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Jitterbugdude

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Three days ago I snapped the suckers off 6 Virginia Brightleaf (VBL)and applied about 3 drops of mineral oil to where the suckers were. I then suckered the remaining 40 VBL but did not apply any mineral oil. I just checked today and the 6 treated VBL's have no sucker growth. The untreated VBL already had gigantic suckers and it's only been 3 days. Might seem time consuming but I think if you sucker once and apply mineral oil you'll probably be done for the rest of the year.
 

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Cool, now you tell us. just got done kinda 3 Rows to go. Thanks.
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I used some on my bursa last year when I got early suckers with a meat basting syringe to apply. It worked.
 

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So remove sucker then put the oil over the wet stump where the sucker was? And do it before the wound seals or does that not matter?
 

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I'm not sure the best method to use but I tore off the sucker and then applied the mineral oil. I tried this on 6 plants. I would say it prevented about 90 % sucker re-growth. I also noticed new suckers growing where there had been none at all. Seems tobacco will do anything it can to grow these things.
 

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Thanks J-bug. I've been wondering what to do about suckers when the time comes. Can't get the stuff the pros use. So, mineral oil it will be.

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I have used olive oil also. If the there is a bud or small stock starting (about 1/2inch long) the oil will usually kill it. I use a pump oil can it I get too much on the leaf joint I hope it run down the stock to the next leaf.
 
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