Wombat's 2026 Grow Log

[Wombat_smokes]

And so I begin sun curing.

From left to right: Yaladag, Anatolian, Malatya, Shargo

These are from my indoor grow of spare plants.

 

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Today, I started bagging flower heads.
15 weeks after seed start; 10 weeks or so since transplant for the oldest plants (Frog Eye Orinoco and Trabzon #2). I used 5 gallon paint strainers tied with sisal twine. I discarded the small leaves at or below the crow's foot so I had enough stem to tie onto.

 

[Wombat_smokes]

Everything is going well. I just finished some early morning weeding of the Frog Eye Orinoco and took my first primings - mostly mud lugs that have been badly nibbled on.

The lugs are stacked in a brown bag to color cure and I'm planning to sun cure them to see if the flash dry yellow/green or turn a more Flue-Cured hue.

It's also time for the parasitic wasps to earn their keep. I have found 4 hornworm eggs, but neglected to take pictures.

 

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Mind you, I haven't seen but 2 hornworms in 13 years of tomatoes. Now, I see a good deal of eggs. Must be the tobacco. Glad I see lots of parasitic wasps in my yard. They like the sweet clover, carrots and fennel. Now their young may feast on the blood of my enemies!

 

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Parasitic wasps enter the picture after a hornworm has damaged a fair amount of tobacco leaf.

Bob

 

[Wombat_smokes]

Thanks for the heads up.... BT begins!

 

[deluxestogie]

This is from 2016, on one of my pepper plants. You can see how large the hornworm got.

Bob