Description: Please note: The free shipping on this item means it will be sent as a letter. They generally arrive within 5 business days(in the U.S.) but can sometimes take up to 10. Orders with 5 or more packets of any of the seeds we sell with free shipping will get a free upgrade to tracked shipping(Domestic Only). Seeds are packaged by weight, all seed counts should be considered estimates. 1 gram of tobacco seeds is approximately 10,000 seeds. This listing is for 100 milligrams of seeds which is approximately 1,000 seeds. About Del Gold Del Gold is a superior flue-cured tobacco cultivar developed at the Agriculture Canada Research Station, Delhi, Ontario in 1980 by crossing Babor Rustica with two popular American varieties, Hicks Broadleaf and Virginia 115. The result is a high-yielding flu cured cultivar with a nicotine content of 2.2%. Del Gold is one of the best known bright leaf varieties and still considered one of the better yielding flue-cured varieties available for commercial tobacco production. It is fast growing reaching 5-6 feet in height, and produces large, wide, heavy grade light green leaves. Matures in 70-75 days. How to Grow Tobacco Growing your own tobacco is so easy and not dissimilar to growing tomatoes. Place commercial seedling compost into a tray and soak the soil with water and allow the excess water to drain off. Sprinkle the tobacco seeds onto the surface of the damp soil. Do not cover the seeds, as they need light for germination. Tobacco seeds are very tiny, so be careful to spread the seeds as evenly as possible. Keep the soil damp being careful not to wash the seeds around when you water; better still water from below or use a mist sprayer. At a temperature of 75-80 degrees, seeds typically take a matter of days to germinate; though at this stage they are still rather small. At lower temperatures, the germination simply takes a few days longer. Plantlets are ready to be transplanted into bigger pots, when the leaves are about 1cm in length. Care should be taken not to disturb the roots. Feed should only be given to established and rapidly growing plants after they have been replanted. Tobacco requires a lot of nitrogen and potash, which can be supplied using standard garden fertilizer. You may want to grow your tobacco using only organic fertilizers. Ideally, space the tobacco plants about 2 ft. apart in rows 3 ft. apart. Transplant outside in the evening or when it is cloudy and overcast to avoid the youngsters from drying out. Water plants thoroughly after transplanting and water daily until plants become established. Like tomato plants, the branches (suckers, offshoots), should be removed to focus the plants energy on the large leaves. Tobacco plants generally require full to partial sunlight to grow properly. Tobacco is ready to be harvest after 60-90 days after germinating.
Price: 3.99 USD
Location: Mesa, Arizona
End Time: 2024-09-26T05:43:31.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Custom Bundle: No
Modified Item: No
Non-Domestic Product: No
Brand: ONeill Seeds
Species: Nicotiana tabacum
Type: Herb Seeds
Common Name: Tobacco Plant
Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor & Outdoor
Season of Interest: Spring, Summer
Life Cycle: Annual
Watering: Medium
Genus: Nicotiana
Sunlight: Full Sun
Features: Fast Growing, Flowering, Open-Pollinating
Cultivating Difficulty: Very Easy
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States