Can I transplant from one position to another?

[squeezyjohn]

In a nutshell: it's my 1st time growing, and I experimented with 2 plots I have access to about 3 miles apart with different soil types and conditions. It's becoming clear that one plot is miles better for growing tobacco!

My question is can I successfully transplant the plants from one to another in July if I get all the roots in the clump of soil. The plants in question are strong with the bottom leaves looking mature, but they still have no height to them at all. They are the Black Mammoth Variety.

Im just trying to maximise what I have (which isn't much) and I think that the longer sun on the other plot would help them if they can be successfully transplanted.

Thanks in advance.

Squeezy

 

[squeezyjohn]

I meant August. Doh!

I may have answered my own question.

 

[indianjoe]

Squeezy,
I transplanted several plants into 5 gallion buckets from the garden, several years ago to allow them to complete budding. It was successful.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Maybe try it on half of them that way if it doesn't work out you'll still have your original crop. I seem to recall that joly old England is getting a little bit of "extra" rain this year so be careful when transplanting into wet soil, it will have a tendency to pack down and dry hard as concrete.

 

[Tom_in_TN]

Maybe this will help...the Black Mammoth I raised was the Small Stalk variety and it grew OK. It did not take off and grow as fast as other plants in the same dirt, or so I thought. It started flowering at about 3 to 3.5 feet tall. By the time I topped the flower bud they were 4 to 4.5 feet in height. It did produce some big leaves: 30 to 37 inches long, and 24 wide and some smaller but still very respectable sized leaves. The leaves about 1/2 way up the stalk were big and when they begin to droop I primed 'em before they reached the ground. Then I began to understand. It grew such a short stalk because it is the 'Small Stalk' variety. But, transplanting half the plants as mentioned above might be a good test. Tobacco does transplant very good.

 

[Chicken]

the root's on a tobacco ,plant grow outwards, insted of TAPROOT, type root system

so when you dig it up,

go at least 9 inches down, and 15 inches around the base,

and you should be good, just try to get as much dirt, with the root-ball as possible,

 

[squeezyjohn]

Thanks for your input on this one - I did move the lot of them and after a couple of days sulking they're back to normal.