Beautiful old variety, with large, dark green, heart-shaped leaves and large yellow flowers. The plant, about 1.5 meters high, produces leaves with a high nicotine content (9% compared to about 1 to 3% in common tobacco leaves – Nicotiana tabacum), traditionally used by the Hopi people for ceremonies. Its leaves can be used as an organic insecticide. Be careful when opening the bag, the seeds are very fine. Successfully sowing 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 and 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 frosty, usually mid-May, plant the plants, about 15 cm apart, in a sunny location in rich soil, spaced 60 cm apart. Flowering: early summer. Harvest: from July to August.