Growing Tobacco

   Alright, I do not think I need to go into a speech about how Tobacco is bad for us I am sure we are all aware of that, However I thought it would be neat to grow and the seeds where free so. The amazing thing is the flowers the plants produce. Besides a smoking product grinding the leaves once dried can be used as a natural insecticide and it works very well. See out page on dealing with Japanese beetles under the Viticulture tab. The plants below are a Florida Sumatra.

They are hard to see but all the plants in the row on the right side of the photo are Tabacco

This picture gives you a better idea how big these plants are. The leaves are huge!

Here it the flower pod on the top of the plant. The flowers smell awsome

Here is a close up on one of the flowers