Benbrands grow so far

[Ben Brand]

Pictures and discriptions didn't work out.
From above;
Penn Broadleaf and Penn Red
Dom olor and Vuelta Abajo
La Palma and Habano 2000 on the right
Criollo 98 and Comstock Spanish on the left.

 

[Cigar]

Very nice looking tobacco plants there Ben.


Cigar

 

[Cigar]

I was gone ask about your La Palma plants..I tried to grow those about three years ago.but they grew very short with very small leaves.so didnt grow any more was wondering how yours are doing so far?

Cigar

 

[Ben Brand]

I was gone ask about your La Palma plants..I tried to grow those about three years ago.but they grew very short with very small leaves.so didnt grow any more was wondering how yours are doing so far?

Cigar

Cigar
Yes the La Palma aren't huge plants, not like the Criollo 98 or the Dom Olor they are huge. The leaves are ok for wrappers, only started topping so will see in two to three weeks times.

 

[Knucklehead]

Your plants have taken off already. They look real nice.

 

[grgfinney]

Your plants are looking great Ben

 

[Chicken]

Them are some nice healthy looking plants..the smaller cigar plants always amazes me to look at them I'm accustomed to growing monsters..

 

[Brown Thumb]

Jeesh, they look nice and tidy and bug free. Nice Grow you got going on over there.
BT

 

[garryr]

Those are really nice looking plants,...

 

[DGBAMA]

Looking good Ben.

 

[Ben Brand]

This are what my tobacco look like after topping and sand lugs taken.

 

[deluxestogie]

Tobacco just doesn't get any prettier than during this portion of the growing season.

Bob

 

[grgfinney]

Very nice Ben

 

[DGBAMA]

That is a nice sight to see Ben. They look great.

 

[leverhead]

That is a fine sight, thank you Ben!

 

[Chicken]

Hows that drip line working for you??

 

[Ben Brand]

Hows that drip line working for you??

Chicken that's all I use, saves a lot of water, weeds are much less than with overhead irrigation, especially being so dry in SA, the weeds don't germinate. As the plants get bigger I must just adjust my dripping times. I`m using 2 Lt/hr drippers. When the plants are small maybe 1 hr in the morning, but now they are big, 1 1/2 to 2 hrs, depending on the heat. I haven`t got a system to use liquid fertilizers, that I put through the drippers, but that`s next seasons project.

 

[Knucklehead]

I haven`t got a system to use liquid fertilizers, that I put through the drippers, but that`s next seasons project.

Be sure to use a back flow preventer between the fertilizer and your faucet so fertilizer doesn't back up into your pipes.