Oldfella
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Nice looking plants, they are looking extremely healthy. You don't seem to have the bug damage that I see on some of the other guys. Do you spray them or something?
Oldfella
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ChinaVoodoo
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I lost 5 entire plants to cut worms, but I replaced the plants. I found the cut worms that live in the dirt and killed them by squishing them. After that, I sprinkled diatomaceous earth around the plants and haven't had a problem since.
Slugs are sometimes a problem later on. We don't get hornworms. Grasshoppers are uncommon. Aphids also seem to happen later on.
Great looking plants. Viqueque, Liquiça and Ainaro are a complete mystery to me. It's comforting to see that Viqueque is a handsome variety.
Bob
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There's a random pot the previous owner had which is growing a jumbled schwack of something which looks like a Nicotiana. Maybe affinis. Anyway, a slug! I found a slug!
La La La - really, that was the slug
They really do sing. You just need to work with them a little
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTN1gTlj2nU
I found our previous home owners gold plated tooth lodged in a crack in the back of our bathroom cabinet. That's a little more gross than your Nicotiana find, but fun none the less Hopefully that's the only random body part hiding in our home...
I found our previous home owners gold plated tooth lodged in a crack in the back of our bathroom cabinet. That's a little more gross than your Nicotiana find, but fun none the less
Hopefully that's the only random body part hiding in our home...
ChinaVoodoo
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It's hailing pretty hard.
Yikes!
Oldfella
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I'm happy for you. I knew you had one.
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Phew. That's over with. 
ChinaVoodoo
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The hail was pretty bad after all. The Delhi-34 did better than the east indies varieties. The Delhi-34 is growing really fast though, which is nice. Overall, it wasn't a complete disaster.
I'm impressed. Hopefully, all the growth tips are eager to produce more leaves. I've had many threats of hail over the years, but never got clobbered.
Bob
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ChinaVoodoo
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I couldn't confidently say that I haven't been hit every year. This might be the worst. If I was growing cigar wrapper, I'm sure I would be upset, but this doesn't look too bad. Like I've said to others before, at the end of the year, I'm pretty sure I'll have more tobacco than I started with.
Oldfella
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Wow!! To me that's massive damage. We get hail maybe once in every few year's and then it's only piddly ity bitty stuff. You wouldn't notice it except it gets cold. Nevermind it can still be cured and shredded or something.
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ChinaVoodoo
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We get hail multiple times a year. It's often spotty though, only hitting portions of the city. I've seen small hail accumulate a couple inches deep before.
ciennepi
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I'm sad for you ChinaVoodoo. Hail is the worst thing that can happen to tobacco. More worst than PVY because it affect all the strain. In 3 years of growing tobacco I was hit by hail all 3 the years
For the moment not a single berry of hail fallen on my 2020 tobacco
For the moment not a single berry of hail fallen on my 2020 tobacco
ChinaVoodoo
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Finally!
Damn! It's below freezing again in July!!! Oh wait, that must be Celsius
That's getting down right hot for the great white north. Somewhere out there a moose is probably basking in the sun after a nice afternoon swim thinking this is more like it
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