Shade grown in sun

[NWgrower]

Does anyone know a shade grown variety that also does well when grown in full sun?

I have a semi shaded area of my garden that I’m considering using for Dixie Shade. My thought is NOT to set up a shade cloth, but rather use the natural shade and just see what I get. I’ve read that some shade varieties do very poorly when grown in full sun and I’d like to make sure whatever the growing conditions, I end up with a usable leaf at the end of the season.

Should I abandon the idea of a shade variety if I’m not going to commit to setting up a shade cloth?

 

[The Haroo ln]

Depends what your growing for, usually tobacco is grown for cigar wrapper. The shade (clouds in ecuador or shade netting everywhere else) reduces the UV which in turn makes leaves more bigger, thinner, more flexible and the veins are a lot smaller This also makes the leaves alot milder rather than fuller bodied/strength.
Usually CT shade, corojo and habano are very well known as shade grown wrapper

 

[deluxestogie]

Dixie Shade or Florida Sumatra should do fine in partial sunlight. If your shade is from trees, the tree root zone will have a greater impact on the tobacco than the shade itself. Tree roots (depending on the variety) often extend beyond the tree canopy.

Bob

 

[NWgrower]

Thanks guys.

Bob, does it make a difference if it’s a raised bed near a tree?

 

[deluxestogie]

I would assume that your raised bed is above tree root intrusion, but I have zero experience with raised beds.

Bob

 

[StoneCarver]

does it make a difference if it’s a raised bed near a tree?

No. The roots will find the raised bed unless you have a barrier under your raised bed.

 

[Kushtaka]

No. The roots will find the raised bed unless you have a barrier under your raised bed.

As an example, I had a large pot of rich soil outside the drip line of a spruce tree. The tree sent a single root into the pot the branched out. The whole pot was one very large root ball of tiny root fibers with a single pencil sized root through the hole in the bottom. Trees are hungry and will eat every food source nearby if allowed.

 

[deluxestogie]

Trees are hungry and will eat every food source nearby if allowed.

Sounds like all life forms.

Bob