I liked the first ‘photo essay’ about tobacco so well, I have decided to follow through with an update with each major step in the tobacco process. The change from exactly seven days is not much, as the only thing that has occurred is the blooms have been broken out in the lower 2/3 of the field. This was actually done the day after I took the first photos and to help you blend locally, we would call that process topping. Right after the tobacco was topped, it most likely sprayed with a chemical that retards new sprouts or buds from starting. If not done, the tobacco would sucker out at the top leaf joints and spend all of its energy trying again to make seeds. By application of the chemical spray the energy is instead spent on making the leaves that are present usually get larger, especially in width. An effect of this application and the general turn toward the homestretch is that bottom leaves Read more…
