Per Ola ... I am so jealous of your Rustica man ... do you think it's just your fantastic recycling nutrients - or the variety??? I too decompose all the weed roots I find in a water barrel to give the nutrients back to the plants - and use the yellow stuff too - but I've never seen anything as impressive as those Rustica leaves.
I have a brilliant recipe for twist tobacco made from rustica which is easier than a snus recipe and you can use it just like snus. Those leaves would work perfectly for it.
I sure hope you are saving your seeds this year ... If you are I will be begging come the end of the year!!
Congratulations!
Thank you very much Squeez , long time no sea by the way ,
Have 2 friends that I mentioned CalciumNitrate to a month or so , and one of'em thought he was dreamin' when coming to his patch after a full treatment with that stuff.
I can imagine myself that it can be a variety of different components making the leafs look like they do.
I drilled 85 holes with a soildrill last summer trying to make something happen in these 8 rows of backer.
In 6 of the rows I've used grass nettles and a few other weeds aswell , poundig them down in those holes I drilled , 15 cm wide x 60-90 cm deep ( 6 inch x up to 3 f deep).
The nutrients in this ''new'' soil is far better for anything to grow in compared to what was in the patch before them holes.
The soil I pulled up/drilled up was taken away , using a wheelbarrel to do that and so on , I have put a hole lot of manhours into them holes and I'm very glad it've paid off.
But as DGBAMA said earlier today , I think that the CalciumNitrate has played a good part in those leafs , even though I just spread it in a meters circumference to protect the plants from snailslugs.
Was meant to be in my waterbarrels from the beginning........
You got some snus still due since the puck I sent u last year molded or whatever its called.
This time it ain't gonna have any mold in it , I promise , cause its been heattreated for a hole week 24/7 at 100 Celcius Degrees.
Every tiny little Microbe is stonedead.
Look in yer mailbox in 1-2 weeks.
Its gonna be a snus to kill for , my own 24 varieties from last years crop. 10 % Small Stalk in it
10 outof 10 possible from 2 guys in the States as of now