Tobacco Planting

Last year @mericanhomestead blessed us with a couple of seed pods from tobacco plants. The seed pods gives the appearanceof a large seed, close to the size of peanut.

When you break open one of the seed pods you see several hundred seeds that are as small as white clover seeds.

Planting these little seeds can be tricky. Simply get some loose, moist soil and shake a few seeds over each pot. Then you simply water them into the dirt.

So why plant tobacco? We are not planting it for our consumption but for our animals. It is a great natural wormer! We simply grow it all summer then cut it and hang it to dry. More to come on this 'tiny' seed....they grow over 5 feet tall!