johnlee's grow log 2013

[johnlee1933]

As Deluxe Bob said the other day the season is about done for me too. Most everything I want in is in and color curing. The plot looks bare. Frost will be here soon and that will be the end. I don't believe I'll raise a crop next year but we'll see what the winter brings.


That's it from CT. John

 

[ne3go]

I don't believe I'll raise a crop next year but we'll see what the winter brings.

Why is that?

 

[johnlee1933]

Why is that?

Just the years moving on.

John

 

[deluxestogie]

John,
I find that the fewer varieties I grow, the less work, and the less worry. It's still work, though. The spring time digging, and the fall digging seem to take the most calories. Also, the fuss over germinating seed bank grow-outs seems to take more effort than it should. What I found most exhausting this year was all the stooping or stretching required for priming.

If I don't do daily walks through the tobacco for suckering and worming, I end up taking 2 mile walks down the road several times a week, just to keep moving.

You sit, you die.

Bob

 

[Brown Thumb]

He has the Baccy Blues, Come March he will be sprouting some seeds,
Once it is in your blood there is no turning back.
Unless you quit smoking .
It is also mrelaxing to pick suckers and mud leaf if you can still bend down.

 

[Boboro]

I hope to grow a lot less next year.

 

[bonehead]

i would like to grow more but my back says less. digging and weeding are my downfall. did anyone ever try that stuff that is suposed to make weedseeds not germinate and would it be safe to grow tobacco plants in treated soil?

 

[workhorse_01]

I'm trying it next year. I bought it the other day at lowes on clearance, $6.00 for a full jug of preen.

i would like to grow more but my back says less. digging and weeding are my downfall. did anyone ever try that stuff that is suposed to make weedseeds not germinate and would it be safe to grow tobacco plants in treated soil?

 

[Boboro]

Ive used it but didn't lsst year because I thought it was causein problems.It wasn't. I have already put it out where I had grass go to seed and will put it out in the spring weather primitin. If you got a grassey spot Spray it with round up then put out treflan now. you may not get a chance in the spring. The product I use is Herbicide Granules by Hi-Yield. It will onley last 3or 4 mounths in to the growin season, That depends on whats growin and putting out seed around the garden. So don't let things go to seed. It will onley kill seed and not stuff that's growin.

 

[Rickey60]

If you put preen or traflan out in the spring how long before you can plant seed or transplants behind it?
Rick

 

[Boboro]

The lable says 10 weeks for seed. Right before putting in transplants. But Id give it a week or two.

 

[Rickey60]

The lable says 10 weeks for seed. Right before putting in transplants. But Id give it a week or two.

Good info, thanks

 

[bonehead]

i am going to get my hands on some. i will have to start to look for clearance sales so i don't have to pay so much in spring. anything that helps with weeds will sure help me.

 

[Knucklehead]

I used 3' landscape cloth with X's cut in it for the plants this year. The grass still met in the middle, and the grasshoppers were worse the closer the grass was to the plants. Next year, I'm going to use two runs of 3' cloth with a small gap between them for the plants. I will only have to weed the small gap until the plants get large enough to shade out the grass. The grass from the edges should never grow enough to meet in the middle with this setup, if they get close, there will be enough separation to weed eat rather than pull grass. I think this will eliminate the majority of my weeding next year. Transplanting and weeding are my most painful assignments.

This will work especially well if your row spacing is 3', if 4', they sell 4' cloth. Also you have the added benefit of eliminating more chemicals.

 

[Boboro]

Ive had trouble with the weedwhacker throwin grass on the bottom leaves. It stays on them stickysunsbritches till you smokeem off.

 

[Knucklehead]

Ive had trouble with the weedwhacker throwin grass on the bottom leaves. It stays on them stickysunsbritches till you smokeem off.

Yeah, and turns the leaf black where they lay. Catch 22.

 

[workhorse_01]

Johnlee has passed away fella's. check general discussions and lets give him a proper send off.

 

[BarG]

Johnlee has passed away fella's. check general discussions and lets give him a proper send off.

Thanks workhorse. I will roll a very special cigar to remember John.