcycle I sold. In Strasburg, just this side of Lancaster, I spotted loads of fields planted in PA Broadleaf I suppose:
The Amish have got it going on.
Those leaves can't be more then 10" long. I think likely they are 1 1/2 feet apart or less. and the rows look like they are 2' apart. This looks fimiliar somehow
maybe I'm wrong though, with my 1' in row spacing and 2' space between rows I've lost all sense of reality. :S
BarG
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Thary must get paid in taters and al they can smoke.[no ass whuppin in the evening]
DGBAMA
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All of a sudden, my sodden sproutlings have decided it's better to stand than swim.
Grass is also happily invading.
On the other hand, bearswatter finally stuck her seedlings in the ground on Sunday. Then it promptly began to downpour once again. Now half of those are all washed out.
It's the black thumb, I tell ya. If only I'd gone to Nam they wouldn't of needed Agent Orange.
Don't give up on the "washed out" ones, I had a bout with this myself and most of them came through and are doing well just a couple weeks later.
DGBAMA
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a few days after the washout, a single new leaf......(most of the patch looked like this)
![IMG_20130622_151623_582[1].jpg](https://fairtradetobacco.com/data/attachments/4/4386-c1fce80d9dcda7f3903627b55d9d6ef9.jpg "IMG_20130622_151623_582[1].jpg")
2 weeks later....only a handful had to be replanted
![IMG_20130702_193338_589[1].jpg](https://fairtradetobacco.com/data/attachments/4/4387-a1dc2d59278d52bc6e0056108ce0572f.jpg "IMG_20130702_193338_589[1].jpg")
2 weeks later....only a handful had to be replanted
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