Thank you Dan - I'll browse those links
Hi - spacing is a fund variable to play with. Heirloom tobacco can run anywhere from 3' to 12' (or more) at maturity depending on variety, and their growth habit runs from small compact leaves to huge 4' long giant leaves. There are so many choices - that's one of the attractions. As you look into this please share what you find.
Tobacco is very high in complex sugars and is a complete plant protein so bugs and other critters up to and including deer love it when it's young. Each strain has not only its own alkaloid profile just like each cannabis strain has its own cannabinoid profile, but it has all the other variables that make cannabis strains so much fun to work with. But bugs are a definite issue. Of course, Tobacco makes its own insecticide - it just doesn't make it when it's young. Nicotine spray isn't the answer to everything but it's pretty effective. One or two n. glauca plants are all you need for gallons of really potent spray. BTW - do NOT smoke n. glauca. It is a wild tobacco strain, very tall and spindly with tiny leaves, that kills people in the SoCal deserts every year.
