Organic Tobacco - New Horizon

Organic cigars are the new future for the smoker, eventually, organically grown premium cigars will be manufacture on daily bases. The process for this type of harvest is so complex there's no room to describe it here other than to say it has a lot to do with nitrogen, earthworms and using garlic as a natural pesticide so as Chilean nitrogen. The experiments years has presented excellent results in tobacco harvested and in the next few months countries such like; Honduras, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Indonesia, will provided the tobacco market with this addition to the manufacturers worldwide. In the experiments with cigars long filler tobacco are incredibly smooth, draw beautifully and have a flavorful character unlike anything you've ever smoked.

Organic tobacco may be considered environmentally wholesome, but its attraction to farmers is largely economic. On average, growers can expect to earn up to $4 a pound for organic tobacco compared to $1.80 for conventional tobacco. Going organic can mean more profit on smaller acreage.

Unlike many alternative crops, organic tobacco has only been grown in North Carolina for about five years, but in Central and South America for the last 7 years. Since there is little crop production history, farmers are still trying to determine the best way to manage and raise the crop. One of the biggest unknowns has been fertilization.

In 1999, it was becoming evident that Chilean nitrate—once a common fertilizer for organic crops—would not be allowed for use on certified organic tobacco after 2009 because some leaf export markets objected to it. Other organic fertilizers were available, but there was little reliable information on how quickly they release nitrogen and what amounts were readily available to plants. There were concerns that organic tobacco fertilized with these materials would stay green too long and not cure properly.

Today they have the data needed to compare Chilean nitrate to other acceptable organic fertilizers, such as blood meal, poultry litter, bone meal, meat meal and feather meal. They have measured nitrogen levels in the soil and in plant tissue through two growing seasons to find out how much nitrogen is released and how quickly it is absorbed by the plants.

Many growers had assumed organic fertilizers needed to be applied several weeks before planting so the material would have time to break down and release nitrogen. Experiments has shown that if growers put out fertilizer in March, then much of the nitrogen is already gone by the time plants are set out in May. Applying organic fertilizer about two weeks before planting has worked well.

This study has also enabled to come up with an estimate of available nitrogen to share with farmers. When an organic source is applied, he has found that about 45 percent of the nitrogen in the product is available. Guidelines like this help growers decide how much fertilizer to apply before planting and how much to add later as side dressing.

_____________________________

<<< Back