Aaron
Well-Known Member
My plants seem to be growing now so i figured it's time to start my own log to track experiences. Hopefully I'll make it to harvest and get to attempt curing. It's been a great learning experience so far and to start with I'd like to thank everyone here for all their help and this forum!
I started by ordering some seeds online. 3 varieties, Little Dutch, White Mammoth, and Kentucky Burley 8635. I made the mistake of starting my seeds in coconut pellets. I had good germination but very slow growth due to lack of nutrients. I was a bit worried that I wouldn't have any plants to put in the ground so I decided to order some transplants from BigBonner. From Bonner i ordered 10 each of Burley, Bright Leaf, Perique, Havana 142, and Maryland 609. The transplants were awesome. I set them all in the ground, even some extras he was kind enough to send. I made the mistake of watering too much when I planted and put them all into a shock. The next few days we had some extreme sun all day with temps in the mid 90's. I believe that stressed the plants even more. Then to make it worse, I think I waited too long before watering again. Oh well, lesson learned. It saddens me to say that I lost quite a few plants from this. I should also add that I have poor soil that I'm planting in too, with a high ph and low nitrogen levels. Fast forward two weeks and I now have 3 Burley, 9 Bright leaf, 7 Perique, 3 Havana, and 1 Maryland. Of all the ones left alive probably 7 or 8 of them really took a beating are are just now starting to grow again. The Havanas and the Maryland I swear came back from the dead. I think the fact that any have survived at all is a testament to how strong these transplants were.
Last weekend i tried to transplant some of my seedlings. I set 1 of my White Mammoth and 2 of the Little Dutch that seem to be holding their own and maybe even starting to grow a tiny bit. My Burley's are still a bit small to transplant yet. Hopefully next weekend I'll be able to get in another 10-15 of each.
This morning I took a few pictures of some of the plants that have had the worst time.
This first pic is of the plant the a deer decided to eat the whole top of of. It's starting to sprout some new leaves. I thought for sure that one was a goner.
This is my one Maryland that seems to be growing back from the dead.
This is one of the Havana that decided to start growing again
This is one of the Burley that's hanging on.
Then for fun I figured I'd throw in a picture of my biggest plant which is a Bright leaf.
Thanks for looking!
Aaron
I started by ordering some seeds online. 3 varieties, Little Dutch, White Mammoth, and Kentucky Burley 8635. I made the mistake of starting my seeds in coconut pellets. I had good germination but very slow growth due to lack of nutrients. I was a bit worried that I wouldn't have any plants to put in the ground so I decided to order some transplants from BigBonner. From Bonner i ordered 10 each of Burley, Bright Leaf, Perique, Havana 142, and Maryland 609. The transplants were awesome. I set them all in the ground, even some extras he was kind enough to send. I made the mistake of watering too much when I planted and put them all into a shock. The next few days we had some extreme sun all day with temps in the mid 90's. I believe that stressed the plants even more. Then to make it worse, I think I waited too long before watering again. Oh well, lesson learned. It saddens me to say that I lost quite a few plants from this. I should also add that I have poor soil that I'm planting in too, with a high ph and low nitrogen levels. Fast forward two weeks and I now have 3 Burley, 9 Bright leaf, 7 Perique, 3 Havana, and 1 Maryland. Of all the ones left alive probably 7 or 8 of them really took a beating are are just now starting to grow again. The Havanas and the Maryland I swear came back from the dead. I think the fact that any have survived at all is a testament to how strong these transplants were.
Last weekend i tried to transplant some of my seedlings. I set 1 of my White Mammoth and 2 of the Little Dutch that seem to be holding their own and maybe even starting to grow a tiny bit. My Burley's are still a bit small to transplant yet. Hopefully next weekend I'll be able to get in another 10-15 of each.
This morning I took a few pictures of some of the plants that have had the worst time.
This first pic is of the plant the a deer decided to eat the whole top of of. It's starting to sprout some new leaves. I thought for sure that one was a goner.
This is my one Maryland that seems to be growing back from the dead.
This is one of the Havana that decided to start growing again
This is one of the Burley that's hanging on.
Then for fun I figured I'd throw in a picture of my biggest plant which is a Bright leaf.
Thanks for looking!
Aaron