I transferred 48 Corojo 99 babies into a 1020 tray. Since there is full sun today, I have draped a piece of Agribon AG-15 over it, and vented the dome slightly. All that is left to transfer is 8 Machu Picchu Havana.
Bob
Deluxestogie Grow Log 2022
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I transferred 48 Corojo 99 babies into a 1020 tray. Since there is full sun today, I have draped a piece of Agribon AG-15 over it, and vented the dome slightly. All that is left to transfer is 8 Machu Picchu Havana.
Bob
Same Here
From smoking cigars on my front porch yesterday, to howling winds and frigid temps today. Dropping to 14°F by tomorrow morning. The storm is stretching from Mississippi to Maine. (Canada won't notice the difference.)
Bob
From smoking cigars on my front porch yesterday, to howling winds and frigid temps today. Dropping to 14°F by tomorrow morning. The storm is stretching from Mississippi to Maine. (Canada won't notice the difference.)
Bob
Rednekf350
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47 degrees at sunrise this morning. Windswept rain right now and 36 degrees. Going to down to 19 tonight. Crazy.Same Here
From smoking cigars on my front porch yesterday, to howling winds and frigid temps today. Dropping to 14°F by tomorrow morning. The storm is stretching from Mississippi to Maine. (Canada won't notice the difference.)
Bob
Good day for cooking up a batch of chew. I just made about a batch of Little Yellow chew with 2021 grown tobacco. I am pleased with the outcome. It doesn't have the grassiness that the batch I made in the fall had. Jim Beam Black this time around instead of Bulleit. Kitchen smells great !
I'll post my current recipe on the smokeless forum.
Today, I sewed the 3 bud bags that I will need for 2022. They are cut from Agribon AG-15, and the stitched-in tags are cut from a used, Tyvek mailing envelope—written with a Sharpie marker on both surfaces. Two straight lines of stitching (or one, with a turned corner) for each bag. [Finely honed sartorial skills.] In the time it would take me to drive to a big box store, and squander my wealth on a package of "paint strainer bags", I could cut and label and sew a couple of dozen of these. I've been slowly using the same roll of Agribon for the last 5 or 6 or 7 years, and there is still plenty remaining.
Bob
Today is day 9 since I transferred my barely germinated seedlings into their 1020 trays—98 seedlings. For the first season ever, all of them have survived and thrived. No replacements needed. Some of the "individuals" transformed into tiny families, requiring a bit of heartless culling. Both trays remain covered with clear domes.
Bob
I just noticed that I was wearing green.
Bob
Brew&Puff
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Hi deluxestogie, I noticed from your grow plan you have tobacco close to veggies. I heard somewhere that tomatoes don’t like tobacco plants? Not sure if that is true or not. My tobacco plot may end up next to my garden, and I was wondering if I need to be careful of how close the tobacco is planted to any of my veggies?
I asked my tomatoes to please speak up, if they don't like tobacco. Their response was negative.
The Solanaceae (tomatoes, tobacco, peppers, eggplant and potatoes) share many of the same pathogens and pests. The one serious issue I've had with that is after purchasing "Bonnie" brand potted tomato starts. They brought along tobacco mosaic virus (which have gained permanent residence status). Now I always start my own Solanaceae. And to be safe, I always wash my hands after handling those vegetables, prior to handling growing tobacco. I would not plant different Solanaceae species close enough to allow their roots to intermingle.
Bob
The Solanaceae (tomatoes, tobacco, peppers, eggplant and potatoes) share many of the same pathogens and pests. The one serious issue I've had with that is after purchasing "Bonnie" brand potted tomato starts. They brought along tobacco mosaic virus (which have gained permanent residence status). Now I always start my own Solanaceae. And to be safe, I always wash my hands after handling those vegetables, prior to handling growing tobacco. I would not plant different Solanaceae species close enough to allow their roots to intermingle.
Bob
Brew&Puff
Member
Good to know, thanks!
A question from a forum member has caused me to finally drag out my camera again. I think this flat, round button is the shutter. Hmmm....
Notice that the Prilep 66-9/7 is having a party, while all the other varieties are taking their sweet time. [Pay no attention to that pluralization of 1 month. It's so hard to find good help these days.]
Bob
Notice that the Prilep 66-9/7 is having a party, while all the other varieties are taking their sweet time. [Pay no attention to that pluralization of 1 month. It's so hard to find good help these days.]
Bob
Baby's First Haircut
My little Prilep 66-9/7 babies were tipping themselves over, as their leaves grew large enough to overcome support from their stalks. It's time for them to go up.
With the leaf weight reduced, and the prospect of the stalk thickening as a result of the depredation from my steel herbivore, they should now more easily head upward.
Bob
My little Prilep 66-9/7 babies were tipping themselves over, as their leaves grew large enough to overcome support from their stalks. It's time for them to go up.
With the leaf weight reduced, and the prospect of the stalk thickening as a result of the depredation from my steel herbivore, they should now more easily head upward.
Bob
Above my kitchen sink is a window looking out into my enclosed back porch. Here's what I see this morning, while standing at the sink:
The temp display at the left indicates the temperature inside my pumphouse (that rickety, white shack). The tiny yellow arrow shows a translucent Popsicle stick, indicative of sufficient moisture in the soil. The seedlings on the far left were clipped yesterday, and are now standing upright.
Bob
The temp display at the left indicates the temperature inside my pumphouse (that rickety, white shack). The tiny yellow arrow shows a translucent Popsicle stick, indicative of sufficient moisture in the soil. The seedlings on the far left were clipped yesterday, and are now standing upright.
Bob
Oldfella
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Here's what I see standing at my kitchen sink.
I was taking a photo of the liquid fertiliser I used so I don't forget which one to buy next year.
On the left is a Kumara plant I'm growing, and you can just see my baccy patch hiding behind the bottle.
Oldfella
I was taking a photo of the liquid fertiliser I used so I don't forget which one to buy next year.
On the left is a Kumara plant I'm growing, and you can just see my baccy patch hiding behind the bottle.
Oldfella
By tomorrow, the trays should be dry enough for me to safely lift them, and allow me to clip the leaves again. Note that the white wire shelving is just sturdy closet shelving from the big box home improvement store. I installed them about a decade ago.
Bob
This is 6 weeks after starting germination. I will clip these today, for sure, really.
Bob joyously posting the previous photo.
Bob
Alexa, clip my seedlings.
Bob
Bob
My next door neighbor had an enormous willow tree in his front yard. Because it began to sound hollow, when thumped with a mallet, he had it cut down to the ground. The trunk was over 4 feet wide. But most the center was totally hollow. Removing the tree left a huge pile of rotted, self-composted willow wood. After applying as much as he desired to his own garden beds, he asked if I could use the rest. Not only that, he would bring it over with his golf-cart truck, and put it wherever I wished. So now, I have a pile of composted willow in each of 5 of my garden beds.
It appears to be about 85% fine crumbles, and about 15% dried, rotted wood chunks.
I sifted through some of it, and saw only an occasional ant wandering around.
This will just get tilled into the soil, whenever I get around to tilling the beds in the next two or three weeks. I'm sure there is a trendy, Swedish name for doing this with the rotted insides of a willow tree.
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Bob
It appears to be about 85% fine crumbles, and about 15% dried, rotted wood chunks.
I sifted through some of it, and saw only an occasional ant wandering around.
This will just get tilled into the soil, whenever I get around to tilling the beds in the next two or three weeks. I'm sure there is a trendy, Swedish name for doing this with the rotted insides of a willow tree.
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Bob
Ruttnat Pilträdskompost: that's my method.
Oldfella
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Looks great. I'm sure that it'll grow some good tobacco. You got it a good price and free delivery as well.
Oldfella
Oldfella
I clipped leaves again today. I drummed my fingers.
Bob
Bob
