not sure how to send you a private message with my info for those plants
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the arizona sun is super strong. i have them on my back porch with a grow light about 2 feet away from them. they receive some sun light but mainly the grow light
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I have a buddy who grew tobacco most of his life in southern Indiana. What I remember they would broadcast seed with wood ash so they could see the seed, onto a fine seed bed. They covered them for a while in a fine white cloth until they germianted and got on thier way. I’m not sure if the cloth was for light shade of for climate modification. They would remove it once they got going. We would pull the plants, when they were 6-9" tall and “set” them into the field from a planter. They would wilt like crazy and then bounce back.
Maybe the sun is too intense on the juvenile plants.
I took some home one time and planted them on the north side of my parents house in full shade. They got to be 5’-6’ tall and flowered.
Awesome. We are very simular in growing it out. What varieties are you growing. Yellow Twist, Greenwood and Warner are my main types. I also set out Big Gem and Catterton as centerpieces just for show with flowering types.
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another thing might be the soil i am using? it looks like small mulch. you can see it in the pics i added
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put them in a place they get only morning sun until noon ish. if theyre ok with that then give them full sun but try to keep them moist but not soaking. too wet will rot the roots. a little mulch around them should limit watering needs to once a day. most plant growing lights dont give enough sun for tobacco.
i saw that . id pot them up into a good soil mix like happy frog or fox farms ocean forest.
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Did you start them indoors or are those your sprouts right now? i remember tobacco growing slow as seedlings for sure. That potting soil looks fairly wet, if they die after they get that size be mindful of drowning them. Next year starting before last frost indoors might help you
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those are my sprouts as of now. everything has been inside under a grow led lamp
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Golden wilt, Burley PA, Virginia 335 (?), mass wrapper, simox, and the landrace seeds
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