One of the most popular and famous summer fragrant plants is fragrant tobacco. It belongs to the Solanaceae family and was introduced back in the 15th century by the famous traveler and discoverer Christopher Columbus. Today, tobacco is grown not only for smoking, but also as a decorative garden flower.
The plant lives only one season, but true gardening lovers give great preference to such a flower as
fragrant tobacco. Growing from seeds will not cause much trouble even to the most inexperienced gardener.
A flower is sown in spring: in March or April, in greenhouse conditions or at home. The plant is very thermophilic, in principle, like any summer. Prefers light and fertilized soils. However, if you are faced with the fact that the garden has clay soil, then for good growth you need to dig and fertilize it abundantly. Seeds of fragrant tobacco are quite small: from one gram of seeds you can get up to five thousand flowers such as fragrant tobacco. Growing from seeds must begin by pressing them into the ground. Sprinkle on top of the ground is not recommended, since the seeds themselves are very small. Sowing must be covered with polyethylene or glass. On the fifteenth day, flower shoots appear, after which the temperature in the room should be slightly reduced. When leaves appear, fragrant tobacco, the cultivation of which is not a particularly complicated process, must be transplanted into separate pots for each flower.
By the time the seedlings become stronger, the flower must begin to temper in the fresh air. With the onset of stable warm summer weather, the plant must be transplanted into street soil. The bushes of the flower are located at least twenty centimeters from each other. They also need to provide moderate watering. Do not overdo it with water, as an excess of moisture does not like fragrant tobacco. Growing from seeds is not the only way to propagate. The flower can multiply and self-sowing. However, the flowering of such a plant will begin only in the second half of the summer season.
In cases where it is necessary to preserve the flower, before the onset of cold weather it is necessary to transplant into a pot and bring fragrant tobacco into the heat. Growing from seeds requires some knowledge. So, you need to remember that the flower tolerates a lack of heat, light or moisture, as well as
slight temperature drops. The plant is phytoncid - this means that some types of pests are not afraid of him.
Several bushes of a well-developed plant can fill the whole garden with a pleasant aroma. Flowers of fragrant tobacco especially smell in the evening. Having a couple of bushes, for example, on your balcony, you will be provided with abundant flowering until late autumn.
The most common are white tobacco flowers. In the afternoon, the flower is closed and almost odorless. However, hybrids with pink or red flowers are often found now. The smell of such flowers is no less pleasant and will fill your garden with a strong honey aroma even in the daytime.