Tobacco is a crop that needs much care not just at the field or after Harvest, but from seedbeds to to point of sales. Any recklessness might result into a loss.
Make sure you do the following best practices
At the nursery
Sow on motherbeds
Reset onto reset beds or polytubes
Apply recommended crop protective agents to protect the seedlings from aphids and antsÂ
Harden your seedlings by reducing waterÂ
At the field
Plant with enough moisture
Plant hardened seedlings
Apply crop protective agent
Use recommended fertilizer and fertilizer rates
Control weeds.
Re do your ridges (banding) in order to raise your ridge. This promotes root development which in turn increases nutrient uptake thereby increasing growth rate.
Have enough curing space (barns)
Top your tobacco and apply recommended suckeride for your area.
Reap ripe leaf only, 2 leaves at a time.
At the Barn/storage
Don't overpack at the barn
Avoid Non tobacco related material from getting into your tobacco.
Reduce sand getting into tobacco
Grading and sales
Reduce sand and non tobacco related material
Avoid over conditioning tobacco because it gets mouldy when baled.
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Tobacco is a crop that needs much care not just at the field or after Harvest, but from seedbeds to to point of sales. Any recklessness might result into a loss.
Make sure you do the following best practices
At the nursery
At the field
At the Barn/storage
Grading and sales