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Post by mickey on Jan 11, 2010 0:40:27 GMT -5
Mary Ann I put around 112 leaves on each four foot tobacco stick. If you only put the nails one inch apart and on the two sides and put one leaf on each nail that would be 80 leaves. I put four leaves in each bunch and around 28 bunch's on the stick. You can try it with the nails. Here is the link to the stringing horse and there is a video of how it's used on the right side of the page. digital.lib.ecu.edu/historyfiction/artifact.aspx?id=tab
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Post by ozarklady on Jan 11, 2010 3:07:33 GMT -5
I bet those were heavy. The leaves are good sized, and mine were fairly heavy prior to drying. I only sewed 2 together, back to back or front to front. And then just dropped them over a line. Once I turned the vaporizers and fans on... they blew everywhere. But still they stuck to each other, and started molding where they touched. Then also, the fan caused the leaves to twirl... talk about a tangled up mess. I tore up alot of leaves, simply trying to move them, and turn them to stop the sticking together. I used macrame cording, and strung them from one nail to another, across a span of about 8 feet. There was 'give' in my cord, so maybe that was part of the problem. I then tried stringing them on a fish stringer... mighty large thing to run through the stems... it caused many to rip out. But, they dryed well with such large holes in the stems. In desperation, I remembered that someone had used nails, so I tried that... much better. And you are right, alot less leaves can fit in the same area. But, faster, no tangling, and no molding. You probably didn't have tangling anyhow, with stringing on a rigid board. I post this difficulty to warn, would be tobacco hangers... don't do what I did... too much play and the fans... just asking for headaches.
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Post by Blueflint on Jun 15, 2010 15:59:51 GMT -5
Quick update,
I have a dozen Kentucky #5 seedlings ready to transplant out this weekend.
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Post by grunt on Jun 16, 2010 0:32:03 GMT -5
I'll be planting mine out in a few days = about 160 plants in 23 varieties. I may end up planting extras all over the property if I can't find takers for them. I'll just punch open the turf and stick 'em in if I have to. I really hate killing something I've started growing = just doesn't feel right.
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Post by happyskunk on Jun 16, 2010 1:25:02 GMT -5
I'm attempting to grow a few plants of variety named Mahorka. Did not know anything about it until I saw this thread and got interested in looking up info on it. Wikipedia says the Mahorka variety is Nicotiana rustica and they say "The high concentration of nicotine in its leaves makes it useful for creating organic pesticides". I also read some of Charles Dickens - Household Words - 1856 - "Mahorka is the very strongest, coarsest, essential-oiliest tobacco imaginable. It smells-ye gods, how it smells!" "It kills all insects and nearly kills you" I guess if I have any insects to kill I'm growing the right stuff.
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Post by grunt on Jul 16, 2010 23:43:45 GMT -5
My tobacco is finally starting to look like it might want to grow This is the best looking variety so far I think the fact that this particular bed was built with recycled weeds may have something to do with the superiority of the variety.
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Post by ozarklady on Jul 17, 2010 2:32:14 GMT -5
I have some planted, some to be planted and some just started sending up a seedhead, so that one is almost ready to call it quits. These were taken on July 9th. Today, I have holes in alot of leaves, and I have alot of hornworms and cutworms that I picked off of them. Okay, a lot for me. Most plants had at least one worm: budworm, cutworm or hornworm on them. It is raining daily lately so spraying is just not feasible it would all wash off!
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Post by grunt on Jul 17, 2010 3:23:47 GMT -5
Mary Ann: I have a variety or two that look like they are going to go directly to seed too. Your plants look good. I have a few plants that have been munched too. For some reason, not all of the plants are being sampled, but those that are, are getting major chewing on them. I think it's grasshoppers, whch actually aren't that bad here this year.
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