Re: Fixing tobacco beds in Ky

Posted by georgeky on April 30, 2007 at 07:43:08 from (205.188.116.14):

In Reply to: Re: Fixing tobacco beds in Ky posted by Jim in NC on April 30, 2007 at 03:25:45:

Here we cut the burley, put it on sticks and hang in barn to air cure. If set real early that means it also has to be housed early and in early August the heat and humidity is sometimes so high that the tobacco will house burn, When it burns the stem will rot out of the leaves, thus making less weight and being a mess when it is taken down from barn. Here on the early tobacco if it gets to much rain in early season it will take away some weight by causing it to grow to fast and be thin leaved. Tobacco is basicly a dry season crop, and sunshine of late summer will put on pounds by causing the leaves to thicken up after topping. The experts claim it will gain 25 lbs per day per acre after topping. Most folks will cut tobacco around 3 weeks after it has been sprayed for suckers. That is to quick because the tobacco is still green at this point. The spray turns it yellow, which lots of folks mistake this for being ripe, The truth of the matter is that it takes it 4 to 6 weeks to ripen after topping. I am sure different soils and growing seasons will affect all of this. The tobacco I set in mid June will usually out weigh my early tobacco set in May by 2 to 500 lbs per acre. And the September weather is a lot better on tobacco in the barn and me to. The heaviest I ever raised was set on the 18th day of June and it weighed 4100 pounds per acre. It was a full season variety that only got 3 and 2/10ths inches of rain all season. It was Tennesse 86. I also get very heavy weights from old Ky 10, but it is prone to Blue mold and blackshank in certain fields.

Replies:

• Re: Fixing tobacco beds in Ky Jim in NC 10:09:12 04/30/07 (1)
  • Re: Fixing tobacco beds in Ky georgeky 10:26:13 04/30/07 (0)

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