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Nicotiana tabacum 'Orient'

Nicotiana tabacum 'Orient'

Product number: 542540
Origin: South America
Latin: *Nicotiana tabacum*

Oriental or Turkish tobacco is an important component of the blend in pipe or cigarette tobacco. The plants have relatively small leaves, but are otherwise similar to most varieties: 1.5-2 m high with lilac-pink flowers. Traditionally, 'Orient' is grown in Turkey, Greece, Bulgaria, Lebanon, and Macedonia.
WE OFFER TOBACCO SEEDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING HISTORICAL INTOXICANTS AND BECAUSE THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL PLANTS. SMOKING TOBACCO IS ADDICTIVE AND CAN BE HARMFUL TO YOUR HEALTH.

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

Names:
Latin: Nicotiana tabacum
Dutch: Turkse Tabak
Also: Turkse tabak
English: Tobacco

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

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