Are these ready for the garden?

[mwaller]

Front yard Corojo 99 patch...

 

[mwaller]

Today is hot day - low 80's. I expected tobacco to love it, but the leaves are drooping. Is this a function of heat or dehydration?!

 

[deluxestogie]

Leaf drooping during the daylight hours on a hot day is normal. As soon as the sun sets, they should raise their hands in prayer.

Bob

 

[burge]

They to me look ready I haven't grown tobacco though but tomato plants starting them inside. I am not sure what the weather forecast has been but it would not hurt to take the watering can around.

 

[mwaller]

I just gave them a drink. Forecast is for even hotter weather!

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Wilting leaf in the morning before it gets hot requires water I hear. I've never had to water it before if the ground was prepared properly.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Here's your solution. Take a tablet of aspirin, crush it. Throw away the coating. Dissolve the aspirin in 1gallon of water. Fill a clean spray bottle, and spray all of your tobacco plants. You will have plenty of leftover solution. It's been my experience that in a week, your plants will be completely drought resistant.

http://fairtradetobacco.com/threads/5694-Strengthening-plants-with-Aspirin?highlight=Aspirin

 

[Brown Thumb]

Wilting in the heat is normal.

 

[deluxestogie]

Take a tablet of aspirin...

...and call me in the morning. Water tonight if they don't perk up. Don't water tonight if they do.

I was about to suggest that the aspirin/drought resistance association might be bunk, but I notice that I already did that in the cited thread.

Bob

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

...and call me in the morning. Water tonight if they don't perk up. Don't water tonight if they do.

I was about to suggest that the aspirin/drought resistance association might be bunk, but I notice that I already did that in the cited thread.

Bob

Every time I read a peer reviewed article, I always ask myself, "But, is it Bob reviewed?"

 

[deluxestogie]

Peer reviewed, published studies are preponderantly meaningful science. Since drought is a major agricultural problem in many parts of the world, I would be truly delighted if all it needs is an aspirin.

Of course, we all said that 4 decades ago about a daily aspirin dramatically reducing cardio-vascular risk. Sometimes the magic works.

Bob

 

[mwaller]

Much to my surprise, a few of my plants are starting to bud. What is the best bet for commercially available bags? Paint strainers?

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Paint strainers are the easiest. If anyone on the forum had time and inclination to sew some bags I know I need like 20 myself. I'll probably be getting mine at Amazon though, cheapest place I've seen at about a dollar a bag

 

[mwaller]

Here's a Little Dutch flower head. What size strainer bag do I need, and how do I secure it? Most of the bags I've seen have elastic bands that are designed to fit snugly on a 1 or 5 gallon can...

 

[SmokesAhoy]

5 gallon. Seems silly when you first put the big bag on but then it makes sense by the time it fills it up.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Like Smokes said... 5 gallon. I use the equivalent size Organza bag. Just secure with a string. Make sure to remove the leaves around the bud and it helps a lot if you spray the bud with some Spinosad (or equivalent) to prevent bud worms from destroying your seeds.

 

[mwaller]

Thanks! I will grab some insecticide while I'm at the garden store.
When is the appropriate time to top plants that I don't want to flower?

 

[deluxestogie]

Little Dutch puts out a seed head that is as large as any other tobacco variety. The 5 gallon bag will seem small, once the pods begin to fill it.

August, 2011.

Bob

 

[SmokesAhoy]

I really like the look of those long thin leaves! Might have to add that next year.

 

[mwaller]

My Little Dutch is bagged! Thanks to all who provided advice on this matter.