Nicotiana Rustica
Here are a few selected species listed from Wikipedia that you may come across.
Nicotiana seeds are very fine and dust like, so spreading them out evenly rarely works out. When growing you may end up with multiple sprouts in a close area, it is to your discretion to remove the weaker and smaller to a new area or to simply rid yourself of them.
The seeds can simple be scattered on top of the soil, you may choose to apply an extremely thin layer of soil to them, I usually just end up putting my hands in the dirt and mixing it up a little to try and spread some of them out though. Before they sprout I use a mister to dampen the soil, to keep it damp but not soaking.
Within a week you should see sprouts, within a month it should be similar to this.
Hold off on fertilizer until they are about two to three months old or about this size.
After you begin fertilizing they should increase growth, depending on the species it will vary, the flowers are very sweet smelling and attractive, the plant can grow to fairly great heights so allow adequate root space and protect them from freezes.
As I finish typing this I am covering and bringing mine in.
For information post-grow and curing, take a look at http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/9728067#9728067
This write up will involve Nicotiana Rustica, but should be general enough to cover any other Nicotiana plant you may encounter.
Here are a few selected species listed from Wikipedia that you may come across.
- Nicotiana acuminata
- Nicotiana africana
- Nicotiana alata
- Nicotiana attenuata – Coyote tobacco
- Nicotiana benthamiana
- Nicotiana bigelovii
- Nicotiana clevelandii
- Nicotiana debneyi
- Nicotiana × digluta
- Nicotiana excelsior
- Nicotiana exigua
- Nicotiana forgetiana
- Nicotiana glauca
- Nicotiana glutinosa – tobacco
- Nicotiana kawakamii
- Nicotiana knightiana
- Nicotiana langsdorffii – Langsdorff's tobacco
- Nicotiana longiflora – Longflower Tobacco
- Nicotiana obtusifolia (N. trigonophylla) – Desert Tobacco, punche, "tabaquillo"
- Nicotiana otophora
- Nicotiana paniculata
- Nicotiana persica[verification needed]
- Nicotiana plumbagifolia – Tex-Mex tobacco
- Nicotiana quadrivalvis – Indian tobacco
- Nicotiana repanda – Fiddleleaf tobacco, Wild tobacco
- Nicotiana rustica – Aztec tobacco, Mapacho
- Nicotiana × sanderae – Sander's tobacco
- Nicotiana stocktonii
- Nicotiana suaveolens – Australian tobacco
- Nicotiana sylvestris – South American tobacco, Woodland Tobacco
- Nicotiana tabacum – Cultivated Tobacco, Common Tobacco
- Nicotiana tomentosa
- Nicotiana tomentosiformis
Nicotiana seeds are very fine and dust like, so spreading them out evenly rarely works out. When growing you may end up with multiple sprouts in a close area, it is to your discretion to remove the weaker and smaller to a new area or to simply rid yourself of them.
The seeds can simple be scattered on top of the soil, you may choose to apply an extremely thin layer of soil to them, I usually just end up putting my hands in the dirt and mixing it up a little to try and spread some of them out though. Before they sprout I use a mister to dampen the soil, to keep it damp but not soaking.
Within a week you should see sprouts, within a month it should be similar to this.
Hold off on fertilizer until they are about two to three months old or about this size.
After you begin fertilizing they should increase growth, depending on the species it will vary, the flowers are very sweet smelling and attractive, the plant can grow to fairly great heights so allow adequate root space and protect them from freezes.
As I finish typing this I am covering and bringing mine in.
For information post-grow and curing, take a look at http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/9728067#9728067
