Virginia Gold, Tobacco Seed

Key Attributes

Sun
Sun: Full Sun
Packet
Packet: 100 Seeds
Days To Maturity (# Days)
Days To Maturity (# Days): 55
Botanical Name
Botanical Name: Nicotiana tabacum

Virginia Gold, Tobacco Seed

Virginia Gold is a well known heirloom variety dating back well over 50 years. It grows to a height of 6'-7' with low suckering. The light green leaves are from 14" to 18" wide and 24" to 30" long, and turn a light yellow when ripe. The plants produce an average of 18 leaves per plant below the crows foot, with yields averaging 3 oz of dried leaf per plant. Matures in 55 days.
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Key Attributes

Sun
Sun: Full Sun
Packet
Packet: 100 Seeds
Days To Maturity (# Days)
Days To Maturity (# Days): 55
Botanical Name
Botanical Name: Nicotiana tabacum

Product Details

Weight

.006

Plant Height

5-8'

Botanical Name

Nicotiana tabacum

Seed Type

Seed

Additional Characteristics

Bright Leaf

Seeds Per Gram

77,188

Seeds Per Pound

35,000,000

Packet

100 Seeds

Sow Depth

Top of Soil

Seeds Per Ounce

2,187,500

Breed

Open-pollinated

Sun

Full Sun

Life Cycle

Annual

Sow Method

Transplant

Categories

Herb

Germination

11,12,13,14,15,10

Days To Maturity (# Days)

55

Components

Growing Instructions

    Learning Download: How to Grow Tobacco

Tobacco is usually grown in home gardens so gardeners can harvest the plant and know it has no additives. Tobacco also is grown personally for its ornamental appearance. It is a member of the nightshade family, which includes tomatoes and peppers as well. Tobacco is typically a warm-weather plant.

Before Planting: The tobacco seed is very small, so it must be started indoors. Tobacco prefers soil with a pH of 5.8 and well-drained soils.

Planting: Begin the seed in seed compost and not potting mix six weeks before the last frost. When planting, place the seed on top of the compost and do not cover it. In addition to warmer temps, it also requires light to germinate. Seedlings are ready to be transplanted once they reach 8 inches in height. Transplant them after all dangers of frost have passed.

Watering: Water 1/2 inch weekly, but be careful because over0watering can make the plants become thin and flaky.

Fertilizer: To fertilize tobacco, use the same fertilizers used for tomatoes or peppers. Fertilizer should contain no chlorine and its nitrogen should be in nitrate form. Apply the fertilizer over several separate instances, such as applying it to the soil before transplanting and continuously throughout the tobacco’s growing season to keep the leaves a solid green color. Once flowers begin to form, stop the fertilization process.

Days to Maturity: Tobacco plants can be harvested around 60 days after being transplanted.

Harvesting: Tobacco plants can be harvested by cutting down the entire plant at once or by pulling individual leaves from the plant.

Tips: To make flue-cured tobacco, the leaves are added to tobacco sticks which are then hung in a barn’s kiln, which will heat cure the tobacco but not expose it to smoke. To sun cure tobacco, the leaves are placed in the
sun and dried.

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