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Durgan

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Posted on Monday, October 01, 2007 - 07:54 pm EST :

http://ehoht.notlong.com/ 1 October 2007 Tobacco Plant Growth.

The area in which I live is a tobacco growing area. Two plants were grown in my garden this year simply to study the cultivar. The plant flowers all summer and is quite attractive. When grown for tobacco the flower stem is normally cut off.

The seeds were started indoors and put into the garden about 24 May 2007. There are probably thousands of seeds produced by one plant, and they are very small.

Tobacco growing is being phased out by the Government, and the growers are changing to Ginseng in some cases.. The crop, which is labour intensive, is handled by temporary migrant workers from, Mexico, Jamaica, and some other Carabbean countries. These are the modern day slaves, paid minimium wage and generally have not many rights; in spite, of Politician's platitudes.

The Western World tobacco growers export tobacco products to China, and Japan, and any other country willing to take the product. It is harmful for our own people, but apparently not to other country's people?

I personally refer to tobacco as the "Indian's Revenge". The Europeans killed many Indians and the Indians introduced them to tobacco, which has killed more Europeans than Indians over the last 400 years.

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Durgan - Ontario, Zone "5"

Loretta

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Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 07:52 pm EST :

What a strong, architectural plant. The leaves are beautiful. I notice how you don't have any holes in your leaves. Doesn't anything eat your plants?

Loretta - NJ, Zone "6"

Durgan

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Posted on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 08:35 pm EST :

Loretta wrote on Tuesday, October 02, 2007 - 07:52 pm:
I notice how you don't have any holes in your leaves. Doesn't anything eat your plants?

I have the typical pests, which are controlled in various ways. Commercial pesticides are avoided, picking some bugs is one way, soapy water is another (A household pesticide, but still a pesticide). Washing the plant with water helps sometimes. Proper cultivation to disturb insects is another method. Sometimes I accept the damage.

My bugs are: flea beetle, japanese Beetle, aphids, european crane fly, cabbage moth,colorado potato beetle, earwigs. Birds cause a lot of damage, mostly robins eating fruit, squirrels are a hassle with grapes. The little dog helps. Attackers are a constant, and anybody who grows a garden has insect problems. Commercial growers with large fields of one crop must use pesticides. That is a fact of life. That beautiful product in the supermarket by its very visual perfection signifies the use of pesticides.

I might add anything that kills insects be it a common household product or some other concoction is a pesticide. Many people pontificate about some mixture concocted as harmless. This is simply not the case in the final analysis.

How is that for a presentation? Maybe I should have been an evangelist preacher, or a car salesman.

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Durgan - Ontario, Zone "5"

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