Little Canadian Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

Also called "little red tobacco", this annual variety, with pink flowers, grows easily in all types of soil. Rustic, early and small in size, it matures in six weeks and produces a full-bodied tobacco.;Considered a sacred plant, tobacco occupies an important place in the Amerindian pharmacopoeia and is used in various rituals.;This tobacco, also called "petit tabac rouge" or "small red canadian" is mentioned as far back as 1807 by the W.M Ewing & cie in their catalog of 1897. In Quebec, the Petit Canadien has been cultivated for more than a hundred years. From 1884, it was marketed by the J. O. Forest factory in Saint-Roch-de-L'Achigan. Considered rare.

MAINTENANCE AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
If you are planting tobacco for leaf harvest, remove the flowers. The leaves are picked when yellow or brown. If you want to collect seeds and leave food for pollinators, let the flowers bloom. You can also harvest the leaves, but there will be fewer of them.

Plant type: Annual

Flower color: Pink

Quantity: Envelope of about 250 seeds

Exposure: Full sun

Shape: Erected

Soil: All types of soils

Watering: Regular

Sowing: Inside

Plantation: In the garden after the risk of frost

Days to maturity: 50 to 60 days

Germination: 7 to 21 days

Plant spacing: 30 cm

Row spacing: 30 cm to 40 cm

Depth: On the surface

Width: 60 cm

Height: 80 cm to 1 m

Family: Solanaceae

Characteristic: Toxic

Little Canadian Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)

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