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I am still in shock. I got a lot of hail last night and my tobacco crop is really beat up. I am gonna let it go for a couple of days. time to pray for suckers
 

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Sorry to hear that DrBob. That's got to be heartbreaking. I hope you can salvage some of it. :(
 

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it is 5 weeks till harvest time for me. I will let it recover for a couple of days and then strip off all the severely damaged leaves. I have hopes that I will salvage quite a bit. Lots of time for new leaves to grow
 

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hail stinks. two years ago i got hammered. my garden never fully recovered and i wan'ted to cry. i didn't feel any better about it until i was done for the year and managed to do ok anyways. it's heartbreaking looking at what can happen in an instant and take so many hours of work.
 

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Just the title of this thread left me with a sinking feeling. Tattered leaf still cures well, if you can get it before it sun scalds.

Bob
 

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I just took a better look at the damage. About 1/2 of the leaves are damaged and need to be removed. Thank goodness I only have 200 plants, I think that I will get a fair crop. time to let some suckers grow. Go suckers go!
 

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I just took a better look at the damage. About 1/2 of the leaves are damaged and need to be removed. Thank goodness I only have 200 plants, I think that I will get a fair crop. time to let some suckers grow. Go suckers go!
Remember you can still use the damaged leaves for filler or cigs.
 
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