Sun scorched tobacco

[Ben Brand]

Being summer in South Africa, its very, very hot, some days 40 deg C (104 deg F).
We had some rain, but not much. Most dams are almost empty.

I only planted Wrappers this season, as a commercial farmer planted my fillers. The only wrapper that is not sun scorched is Bezuki, well impressed with Bezuki.

Planning to plant all my wrapper tobacco under netting next season, to get away from the sun.
I plant all my tobacco, using drippers, and I think it contributes to the sun scorch, can`t get them wet enough. Last night I left the drippers on all night, 12hr x 2lt/hr drippers, 240lt, that should help.

 

[BigBonner]

Too much water will scald out tobacco . I lost a 25 acre field back in 2013 because of too much rain . The sun popped out and down it went . Some times plants will recover . sometimes not .
A picture of your tobacco may help .

 

[deluxestogie]

Larry, do you think that your sun scorch was the result of too much water within the plant tissue, or the result of drowning the roots?

Bob

 

[webmost]

Too much water will scald out tobacco . I lost a 25 acre field back in 2013 because of too much rain . The sun popped out and down it went . Some times plants will recover . sometimes not .
A picture of your tobacco may help .

That's a sad damn state of affairs.

 

[BigBonner]

Larry, do you think that your sun scorch was the result of too much water within the plant tissue, or the result of drowning the roots?

Bob

This Tobacco looked like normal until the sun popped out , then the leaves started drooping . A couple of places where the land laid a little higher and water drained quicker drooped but recovered . The ones that recovered was stunted , or did not grow out like they should have .
I had about the same problem this year but the tobacco was on higher ground that drains a little better . Tobacco was not the size it should have been at harvesting time but still decent tobacco .
We could not get in my fields to cultivate and keeps the weeds out .

My Florida Sumatra was small leaf but smokes good .Pa Wrapper , Ct Broadleaf , Silver river , Havana , all smaller than normal leaves but smoke good. I know it was fresh tobacco but I still can't resist rolling some from this year crop just to see how it smokes and smells .

 

[Leftynick]

Too much water will scald out tobacco . I lost a 25 acre field back in 2013 because of too much rain . The sun popped out and down it went . Some times plants will recover . sometimes not .
A picture of your tobacco may help .

My little dutch plant had the same problem after 3 days non stop rain. On the 4th day, when sun hit them, it became like this picture. took them 1 week to recover and many of the lower leaves just die. Now when it started to grow again, it's raining again. weird, the raining season should be over right now

 

[webmost]

This Tobacco looked like normal until the sun popped out , then the leaves started drooping . A couple of places where the land laid a little higher and water drained quicker drooped but recovered . The ones that recovered was stunted , or did not grow out like they should have .
I had about the same problem this year but the tobacco was on higher ground that drains a little better . Tobacco was not the size it should have been at harvesting time but still decent tobacco .
We could not get in my fields to cultivate and keeps the weeds out .

My Florida Sumatra was small leaf but smokes good .Pa Wrapper , Ct Broadleaf , Silver river , Havana , all smaller than normal leaves but smoke good. I know it was fresh tobacco but I still can't resist rolling some from this year crop just to see how it smokes and smells .

Yeah that Silver River is great stuff.

 

[Ben Brand]

My tobacco is definitely not over watered! They`re not wilted either, the leaves do get blotches burned from the sun.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

I'd recommend you study your plants real good and select the least sun scalded ones for seeds. Within a few years you should have plants that are somewhat resistant to sun scald.

 

[Ben Brand]

Maybe I should do that in future, all my tobacco topped already.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

I don't top my wrapper leaf.

 

[Ben Brand]

Some of my sun scorched leaves.
Plants are all grown out, waiting for them to ripen enough so I can reap them.

 

[Ben Brand]

I don't top my wrapper leaf.

Interesting. What is the reason behind the not topping?

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Interesting. What is the reason behind the not topping?

When you top the plant, it responds by increasing its leaf thickness. Since I want my wrapper to be as thin as possible, I don't top.

 

[BigBonner]

Have you sprayed anything on the leaves during the day ?

 

[Ben Brand]

Have you sprayed anything on the leaves during the day ?

No Sir

 

[BigBonner]

I have seen that happen when a rain develops on a hot day , rains a little and sun pops out hot and bright .
Mostly appears on top tender leaves , shaded leaves blow should not have any sun burn to them . After topping and the leaves thicken up sun burn should be less of a problem .