Tutu
Well-Known Member
Bad News
I'm afraid I got bad news. We had a horrible storm this afternoon. I think it was the worst I've ever seen. Besides all else, the tobacco was hit pretty hard. Most were blown down and needed the usual support after a storm like this. However, one plant's stem has snapped. Of course it had to be Liquiçá, of which I only have one specimen. Now the thing with Liquiçá is that it was probably blown down when it was fresh in the ground after I went away to Sumba. So it had a crooked stem. At the corner of the crooked stem, new roots had already started to form. I did the only thing I could think of and turned this whole thing into a new experiment.
New Experiment
Would it be possible to have a tobacco plant grow a new root system from scratch after the original root system has been snapped off. Of course, this new root system has already started to form, so I'm cheating a little bit. I've taken off the largest leafs from the plant. I figured that it'll have difficulty taking up water from the tiny roots that it now has and that won't be enough to supply all the leafs. I've kept only a few on. I've buried the remainder in the soil. I'm not taking any bets on it. I think it could go either way.
I'm afraid I got bad news. We had a horrible storm this afternoon. I think it was the worst I've ever seen. Besides all else, the tobacco was hit pretty hard. Most were blown down and needed the usual support after a storm like this. However, one plant's stem has snapped. Of course it had to be Liquiçá, of which I only have one specimen. Now the thing with Liquiçá is that it was probably blown down when it was fresh in the ground after I went away to Sumba. So it had a crooked stem. At the corner of the crooked stem, new roots had already started to form. I did the only thing I could think of and turned this whole thing into a new experiment.
New Experiment
Would it be possible to have a tobacco plant grow a new root system from scratch after the original root system has been snapped off. Of course, this new root system has already started to form, so I'm cheating a little bit. I've taken off the largest leafs from the plant. I figured that it'll have difficulty taking up water from the tiny roots that it now has and that won't be enough to supply all the leafs. I've kept only a few on. I've buried the remainder in the soil. I'm not taking any bets on it. I think it could go either way.