Cigar tobacco growout

[Ben Brand]

The seeds I was send for the grow out, don't like the African air. Sowed about 50 seeds of Bahia and TI 959. The Bahia sprouted 3 seedlings, the TI 959 nothing. Will sow some more, hopefully they will sprout!!!

 

[chuditch]

Oh dear,
Hope I have more luck with my seeds they have only been in a few days.
if you can get the Bahia to maturity will that mean those 3 will provide seeds that will do well there in S.A?
Any thoughts on what may have been wrong or a just happened thing?

 

[deluxestogie]

Varieties designated for refresh grow-outs from the FTT seedbank are selected specifically because they are getting older. Sometimes they are not viable.

Bob

 

[Smokin Harley]

The seeds I was send for the grow out, don't like the African air. Sowed about 50 seeds of Bahia and TI 959. The Bahia sprouted 3 seedlings, the TI 959 nothing. Will sow some more, hopefully they will sprout!!!

Ben , don't feel too bad. The Ct Shade I sowed 3 separate times didn't amount to anything...not a single 1 made it to field planting size . And only 2 of the 18 Ct Broadleaf made it to the field ...
Not sure if it was me, the seed or what ...BUT, I will try another time.

 

[DGBAMA]

A number of us had low/no germination from "growout seed" this year; as bob said, it is older seed in need of refresh. Take good care of the ones that do start.

 

[Ben Brand]

Re-sowed last night, lets hope these do better

 

[Ben Brand]

With my re-sow, Iv`e got about 2 Bahia plants, that I will grow and catch the seed, but the TI 959 nothing after the second sowing, nothing. Pity, I would have liked to help with the grow out. Another bad one ( one of my own that I caught the seed from last season) is La palma, not good germination at all!!!! All my other varieties are fine, good germination.

 

[mountbaldy]

Ben, do you start your seed inside on germination (heat) mats under light? I found my germination improved tremendously when I added the germination mat. If you don't, I made my own set up by putting rope light Xmas lights in a bed of kitty litter inside a plastic storage tote. Then put my seed trays on that. Alternatively a guy (or gal) could buy something like this;
http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-MT1...?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1440646330&sr=1-18

The nice thing about the commercially available model is that it doesn't require a thermostat and the cost is about the same. I had the rope light and a temp controller so it wasn't any expense on my end.

Any how, good luck with your grow!!

Cheers,

Joe

 

[mountbaldy]

I also noticed my starts put on quick leaf growth in comparison to no mat. I regulated temp to 75 F for the soil in my starts. The previous year (same seed) resulted in some germination but nothing more than sprouts. Nothing put on growth. Same soil and everything. I controlled my environment better and things took off.

I was growing Connecticut Broadleaf and One Sucker.

Good luck!!

Joe