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Nicotiana tabacum 'Balikesir'

Nicotiana tabacum 'Balikesir'

Product number: 542504
Origin: South America
Latin: *Nicotiana tabacum*

Balikesir grows to over 180 cm tall and probably produces the largest leaves of all Turkish varieties. They sun-cure to a light brown color and then ferment to a dark cocoa brown. In Turkey, this tobacco is mostly used for cigarettes, but it can undoubtedly also be rolled into a fine cigar.

Tobacco plants are diligent bloomers, in sun or shade, dry weather or rain!

Names:
Latin: Nicotiana tabacum
Dutch: Tabak
English: Tobacco

Sowing method: February-April indoors at 20-25°C or in May outdoors (in a warm, shaded spot). Always pre-sow in a seed tray. Use cocopeat with silver sand as a sowing medium; sieve the top layer extra finely (kitchen sieve). Spread the seeds over the seedbed, press lightly, and mist to moisten: it is a light germinator! Transplant promptly into potting soil to prevent growth stagnation. The plants can be moved outdoors in May, as soon as the weather becomes consistently warmer.

Sowing/planting time:

February
March
April
May

Harvesting time:

August
September
October

Soil type:

All soil types

Cultivation location:

Indoors
Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

Sun
Partial shade

Flower colour: Flowering tobacco blooms with tubular flowers in various colors
Origin: South America
Average growth height: More than 120 cm
Annual or perennial: Annual
Attractive to insects: Various insects
Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
Ease of cultivation: Moderate