VIRGINIA BLOND TOBACCO AB
Nicotiana tabacum
This large plant, about 1.5 m, is very decorative with beautiful pink flowers in panicles and very large leaves. This variety can be dried to be smoked, mild tobacco. Be careful when opening the bag, the seeds are very fine. Successful sowing of tobacco Sowing: from March to May, in a nursery on seed compost that is always moist. Do not bury the seeds, place them on the seed compost then press down. Water with a sprayer until the seeds germinate. Germination takes place in 15 days. When the plants reach about 10 cm, acclimatize them for about ten days outside when temperatures allow. Planting When it is no longer freezing, generally mid-May, install the plants, about 15 cm in a sunny location in rich soil, spaced 60 cm apart. Flowering: in early summer. Harvest: from July to August.
