Deluxestogie Grow Log 2023

[Radagast]

Although you may care about the proper number and shape of extremities and appendages on a particular species, AI has a more psychedelic take. You have 5 distinct senses, while AI invents synesthesia with non-senses. I've seen AI generated images with people seated backwards on a park bench. It doesn't care. On the above, Tardigrade image, where did that hand holding the carrot come from?

See, again with the hands. Trippy man..

 

[Anders A]

I topped the Tofta 28 JUN. I will wait for the upper leaf to show signs of maturity, then stalk-harvest, and hang the whole stalks in my shed. Since this is my first grow of Tofta, I'm just guessing about the best way to handle it.

Bob

Hi Bob,

Hope all is well with you. Do you have a finished data sheet of Tofta that you made last year that you can share?

Good luck with this year's season.

/Anders

 

[deluxestogie]

You can download a pdf page of my Tofta 2023 data here:

Tofta 2023 Data

Bob

 

[Anders A]

You can download a pdf page of my Tofta 2023 data here:

Tofta 2023 Data

Bob

Thank you, I appreciate it very much. Grown some Tofta last year, and snus made from that variety alone is among the tastiest/best I've experienced, so there will be much more of it this year.

 

[wruk53]

Thank you, I appreciate it very much. Grown some Tofta last year, and snus made from that variety alone is among the tastiest/best I've experienced, so there will be much more of it this year.

How would you rate the nicotine content of Tofta?

 

[deluxestogie]

I have not sampled any Tofta yet. It's still hanging in the shed.

Bob

 

[Anders A]

How would you rate the nicotine content of Tofta?

I'm not really good at estimating it, but I'd probably say "medium". Right now I have a snus baking in the oven, it will be ready to "snusa" in about a week, I can get back to you then, when I'm sitting with a "prilla" under my lip

 

[Anders A]

I have not sampled any Tofta yet. It's still hanging in the shed.

Bob

I guess I don't understand what you mean by you not "sampled" any Tofta yet? Do you mean collected it and weighed it?

 

[Bottenslam]

Did anybody notice Tofta developing slowly after the flowering? I wonder if its just a fluke. for me the old Swedish varietys developed significantly slower than rot front, but this could also be from them just being bigger plants and therefore depleted nutrients faster.

 

[deluxestogie]

I guess I don't understand what you mean by you not "sampled" any Tofta yet? Do you mean collected it and weighed it?

I am lazy. I allow my tobacco to hang in the shed through the winter and spring each year. Since I grew it during the 2023 season, my Tofta crop has not yet been stripped from the stalks. Tobacco's traditional 15 month growing cycle (germination to sale of the crop) is meaningful for commercial growers. I have the luxury of allowing procrastination to work on my behalf.

Bob

 

[RoperLegacyWoods]

Today, I transplanted 16 MD 609, 8 Vuelta Abajo and 8 Olor. For each 8 transplants, I carry a 1-gallon jug of water (with Imidacloprid added) from the house to the garden bed. It turns out to be easier than lugging a bucket with transplant water. This was followed by 2½ hours of mowing through the foot-tall lawn. At sunset, I went ahead and direct-seeded some Blue Ballet Hubbard and Boston Pickling Cukes, since the transplants of both were wiped out by frost.

If I have time prior to expected afternoon rain tomorrow, I will finish up with 16 Corojo 99, 16 Little Yellow and 16 NB-11 burley, and perhaps a photo. Grand total: 124 tobacco plants.

Bob

May I ask how many ounces of imiclipromid you add per gallon? And how much water per plant? I seem to remember you use a cup or so from somewhere, I can’t find it yet. My labeling used per square ft.

 

[deluxestogie]

I add 2 cups of water (with imidacloprid mixed in) to each transplant. The quantity of imidacloprid depends on the formulation that you purchase. I use the rate stated (per square foot) for tomatoes. You'll have to do the math.

Bob

 

[RoperLegacyWoods]

I add 2 cups of water (with imidacloprid mixed in) to each transplant. The quantity of imidacloprid depends on the formulation that you purchase. I use the rate stated (per square foot) for tomatoes. You'll have to do the math.

Bob

Thank you sir,
Do you calculate just the area of the rows, or the whole bed?

 

[deluxestogie]

My full-size beds are 5'x12', so 60 square feet. I calculate the imidacloprid (tomato dose) based on 60 square feet, then divide it by the number of plants (16) to determine the imidacloprid per 2 cups of water that each transplant will receive.

Bob

 

[RoperLegacyWoods]

My full-size beds are 5'x12', so 60 square feet. I calculate the imidacloprid (tomato dose) based on 60 square feet, then divide it by the number of plants (16) to determine the imidacloprid per 2 cups of water that each transplant will receive.

Bob

So if the dose is 0.5 oz/10sq.ft.
Then you’d use 3 oz in 32 cups of water. Got it. Thank you sir.

 

[Anders A]

I bagged my Tofta this evening, after misting the bud head with permethrin. I would have waited another day or two, but with predicted rain for the next two days, I took advantage of a dry window, and went ahead and bagged it. The bud stalk had already elongated. This is ~7 weeks after transplant (49 days), which is close to the maturation days in Sweden (and has curiously shared Swedish weather). I plan to complete plant and leaf measurements of the Tofta next week.

Bob

When a description of a variety of tobacco says, "Days to maturity, 50-55 days", does that mean 50-55 days until at least half of the plants have at least one open flower? So that "Days to maturity, 50-55 days" does not mean 50-55 days until the plant/leaves are ripe for harvesting?

Have I understood it correctly?

 

[deluxestogie]

You are correct. "Days to maturity" is standardized (by USDA ARS-GRIN) to specifically indicate that 50% of the plants have at least one open blossom. That is around the date that commercial tobacco farmers will then top their entire crop.

Bob

 

[Anders A]

You are correct. "Days to maturity" is standardized (by USDA ARS-GRIN) to specifically indicate that 50% of the plants have at least one open blossom. That is around the date that commercial tobacco farmers will then top their entire crop.

Bob

Thanks Bob, it only took me 4 years to figure this out

 

[deluxestogie]

Many of the terms and definitions of tobacco properties date back to the late 19th century or earlier, are often vague, misleading or ambiguous, and sometimes inappropriate for the 21st century (e.g. the "use class", which indicates the primary 19th century market use—in the US—for specific tobacco varieties from specific US states, like "wrapper", "binder", "filler", etc.). But they are still in use by the industry, so we are stuck with them.

Bob