ChinaVoodoo
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A little bit of weather last night.
China Voodoo 2019 Grow Log d'Incertitude
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Moth
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Snap! Massive lightning storm here (Southern England). No rain, just spectacular light shows
Yvan the terrible
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Hello Stew,
The plants you gave me are doing well and have started to flower. I read that it is better to cut them but am wondering if I should just let them mature and keep them for next year. I can’t remember where but I have seem growers covering the flowers in cloth bags, what is that for? Is this something I should do. Only the plants that were in the greenhouse did well, the ones outside are still not even a foot tall. In the pictures two of the plants are quite similar but one is different, could it be from a different variety?
The plants you gave me are doing well and have started to flower. I read that it is better to cut them but am wondering if I should just let them mature and keep them for next year. I can’t remember where but I have seem growers covering the flowers in cloth bags, what is that for? Is this something I should do. Only the plants that were in the greenhouse did well, the ones outside are still not even a foot tall. In the pictures two of the plants are quite similar but one is different, could it be from a different variety?
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MarcL
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Are seeds still popular with the wild life?
The plants showing cupping of the upper leaves is often an indication of calcium deficiency, either from a deficit of calcium in the soil, or an improper soil pH that prevents the roots from absorbing it.
Bob
Bob
ChinaVoodoo
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Yvan, the plants don't appear to be different. The seeds are from ARS-GRIN, and they were the only kind I started this year so it is highly unlikely that there is any non l'assomption 201 plants in the batch. I think they are just deformed as per Bob's diagnosis.
As these seeds were a generous gift from a government agency, and you, I, and one other Edmonton are the only people growing it, I would appreciate if you tried to save some seed. That involves putting a fine mesh bag over a flower head before any flowers open.
I have one plant, and I will do the same.
As these seeds were a generous gift from a government agency, and you, I, and one other Edmonton are the only people growing it, I would appreciate if you tried to save some seed. That involves putting a fine mesh bag over a flower head before any flowers open.
I have one plant, and I will do the same.
Yvan the terrible
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Will do, I can easily supplement the Calcium. Just out of curiosity, what is the purpose of the mesh bag?
ChinaVoodoo
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It prevents pollinators from getting in and maintains certainty that the seed is a pure strain. You are growing only one strain, but in future years you may grow more. Although in Edmonton it is unlikely that there is someone else growing tobacco nearby, it is a possibility, given that some folks who are not in the forum grow it for whatever reason. I have seen "Virginia" seed sold at a seed supplier at the strathcona farmers market. I know of one in Lendrum who grows it to use as pesticide. I used to live on 73ave and 96 street. My unbagged flower heads were close enough for pollinators to visit your tobacco and mine.
ChinaVoodoo
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I like to have flowers to look at and pick to put in vases so I will usually bag a couple and let one or two flower, but top the rest.
ChinaVoodoo
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I have seen tobacco in the inner city once. I presume it was meant for ritual purposes.
ChinaVoodoo
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L'assomption 201.
Torn leaves from being whipped around countless days. I must say this is a wind resistant plant. Pink flowers. Longest leaf 43cm, 100cm at the top leaf. Sorry about the left handed tape measure.
I'm pretty confident this would have been another foot or two if it was in the ground with more hours of sun, and not in the most rainy year in thirty years.
Torn leaves from being whipped around countless days. I must say this is a wind resistant plant. Pink flowers. Longest leaf 43cm, 100cm at the top leaf. Sorry about the left handed tape measure.
I'm pretty confident this would have been another foot or two if it was in the ground with more hours of sun, and not in the most rainy year in thirty years.
GreenDragon
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It will probably be the best tasting leaf you've ever grown 
ChinaVoodoo
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So a Newfie I know called me up and said he wasn't going to pick all of his Japan 8. I went over this morning and filled a recycle bag with the best leaves. I also gave him some Kasturi seed.
What does one do with Japan 8?
Bob
Bob
ChinaVoodoo
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He rolls cheroots.
I smoke it straight in the pipe just for a change of pace. My previous supply was poor quality-grown by the same guy-but picked way too early. This batch gonna be good. I look forward to finding out what it's supposed to be like.
I smoke it straight in the pipe just for a change of pace. My previous supply was poor quality-grown by the same guy-but picked way too early. This batch gonna be good. I look forward to finding out what it's supposed to be like.
GreenDragon
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Interesting. The leaf shape reminds me of Little Dutch, except on a much smaller plant.
ARS-GRIN list 29 accessions from Japan, but none with "8" or with "hachi" or with "yattsu".
Bob
Bob
ChinaVoodoo
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I've looked myself, too. Maybe @skychaser knows where it came from.
ChinaVoodoo
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The only tobacco with an 8 behind it I can find is Semois.
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