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Nicotiana tabacum 'Vuelta Abajo'

Nicotiana tabacum 'Vuelta Abajo'

Product number: 542604
Origin: South America
Latin: *Nicotiana tabacum*

Vuelta Abajo is a variety that has been cultivated for many generations in the Vuelta region of Cuba. The leaves have good elasticity, making them excellent for use as cigar wrappers. When grown in full sun and in soil with good nutritional content, Vuelta Abajo is one of the most powerful tobacco varieties we know, with a nicotine content of 4.6%. The leaves are on average 25 cm wide and 35 cm long.

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

Denominations:
Latin: Nicotiana tabacum
Dutch: Sigarentabak
English: Tobacco

Sowing method: February-April indoors at 20-25°C or outdoors in May (in a warm, shaded spot). Always pre-sow in a seed tray. Sowing medium cocopeat with silver sand, sieve the top layer extra finely (kitchen sieve). Spread the seeds over the seedbed, press lightly and mist moist: it is a light germinator! Prick out on time into potting soil to prevent stunted growth. The plants can go outside 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: N/A
Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
Ease of cultivation: Moderate