{"product_id":"50000-nicotiana-rustica-seeds-sacred-aztec-tobacco","title":"50,000 Nicotiana Rustica Seeds Sacred Aztec Tobacco","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"content-toggle-product-details-read-more\" class=\"wt-content-toggle__body wt-content-toggle__body--truncated wt-content-toggle__body--truncated-02\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n        \u003cp data-product-details-description-text-content=\"\" class=\"wt-text-body-01 wt-break-word\"\u003e\n             Nicotiana rustica is a special species of tobacco held sacred by the  hopi indians. 80-90% germination. Great to use for a pesticide. You can  make a combination with tobacco and hot pepper tea and spray on your  plants to keep bugs away. Seeds are very small and so need light to germinate, meaning just  sprinkle them on wet planting medium and lightly press them in. Put in  indirect light with bottom heat (like a heating pad set on medium) to  germinate in 10-20 days at 70-75F\/20-25C. Keep moist by using a fine  mister or watering from the bottom (put the pots in water for 1\/2 hour  and remove); otherwise, the seeds will be swamped. Once they are up,  lower temps to 65F\/18C. Transplant when they get their first set of  true leaves (second set of leaves), gradually hardening off to plant in full sun when outside temperatures are warm. I have found this plant  easy to grow. Normally tobacco is grown in rich soil--it greatly  depletes soil nutrients. Native Americans grew this plant in isolated  pockets in the woods, but in Turkey, plants are deliberately grown on  poor soil and planted thickly in order to end up with smaller leaves  with concentrated alkaloids; they are then cured in the sun for 2-3  weeks. Whether you grow it in rich soil or poor, the soil must be well  drained; they don't like to sit in water. This annual grows 2-3 feet  high and produces suckers (baby plants); cutting off suckers means  bigger leaves. Leaving suckers on usually means a greater concentration  of alkaloids. If you want seeds, let the flowers form. But if you want  bigger leaves, cut the flowers off before the flowers open. Hot, dry  climates also concentrate alkaloids, and the higher on the plant the  leaf is (and the smaller the leaf), the more alkaloids it will contain.\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kincotrade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48007571079398,"sku":"B3W0KVL","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/4996\/3238\/files\/Output_193.jpg?v=1784279399","url":"https:\/\/kincotrade.com\/products\/50000-nicotiana-rustica-seeds-sacred-aztec-tobacco","provider":"Kincotrade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}