My window and balcony: @johnny108
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Top picture is (Amazon sourced) Xanthi.
Balcony planter box is more of the same- both in potting soil lightened with perlite.
The potted plants are Amazon sourced burley in home made soilless mix. The little pots in the window are spare burley and some Rot Front.
Green propagation tray is NWT Seeds Little Dutch and Prilep P-66 9/7.
Black pots next to the green propagator
Are Aztec Rustica.
Balcony planter box is more of the same- both in potting soil lightened with perlite.
The potted plants are Amazon sourced burley in home made soilless mix. The little pots in the window are spare burley and some Rot Front.
Green propagation tray is NWT Seeds Little Dutch and Prilep P-66 9/7.
Black pots next to the green propagator
Are Aztec Rustica.
Soilless mix is 50% coconut coir, hydrated with either hydroponic, all organic, or a Triple-20 fertilizer, with 25% vermiculite, 25% perlite, plus 2 cups of pelletized composted cow manure per brick of coconut coir.
Hopefully the different fertilizer will give notable results so I can pick the best one for later crops.
Hopefully the different fertilizer will give notable results so I can pick the best one for later crops.
They look happy to be outside. Best of luck with your season!
I have moved into the common areas of the apartments’ garden. Everyone admires the plants, and no one has complained…..that equals permission.
The short line is mostly Amazon Xanthi.
The long line is mostly Amazon sourced “Burley”.
Edit: all are planted in soilless mix
The short line is mostly Amazon Xanthi.
The long line is mostly Amazon sourced “Burley”.
Edit: all are planted in soilless mix
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Update:
The coconut coir hydrated with a mix of 4/1 "triple 20" fertilizer/Epsom salts was the clear winner in plant growth/yields.
(Still color curing- final weights are not yet available).
HOWEVER! the large Burley in the container on the post, in the 2nd picture above, showed a serious calcium deficiency after topping.
Peat based soilless mixes recommend adding dolomitic limestone to deal with the low Ph of the peat moss. It would appear to be needed for coconut coir as well, as a nutritional requirement.
Soilless mixes are infinitely cheaper than potting soil, when home made, but don't forget the calcium.
(Potting soils in Germany have levels of Chlorides marked on the bag 1.1mg/kg is the lowest I've found. More common is 1.8mg/kg- no idea if this amount will make the tobacco fireproof)
The coconut coir hydrated with a mix of 4/1 "triple 20" fertilizer/Epsom salts was the clear winner in plant growth/yields.
(Still color curing- final weights are not yet available).
HOWEVER! the large Burley in the container on the post, in the 2nd picture above, showed a serious calcium deficiency after topping.
Peat based soilless mixes recommend adding dolomitic limestone to deal with the low Ph of the peat moss. It would appear to be needed for coconut coir as well, as a nutritional requirement.
Soilless mixes are infinitely cheaper than potting soil, when home made, but don't forget the calcium.
(Potting soils in Germany have levels of Chlorides marked on the bag 1.1mg/kg is the lowest I've found. More common is 1.8mg/kg- no idea if this amount will make the tobacco fireproof)
Update: harvest is in, so……Rustica time!View attachment 47774View attachment 47775View attachment 47774View attachment 47775View attachment 47776
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Maybe it’s the picture, but it looks dangerously green to me… let us know how the curing process goes please. Thanks,
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