Monday, March 15, 2010

Beginning tobacco growing

I have decided to try my hand at growing a few tobacco plants. The seeds are easy to get online, many places sell them for rather cheap prices. I started with a Jiffy "greenhouse" and Jiffy plugs. The Jiffy plugs seem to be compressed peat and soil in a biodegradable mesh [some kind of paper maybe] that need about 1/8th of a cup of water to expand to full size, which is between an inch and 1.5 inches tall, and about half and inch across. The "greenhouse" is a tray and clear top that sits on it trapping heat. I got a 72 count starter set, and used 24 of them, so if I mess up or need more I have 48 in reserve.

The tobacco seeds are SMALL, here is a picture next to a penny to compare size.


This picture is of the plugs after they had expanded to full size.

The following pictures show the first germination after just 4 days.

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