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Growing Tobacco


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2023 Aug 19, 4:08pm   1,623 views  46 comments

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I'm not a smoker, but I've seen tobacco plants in front yards around here, and yesterday I saw one which had gone to seed. The plant was conveniently located right on the street, so I collected some of the copious and very tiny seeds. There were many pods open to the top, and when you tip them, tiny seeds spill out. They are much smaller than poppy seeds.



My hands were sticky after touching the plant, and smelled good, kind of floral. I didn't notice any nicotine effect from that, though I've read it can happen. Today I learned a bit about planting them. I don't have any potting soil, but maybe they will do OK in the shit soil we have around here. Tobacco is said to be a very tough plant which can handle different soils.



I sprinkled seeds in each compartment, watered them a bit, and put some water in the container below as recommended. I then lightly covered that with a plastic bag, leaving some room for air because I read that mold can kill them otherwise.

They should germinate in 7 to 10 days. I plan to keep this thread updated with progress.

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46   Maga_Chaos_Monkey   2024 Oct 11, 8:53am  

I moved and don't have the snail problems anymore. Skunks, raccoons, deer, now though. Walked onto my deck last night at 9:10PM and I was about 8ft from a trapped skunk. I backed away slowly.

Four raccoons have been drinking water out of some plant saucers. Good thing I noticed because I'm about to apply a pesticide soil drench. So maybe I'll removed the saucers for now and get the coons a dog bowl or something.

Oh, and a pack of 4 dogs last night in my back yard. This rental just has a short rod iron fence.

I just unpacked and installed some cameras out back this week.

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