My window, balcony and garden: 2025

[johnny108]

I swore I wouldn’t do this but, starting seeds is harder to quit than smoking, dipping, etc…..
Started 2 green trays of Sultan of Albania rustica, 1 green tray of Drosgi Black-Blue, and 2 green trays of Yellow-109.
The Sultan of Albania is to compare it to last year’s Lemonka, which was very popular as a cigarette. The Drosgi BB is because every time I’ve tried it, it’s flowered early (in the seed trays once), and I want to see what it’s like when it works!
The Yellow-109 is for “filler”- any space I can find with bare ground will get one, because it’s fast. It’s also not a big yielding plant, so it’s not worth the expense of potting mix.

Edit: started a 12-pack tray of Xanthi, because looking at my balcony plants, and seeing the big leaves makes me wonder, with my water/fertilizer regimen, if I could get the smaller leaves with better
Flavor by using smaller containers. These Xanthi will be planted into the small square black pots like the Burley above is in, only 3” on a side, but left there, and windowsill grown, to see if smaller, more flavorful leaves can be had.

 

[ShiniKoroshi]

I swore I wouldn’t do this but, starting seeds is harder to quit than smoking, dipping, etc…..
Started 2 green trays of Sultan of Albania rustica, 1 green tray of Drosgi Black-Blue, and 2 green trays of Yellow-109.
The Sultan of Albania is to compare it to last year’s Lemonka, which was very popular as a cigarette. The Drosgi BB is because every time I’ve tried it, it’s flowered early (in the seed trays once), and I want to see what it’s like when it works!
The Yellow-109 is for “filler”- any space I can find with bare ground will get one, because it’s fast. It’s also not a big yielding plant, so it’s not worth the expense of potting mix.

Edit: started a 12-pack tray of Xanthi, because looking at my balcony plants, and seeing the big leaves makes me wonder, with my water/fertilizer regimen, if I could get the smaller leaves with better
Flavor by using smaller containers. These Xanthi will be planted into the small square black pots like the Burley above is in, only 3” on a side, but left there, and windowsill grown, to see if smaller, more flavorful leaves can be had.

Im with you on this and often look for spots I can guerrilla-grow some tobacco for S & G.

 

[johnny108]

Im with you on this and often look for spots I can guerrilla-grow some tobacco for S & G.

Being in Germany, I prefer to think of it as “lebensraum gardening”….though my German wife says this is not politically correct.

I transferred the last ten Trabzon-2 sprouts to a seedling tray, and, on a hunch that they can handle it, watered them in with full strength triple-20 fertilizer with Epsom salts.
I might try flue curing this year, so extra bright leaf will definitely be helpful.

 

[johnny108]

Jaffna test pilots: so far, so good!
(Second from the left sustained damage from a helpful toddler with a rake, but the main growing shoot is intact.)

 

[johnny108]

Yellow-109, Sultan of Albania, and Drosgi Black-Blue have all sprouted and been put under lights.
Gotta get the greenhouse built this weekend- my windowsills are full.

 

[Angry Turtle]

Everything is looking great! Keep us posted.

 

[johnny108]

Samsoun Orient has been potted up to 10liter pots and placed outside, along with 2 more Prilep in brown containers.
The other Prilep were moved in front of the Herzegovina Flor by the garage wall.

 

[WillQuantrill]

Jaffna test pilots: so far, so good!
(Second from the left sustained damage from a helpful toddler with a rake, but the main growing shoot is intact.)
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Hahaha, sounds like my yard!

 

[johnny108]

Virginia Gold is in the garden!
Surprisingly hot and dry today. Transplant water included full strength triple-20 with Epsom salts, as high phosphorus levels in transplant water helps give rapid early growth. (https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/conten...lue-cured-production-guide/Complete Guide.pdf. Page 30 of the document/36 of the pdf file)

 

[johnny108]

Almost done….

 

[highgrave]

Very nice.

 

[johnny108]

Twelve KY17 burley have been planted out!

 

[johnny108]

Nothing like the first mistake of the year!
The Herzegovina Flor are already flowering.
Leaf count is 9 or ten on all plants, and the plants are about 2’/60cm tall.
Probably started due to me setting them out early.

 

[johnny108]

The last Prilep has been potted up, and joined the ranks. (Brown pot)

 

[Pine Morton]

Did you pot all of your plants with a stake? Just curious.

 

[johnny108]

Did you pot all of your plants with a stake? Just curious.

I used to, but wind whipping the leaves around would cause the stake to puncture the leaf and make curing uncertain, so I’m trying to avoid using them this year.
This plant just didn’t want to stay upright. Once it grows taller, I’ll put in a longer stake, to avoid the leaf getting punctured by it.

 

[johnny108]

Twelve PYKY-171 seedlings in the ground!

 

[johnny108]

They are pretty small, due to being in a small 12-pack green seedling tray, which is now freed up for the (extra) Herzegovina Flor and Canik seeds I started in germination pots, last night.
L-R: Canik, Herzegovina Flor, Xanthi
The Xanthi is for my “Bonsai project” in an attempt to produce the small leaves with the highest quality and flavor.

 

[Pine Morton]

The Xanthi is for my “Bonsai project” in an attempt to produce the small leaves with the highest quality and flavor.

Bonsai tobacco?! I’ll be interested to see how that turns out.

 

[johnny108]

Bonsai tobacco?! I’ll be interested to see how that turns out.

I’m hoping to get enough seedlings to try 2 different container sizes.
The black square pots are 3”/8cm square, and 3.5”/9cm tall: they fit in a 12-pack tray.
The purple container is 4.33”/11cm across and 2.75”/7cm deep: they fit in a 6-pack tray with a bit more dead space between the containers.
It will be an exterior windowsill grow.
Stay tuned!