Tom_in_TN
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Got enough of those growing. Still going to do some shade growing this year. Got a couple of shady spots picked out since my idea of putting up real shade cloth is just too much to tackle this season.
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BarG
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Hows your plants coming along John?
They are still tiny so I'm getting some backup's from BB. I hope to set about 45 this year.
John
BarG
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I think Bonner'l be helpin a bunch of us out this year.
Tom_in_TN
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They are not ready to send out yet but I will get Bursa and Havana 142 from him - 10 of each.
Tom .
You may want to watch the shady spots in your area . Blue mold could hit them hard in rainy seasons .
About 10 years ago it was eatting crop up bad . Blue mold was reportedly coming up from the south where wild tobacco grows . It would move with the weather patterns .
Tom_in_TN
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I hear you on that Blue Mold, very bad to ever get that started. If we do get too much rain in late spring or even this summer, happens every few years. I may have to just take 'em out before anything can get started. I assume we are all going to stay tuned in to the progress of Blue Mold this season.
BarG, I plan to plant tomorrow. i'll post a list and pics after i'm done (assuming I'm not too sore or sound asleep).
John
John
OK. This may be a bit long. I'll try to detail progress. As you can see from the pics both old and new patches have been fertilized, spaded, covered and planted. The sides of the patch are sections of telephone poles a buddy in the phone company dropped off. There were a lot of them around after the storm last October. The cloth is stapled to them at the ends and edges. I was clearing another section of the lot and had a bunch of Beech saplings I cut. Short sticks of them are being used to hold the fabric in the middle. In the fall they will go into the kindling pile for the winter. There are about 30 plants in the ground now (all of them from BB and they're fine). My seedlings are still too small and I plan to get the CT shade seedlings in a couple of weeks. The varieties in the ground now are: YTB, MCY, CT broad leaf, Comstock and PA red,Maryland 609. I plan to add CT shade, little dutch and silver river. It is dry here now. It is supposed to get to 78 F here today, dry and breezy. I will water again this AM. We are supposed to get light rain in the next few days and I should be off and running.
This year I'll bag one blossom from each variety and top the rest. I haven't done that before so the difference in plant and leaf size will be interesting to watch. I'm still not up to speed on suckering yet but figure it's kinda like tomatoes.
I'm stiff as a board this AM but it's worth it !
Bob, The pics were taken with a Canon S5 IS and them downsized with Photoshop to meet the upload size restriction. If you blow them up they may be a little grainy.
BB, Chicken, BarG -- The next post will be a bit smaller. I only plan to do a couple of chapters out of the bible. ;<))
John
This year I'll bag one blossom from each variety and top the rest. I haven't done that before so the difference in plant and leaf size will be interesting to watch. I'm still not up to speed on suckering yet but figure it's kinda like tomatoes.
I'm stiff as a board this AM but it's worth it !
Bob, The pics were taken with a Canon S5 IS and them downsized with Photoshop to meet the upload size restriction. If you blow them up they may be a little grainy.
BB, Chicken, BarG -- The next post will be a bit smaller. I only plan to do a couple of chapters out of the bible. ;<))
John
The rows are 24" apart and the plants are staggered so they are 27" apart. My space is tiny. I figured this was an acceptable compromise. We'll see.
John
BarG
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That looks great John, I'll be interested to see your shade cover,and get some pointers. Are you growing or buying the ct. shade seedlings? Didn't you say something about rocky soil at one time, I see some neat rock borders, we dig up iron ore like that around here.
The spacing looks great. It will be fun to see later photos taken from the same angle/distance.
Bob
Bob
I get partial shade from tall neighboring trees so I may not put up cloth. I'm trying both but the ones I get from my commercial friend are better than mine. Rocks are CT's largest crop. (glacial dump). City folks find all the rock walls "quaint". They aren't aware of the countless hours some poor devil spent getting them out of his fields. "Hell, those ain't rock walls. Just where we dump em after we dig em up." The walls haven't fallen down. They were never built up. And every year the freeze brings up more.
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I've got that covered. same spot on deck. Same point to rest my shoulder. The only difference will be my zoom or file shrink settings
John
I forgot to say the beds are 10-12" deep on top of what passes for top soil in these parts. It is mostly stony sand with a little organic mixed in over the years. The drainage is excellent. I used wood ash, cotton seed meal and some 22-4-4 to get them started and longer lasting nitrogen from the meal. CT AG said my soil was about 7.8 PH. I bought some sulfur acidifier and forgot to add it. If the plants start all right I may spray some on later in the season.
John
John
i bet those plants are going to be just as healthy as they can possibly be,,,,
sounds like you've covered all your bases,,,,a guaranteed sucess...
YOU GOT HORNWORM KILLER,???
those dreaded nasty foul baccy eating **&^^**(%%$ aaarrrgghhhh< caterpilliars,,,
i go to sleep smiling,,, they havent came just yet,,,,,but im ready,,,,
my sprayer is itchin for a fight<
sounds like you've covered all your bases,,,,a guaranteed sucess...
YOU GOT HORNWORM KILLER,???
those dreaded nasty foul baccy eating **&^^**(%%$ aaarrrgghhhh< caterpilliars,,,
i go to sleep smiling,,, they havent came just yet,,,,,but im ready,,,,
my sprayer is itchin for a fight<
Haven't had any yet. Maybe they're not as bad this far north? I'll have to ask my commercial guy.
What to you spray on them?
John
We got a nice gentle rain last night and the seedlings perked up nicely. Supposed to get more today and possible a T-storm. With the landscape cloth I don't anticipate any erosion.
Like the moron said said "So far, so good."
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Like the moron said said "So far, so good."
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