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Perique and cavendish first try: @Redleaf

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Oldfella, getting burned sucks, silvadene, if you can find it. Been burned 2nd degree 20% before, don't wish that on nobody. You really learned the hard way about pressure pots.
 

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With those pressures wow. Sorry to hear, a couple few hundred lbs. Of steam is probably nothing for a stepper. That silvadene is prescription, so ask for it!!!
 

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With those pressures wow. Sorry to hear, a couple few hundred lbs. Of steam is probably nothing for a stepper. That silvadene is prescription, so ask for it!!
Hi BarG thanks for your concern. It's not as bad as it sounds. Got under cold water before the lid hit floor. I'm all covered by ACC our accident compensation so it's all good. The Nurses are looking after me and redressing my arm every two days. There's only one patch left now, the rest is nearly healed.
Oldfella
 

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After a ridiculously dry summer we have been blessed with rain every second day or so as we try to harvest our field crops. I long ago during a dry spell took a vow to never complain about rain. I often have to bite my toungue. Timing is everything with rain as it is with all things. Anyway me not complaining aside as I waited for my swather windows to clear the heavy condensation off this AM I took a quick stroll through my very muddy garden and saw that most of my tobacco leaves are developing brown spots. I will post a couple of pics of my Aztec and Virginia gold leaves showing the spots. I’m sure I could look it up myself, probably on this site, but I wondered if any experienced hands could tell me what I am looking at. Also will it advance rapidly and ruin my remaining leaves ? Should I harvest immediately to save what I can ?
 

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Diagnosing tiny flaws is always a challenge. Persistently damp weather favors the growth of fungal infections, like Brown Spot:


...but subsequent dry weather promotes sporulation and dispersal to additional leaves. (It's a win-win for the fungus.) My own practice has been to essentially ignore minor problems like this, and harvest/cure as usual. If I note that a specific variety is unusually prone to a specific disease (for me, it was Jalapa, which had large Brown Spot in several seasons.), then I avoid planting it in the future. The leaf is smokable, since the dead spots just fall out with curing.

Bob
 

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Well considering I only have a probable two weeks of additional grow time at beat before frost I may just go ahead and stalk harvest the entire crop over the next few days. Hopefully that will minimize further leaf deterioration.
 

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Well it’s been 21 days today so opened up and started spreading perique. I don’t remember putting this many leaves in there. So far I have not been able to detect any barnyard smell. Who do I complain to about that ? Ha ha ha. Actually has a pleasant smell somewhat fruity and is fairly sticky. D4D29F9D-E7A1-4D84-8F18-BE9EF50B41BF.jpeg
 

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Well into sept. And still no frost so with harvest of field crops completed we turned our attention to our garden. After picking the last of the tomatoes I was able to cut down my Virginia gold and hang to cure in an old metal grain bin that I strung cable across at The eave level. I used Bob’s technique of driving a spike into the stalk at an angle and hooking it over the cable thanks for the idea Bob. BD58E429-A71E-4683-87D8-2C1215382CBD.jpegBD58E429-A71E-4683-87D8-2C1215382CBD.jpegE08CF2FA-2FB0-4D8C-AA1F-6738A46F9294.jpeg84C521EC-1AB4-4959-BC23-F6CB538D49B6.jpeg
 
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