Tobacco Plants - 2-2-8

It is just amazing how large these plants are becoming. All of the tobacco varieties I have planted have really begun to take shape. The leader is still the Tennessee Redleaf and the one lagging furthest behind is the Burley.

To the right is the Burley catching up to the rest of the bunch.


After a long wait in the seedling stage the Kentucky Hybrid is starting to fill out and it is clear why this is the plant selected for much of commercial cigarette production. The leaves promise a strong yield. It also appears that the leaves are a bit lighter and presumably the smoke would be as well. Time will tell.






The Midewivan Sacred tobacco plants are doing quite nicely now. I am still trying to follow the growth cycle. The plants shoot up quickly and begin to grow leaves, then slow, without significant change, then have begun growth again. These are the tallest and sparsest of the current varieties so far. The stalks seem quite unstable and I have difficulty imagining many of this variety surviving a season in the wild. Recently these seem to have strengthened and may have been doing so to facilitate the second phase of leaf growth.



So far this plant is the prize of my tobacco plant collection. The Tennessee Redleaf plants have promised and delivered on rapid, sizable growth. These larger leaves are easily 14-15 inches. Recently the stalk has really begun to grow a few inches above the surface. I imagine this will end up shorter and denser than the other varieties. Not quite sure yet how it will compare to the Burley and Kentucky as those are too early yet.




Just recently one of the Walkers Broadleaf plants has reached a stage of growth that I felt comfortable moving it to a larger container. This plant seems very similar to the Tennessee Redleaf but the stalk is growing tall much earlier and may end up being taller and sparser than the Redleaf but not quite as much as the Midewivan Sacred.