Colin new zealand 2012 grow log

[leverhead]

You might need to line the stall with plastic and tape and make vents as required. With that much of a difference of humidity, between what you want and what you've got. Going too far in the other direction and adjusting back might be easier, I'll bet that the vents wont be that big.

 

[COLIN]

Raining here today humidity up to 65% gave me a chance to check out some of my colour curing leaf. Little Dutch and Kentucky Burley is this what they should look like after 4 week's

 

[Knucklehead]

My first year is coming up so I'll let someone else field that question. I did have a question of my own from looking at pictures farther up. Is it possible that the dry hay could be sucking up moisture needed for curing?

 

[darren1979]

the leafs looking good, turning brown nicely. Some parts take longer such as the midrib due to the water retention.

 

[COLIN]

Just got inside from doing my second prime it seem to have come on realy well in the last ten day's

 

[COLIN]

Forgot to say that the leaf is P A Red.

 

[COLIN]

Need some help. Is maryland a white stem burley the same as kelly burley i think i am getting it mixed up with kentucky burley regard's Colin

 

[Knucklehead]

http://fairtradetobacco.com/showthread.php?1781-2013-Tobacco-seed-list
Keller is a Maryland. Kelley is a Burley. According to the seed list, Maryland is it's own variety.

 

[COLIN]

Here is some picture's of leaf that i picked today. I have the row marked as maryland and i thought that maryland had a white midrib as you can see in the pictures the leaf that ihave there has no white midrib there for i think that it could be Kentucky Burley

 

[leverhead]

Here's a picture of Keller (Maryland), the leaf on the right side from another plant is Catterton, also a Maryland. I hope it helps.

 

[COLIN]

No it still has'nt helped me i need to no if maryland has a white midrib.

 

[deluxestogie]

No.

 

[DonH]

I had the same thing happen last year. I drew a chart of which varieties were planted where and a couple that were supposed to be Virginia had white stems so I considered them Burley. When reality conflicts with the map, go with reality.

 

[COLIN]

Thank's i think i will have to put it into a blend mix. I seem to have that problem in some of my row's they are ment to be all one verity but seem to have different phenomenons. I wonder if this because they got cross pollinated at flowering time

 

[Knucklehead]

That won't show up until you plant the seeds produced from cross pollination, it won't affect your current crop. You may consider topping your unbagged plants next year, the remaining leaves will get alot bigger after topping increasing your total yield. However, the downside is that is when they begin to sucker.

 

[COLIN]

That is what i am saying perhaps the seed i was useing was cross pollinated.

 

[Knucklehead]

Doh! Got you. Where did you get your seed? If it was a fellow member we'll flog him with tobacco stalks.

 

[COLIN]

Plantation House and The tobacco seed company.

 

[deluxestogie]

Colin,
Any of the seed you received from me was well bagged. But even within "pure" varietal seed that has been selfed, there are often small variations in the resulting plants.

Bob

 

[COLIN]

No Bob it is not the seed that i got from you they all seem to be true.The PA Red has done realy well The Little Dutch realy well Kelly burley realy weel F L Surmartra good Hickery Fryer lost a lot seeding to cut worm and Bafra got a lot of wind damage.The problems are with the Monty Calm Y-Kentucky Burley-Maryland they may just have to go into a burley blen