The Tobacco Plant Project

[ashauler]

I imposed on Pops, once again, to take some photo's of the plants since last I had was a week old. The pictures from 14 July were taken at mid-day. The temp here was 99 and the heat index was 113. You will see some wilting of the leaves and some of the insect damage. The recovery from wilting is very quick when the sun stops hitting them.

Florida Sumatra 14 July


Argentine 14 July (center of frame)


Small Stalk 14 July....first photo is original planting, second is supplemental planting.



Long Red Leaf 14 July....first photo is original planting...2nd is supplemental planting.



Last night, after the massive heat of the last week, we got some moderate thunderstorms and about 1/2" of rain fell on the crop. Here they are this morning at 8 a.m. The chain link fence in the background is 3' tall for reference. I am pretty pleased with how this is going so far. The majority of the plants have been in the ground for 33 days.....the last 3 plants (only one of which is visible in the photo on the extreme right) only 16 days.