Day 12: I moved 2 seedlings to large pots, where they will remain for the rest of this grow cycle. The currently largest seedling was selected to be placed in the fabric pot, the second largest was placed in a plastic bucket (with holes drilled into the bottom). Both pots were filled with about 11 liters of plain potting soil on top of a small (3 cm) layer of ceramic hydro pellets for better water drainage covered in about 1 cm of broken coconut shells to hold some moisture. The 150 gram bag of nutrients provided by Zamnesia was equally divided between both pots, and mixed into the soil.
@RussianGrower, great story, thanks! 🙏 So Tsar Peter picked up a few habits spending time in Amsterdam. 😉 And funny that the Russian people seem to prefer the stronger stuff... I guess it goes well with strong vodka! I probably should try to brew some myself after harvesting my Peruvian potatoes. 👌
@StonedApe, By the 20th century, smoking of Nicotiane Rustic had already become routine, and after the First World War and the Civil War in Russia, it was almost the only way to smoke nicatine. By the time Stalin came to power, she was already smoked by almost everything, from repressed prisoners in counterattacks to high communist party leaders. Unfortunately, I have no experience in cultivating it, but I remember how my grandfather in a village in Soviet Russia always grew Nicotiana rustica and smoked it, never recognized modern cigarettes and consider them a toy for children. I still have a few packs of Soviet Nicotiana rustica that have been stored for about 35 years. But now few people grow it, only fans, since the tobacco market also has many positive changes, as well as the cannabis genetics market.
@StonedApe,Hey. Yes, in Russia, historically, "Nicotiana rustica" was a very common plant among peasants. Russian people got acquainted with smoking a little later than Western Europeans. This happened in the second half of the 16th century during the time of Ivan the Terrible. The story of the appearance of tobacco in Russia began with English merchants who presented the court with new fun as a gift. But smoking did not become popular, in addition, tobacco was unavailable and very expensive, because it was practically not brought into the country. Tsar Mikhail Fedorovich outlawed tobacco. At first, the prohibitions were rather lenient: only merchants were fined and occasionally corporally punished, the found tobacco leaf was destroyed. But these measures showed low efficiency. There were more smokers, and merchants continued to sell tobacco, because the fear of non-fearful punishment was incomparably weaker than the thirst for profit. Everything changed with Peter's coming to power, in February 1697 he lifted the bans and signed the law on free trade in tobacco. Then the king went with the Great Embassy to Europe, from where he brought tobacco to Russia again and his passionate love for him. The young reformer decided to instill this passion with his people with the same energy that he imposed European traditions on the population.
Thanks @AlpineGoat! 🙏 Yopo is extremely easy to grow inside (at least so far). I brought the seeds from the Amazon, but they are also easy to find at smartshops or online. I quite enjoy watching the plants opening and closing their cute tiny leaves according to the light, yet another bit of natural magic. 😀
Good luck man, happy to see you did the same as me. I mixed 2/3 of the nutrients into the soil mix and wasn't sure if that was the right thing to do. Glad I was not the only person so must be doing something right. Again, good luck ✌️
