How to grow tobacco in the garden for smoking

How to grow tobacco in the garden for smoking? No, it is not dashing 90 returned when there was a catastrophic shortage. Yes, and then grown for the most part shag. Let's talk about how to get exactly tobacco - quality, fragrant and inexpensive.

If we are going to poison, then it should be done with taste. And do not pay big money to manufacturers for a pack of incomprehensible straw soaked in synthetics.

In general, growing tobacco in the garden is a snap. It turns out more dances with seeds and the subsequent processing of raw materials. Compliance with the recommendations will help make it easier and effortlessly.

Sowing on seedlings

Yes, have to deal with seedlings. Because tobacco has a long growing season. And he just will not have time to collect enough of the flavor, if sown immediately in the ground. And it is impossible. If only because many, having seen the seeds of tobacco for the first time, exclaim: "Some kind of dust!".

Indeed, they are so small that if you sow them in the usual way, then the harvest will never wait.

Proper planting of tobacco seeds. You will need a wide container with a height of no more than 10 cm. And it is better to have separate cassettes for each seed. The soil should consist of fertile land with clean sand, 1 to 1. It is poured in an even layer, then properly leveled and moistened. Some sources recommend watering the soil after sowing. We do not advise, because there is a risk to wash away microscopic seeds.

A wet toothpick spreads the seeds over the prepared ground. You can simply scatter them on the surface, but only very rarely. Otherwise, the seedlings will interfere with each other, despite the tiny size. Top carefully sprinkled with earth, a layer of not more than 0.5 cm.

Next, the container is covered with glass or a piece of transparent plastic. After put in a warm bright place, with a temperature of 25-27 ° C. Once a day, the condensate is removed from the inside of the glass, turning it over to the other side. When drying the soil gently sprinkle it from the spray.

Shoots usually appear in about 7-9 days. When the first shoots appear, the temperature is reduced to 20 ° C.Otherwise they will stop growing. Shelter is also removed.

When 3 true leaves appear, pick out the seedlings. If it was planted in separate cups, then this item can be skipped.

The first two weeks it will seem that the seedlings are sitting on the ground and not developing. In fact, it is not. Just in this period is the build-up of the root system. And only then the aboveground part of the tobacco will show all its power.

So that young bushes do not fall on their sides under the weight of their own leaves, gently spud them or sprinkle the soil to the roots.

It is very important at this time to monitor the soil moisture. Waterlogging threatens with the appearance of black legs and lodging of shoots. Be sure to have good light from 7 am to 9 pm. You can use additional lighting lamps. In this case it is strictly forbidden to substitute the seedlings under direct sunlight. Young leaves instantly burn.

Council Two weeks before planting the seedlings in the ground, tobacco is fed with any phosphorus-potassium fertilizer.

Landing seedlings in the ground

Tobacco is very thermophilic, it can die already at a temperature below + 3 ° С. Therefore, it is planted in the ground in the third decade of May, when all return frosts will finally pass. The planting scheme is very simple - 30 to 50 cm. The principle is like that of a seedling of tomatoes or peppers. That is, from 0.5 to 1 liter of pure water is poured into the plant well, an earth chatter is made, and a young bush of tobacco is planted. It is desirable to deepen it a little, by 3-4 cm. This is how additional roots are formed.

How to determine that the plant is ready to transplant? It should have 4-6 true leaves, well developed. They try not to touch the sapling for the foliage in general, it is very fragile and tender. And through the usual scratch on the surface penetrate fungal spores and pathogenic bacteria. It is best to use the transshipment method with a clod of earth.

On the third day after transplantation into the soil, tobacco is fed with a large amount of organic fertilizer. And no more nutrition during growth does not give. Mineral remains in the leaves and enters the lungs along with the smoke. Organic, rich in nitrogen, makes tobacco smelly, with an unpleasant aftertaste. In addition, the root of tobacco is so long and powerful that it will find enough food for itself at any depth.

CouncilIf after planting the sun begins to bake, then the young sprouts will shine in the first week. This may be a canopy of gauze, nonwoven material. You can put the arc and throw a shelter on them. The main thing is to leave the light, but do not allow sunburn.

Tobacco care in the garden

Despite the fact that the infusion of dry tobacco leaves scares away many pests, they love to eat it with fresh leaves. Even Colorado beetles sometimes try to eat them. Some sources advise to spray the planting formalin solution. But this option is only suitable on industrial plantations. And what to do in your own garden, where next year the same land will be needed for other plantings?

Option two:

1. Collect pests manually. The method is suitable if there are only a few bushes.
2. Use approved insecticides. The method is suitable for large home plantations growing.

Just do not have now about the accumulation of poisons in the leaves of tobacco from chemicals. You might think that while smoking the body does not poison itself, but becomes healthier.

And in order to avoid adding industrial to the nicotine poison, you have to keep the area for tobacco in perfect purity from weeds. After all, they inhabit most of the pests. Weeding will have not only during the cultivation of tobacco, but also in advance. Then prevention will be effective.

Disease. Yes, oddly enough, even corey tobacco is affected by diseases and fungi. You can dance with a tambourine around the landings, blow dust from them, but a single cold snap below + 15 ° C will reduce all your labors to nothing. Prevention of disease is the health and strength of the plant. If it is weak and weak, it is unlikely to survive even to technical maturity.

It happens that sometimes even a full-fledged plant gets sick. Then there are a couple of options for getting rid of the scourge:

1. To tear out a sick bush of tobacco with the root, take it away from the garden and burn it. In this case, there will be no guarantee that the infection will not go further.
2. Spray the planting solution of copper sulfate. It stops the development of many diseases.

There may again be outrage - and then how to smoke tobacco? Yes, very simple. Because the copper sulfate is not absorbed by the plant and is washed off by the first rain or good watering. Such processing does not affect the taste of raw materials.

Watering. Tobacco loves to drink, because its wide leaves evaporate a lot of moisture. Just do not flood the plants daily. Usually focused on appearance: the tips of the leaves go down and look sluggish? So it's time to properly shed the soil. Under one plant will be enough 5-7 liters of pure water.

If the temperature outside rises above + 35 ° C, then it is desirable to moisten the air and the soil, regardless of the time of the last watering. Otherwise, the plants slow down or die.

Flowers and stepchildren. In order for the tobacco in the garden to gain sufficient strength and a good amount of aromatic substances, absolutely all the flowers and additional stepchildren are cut off from it. In general, it is considered normal to leave no more than 10 leaves on a plant. The rest must be removed. But, if not a bed is planted, but at least a weaving of tobacco, then you have to crawl through the thickets for a whole season and count the leaves.

To facilitate the task, it is enough to remove the stepsons and all flower stalks 4 times in the summer.

Useful subtleties

1. This tobacco greatly impoverishes the soil. Therefore, a year before planting a bed, a large amount of fertilizer is applied.The same is done after cleaning the plant.
2. There are recommendations to pre-soak the seeds of tobacco for faster germination. And immediately advised to sow spilled seeds, trying not to damage the sprouts. But be sure to mix them with sand. Where is the logic? If you follow these tips, then all manipulations must be made with a microscope. After all, the sharp edges of grains of sand can scratch tiny shoots. And how to divide the soaked seeds? If only a needle.
3. To grow tobacco in the garden can not be in those beds where other solanaceous crops grew. Otherwise, there is a high risk that he will pick up viral diseases from his predecessors.
4. On poor and poor soils it is necessary to feed tobacco with phosphorus-potassium fertilizers 2 times per season. Only strictly follow the formulation and dosage. A surplus of mineral water makes raw materials rough, smelling bad.
5. If the tobacco leaf is dried on the plant during the growing season, it is not suitable for smoking. Cut off only the green leaves. The characteristic signal for cleaning is the appearance of a specific flavor, stickiness on the surface of the sheet and a lighter shade of green than the whole bush.
6. Do not break off at once all the leaves at the same time. They are cleaned only as they mature. This is usually a three-time procedure. First, 4 sheets are cut off, then the next 3 sheets, and the last 3 are finally broken. This is ideally if only 10 pieces are left, as industrial agronomists recommend. Start cleaning from the bottom of the plant.
7. But, sometimes with good care, real tobacco grows up to 2 meters high. There will already be much more than 10 pieces of burdocks. In fact, do not break off the same half of the plant, if the soil and care allow you to grow such a hero.
8. Collected leaves are left to dry in a room with high humidity. If it is a barn or attic, then be sure to put additional containers with water. Raw materials should, as it were, wilt, and not dry up before the crunch.
9. After drying, it is not quite smoking tobacco. To make it a high-quality smoke with good aroma and proper strength, it must be fermented. How to do it correctly, you can look at specialized forums. There are a lot of recipes, there is a special technology and a variety of additives. The most common - brandy and honey. Only after such processing can you enjoy the high-quality taste of homemade tobacco. Before the fermentation process, it is simply dried leaves.
10. If, after all the manipulations, the tobacco turned out to be too strong and saturated, it is recommended to dilute it with cut stalks. They have less nicotine, and the flavor is a little different from the smell of the leaves.

How to grow tobacco in the garden for smoking? It turns out very simple. And it is not necessary to smoke it afterwards. You can use tobacco to repel pests in the garden. And properly dried and fermented will be a great gift for lovers of good, high-quality smoke. And let the Ministry of Health warns ...

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