ChinaVoodoo
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Can you flue cure orientals? Of course you can, but what I mean is what will resemble sun curing more, air curing or flue curing? Can you flue cure them on the stalk?
If you grow Turkish tobacco in the same way it is grown traditionally (really, really close together), the stalks will only get about the size of a pencil. I believe this would allow for an efficient cure in a flue barn.
Just my 2 pesos
""really, really close together"? Like, closer than the recommended 12"?"
Depends on the variety. Istanbulin posted a lot of interesting info on Turkish tobaccos, one of which was a chart of planting distances. Most of my Turkish are planted 6-8 inches apart in a double row (8 inches between the rows).