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Post by freedomsailer on Jan 8, 2010 18:45:07 GMT -5
one thing ive learned in planting tobacco and other plants such as veggies etc. , the rule of thumb is 2 feet apart an rows 3 feet wide. but contrary to popular belief .. 18 inches apart and 2 feet wide rows work good too, but im a small man and if you feed em right they dont starve or steal from one another actualy help hold eachother up. i think the rule of thumb rule is because of the machinery they use now to harvest and work the tobacco, im sure it'll grow an do well lots closer togather (than 2 feet) and rows 3 feet wide. ive planted it at 18 inches apart and 2 feet wide rows with no problems as long as its fed right. so just because the seed packet says, you can plant plants lots closer togather as long as they are fed enough and with enough water
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Post by Alan on Jan 10, 2010 20:07:41 GMT -5
Growing up here on this former tobacco farm we planted our tobacco using a Ford Jubile and then Later a Masey along with a riding two row planter (both of which I still have and use). We used row spacings of 36-38 inches with 16 to 18 inches in between plants. This is of course for White Burley, which in general is a mid-range size tobacco. I have seed Madole and other small varieties grown in Tennesee and Eastern Kentucky spaced on 30 row centers with 12 inches between plants. I've never seen a large plantation of shade leaf but I imagine the spacing is much wider given the width and length of the bottom maturing leaves which is where the worst of disease problems affect the plants.
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Post by freedomsailer on Jan 11, 2010 10:40:26 GMT -5
awsome tractors Alan, i have an old massy and a cub, and yes much of the rule of thumb spacing on plants when raised and harvested by machines (tractors etc.) acount for the gettin in and through the feilds with the machines not so much for the plants needing the room, an people with very little garden spaces can plant closer than the rule of thumb. provided the person can walk down the middles to harvest an do other crop maint. i grow virginia, burley and turkish and rustica mosty here for my own use, ive been growing tobacco for some 30 odd years for personal use only. oh yes, nice to have the Boss Man reply to one of my post .. LOL, glad to meet you also. and thanks for a wonderfull site.
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Post by Alan on Jan 12, 2010 20:41:31 GMT -5
awsome tractors Alan, i have an old massy and a cub, and yes much of the rule of thumb spacing on plants when raised and harvested by machines (tractors etc.) acount for the gettin in and through the feilds with the machines not so much for the plants needing the room, an people with very little garden spaces can plant closer than the rule of thumb. provided the person can walk down the middles to harvest an do other crop maint. i grow virginia, burley and turkish and rustica mosty here for my own use, ive been growing tobacco for some 30 odd years for personal use only. oh yes, nice to have the Boss Man reply to one of my post .. LOL, glad to meet you also. and thanks for a wonderfull site. Glad to have you here my friend! Not really the boss man, this belongs to all of us, but I'll take it as a compliment! I purposefully selected the Robert Johnson strain as a small burley type for people with space limitations. It can be grown in a container as small as a five gallon nursery pot without problems. The local cofee shop had a couple I donated to them for landscaping out in front on some barrels for a couple years, lots of folks asked about it, particularly wondering either A. What kind of plant it was or B. What variety of tobacco it was.
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