How to tend a Nicotiana tabacum
Also known as: Nicotiana alba Mill., Nicotiana angustifolia Mill., Nicotiana attenuata Steud., Nicotiana auriculata Agardh ex Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall., Nicotiana auriculata Bertol. ex Moris, Nicotiana capensis hort. ex Vill., Nicotiana chinensis Fisch. ex Lehm., Nicotiana crispula hort. ex Steud., Nicotiana fruticosa L., Nicotiana fruticosa Moc. & Sessé ex Dunal, Nicotiana fruticosa Lour., Nicotiana guatemalensis hort. ex Vilm., Nicotiana havanensis Hort.Matrit. ex Lehm., Nicotiana lancifolia Willd. ex Lehm., Nicotiana lingua Steud., Nicotiana loxensis Kunth, Nicotiana marylandica Schübl., Nicotiana mexicana Schltdl., Nicotiana mexicana var. mexicana , Nicotiana mexicana var. rubriflora Dunal, Nicotiana petiolata Agardh, Nicotiana pilosa Dunal, Nicotiana fruticosa (L.) Voss, Nicotiana tabacum , Nicotiana tabacum var. angustifolia Aiton, Nicotiana tabacum var. brasiliensis Comes, Nicotiana tabacum var. goyanum Glaz., Nicotiana tabacum var. lancifolia (Willd. ex Lehm.) Comes, Nicotiana tabacum var. latissima (Mill.) Voss, Nicotiana tabacum var. loxensis Kuntze, Nicotiana tabacum var. tabacum , Nicotiana tabacum var. virginica (J.Agardh) Comes, Nicotiana turcica hort. ex Dunal, Nicotiana virginica Agardh, Nicotiana ybarrensis Kunth, Tabacum latissimum (Mill.) Bercht. & Opiz, Tabacum nicotianum Bercht. & Opiz, Tabacum ovatofolium Gilib., Tabacus viscidus Moench, Nicotiana tabacum f. fruticosa (L.) Voss, Nicotiana tabacum var. attenuata Schrank, Nicotiana tabacum var. macrophylla (Spreng.) Schrank, Nicotiana tabacum var. pallescens Schrank, Nicotiana tabacum var. alipes Schrank, Nicotiana tabacum var. serotina Schrank, Nicotiana tabacum var. gracilipes Schrank, Nicotiana tabacum var. verdon Schrank, Nicotiana tabacum var. lingua Schrank, Nicotiana tabacum var. asiatica Schrank, Nicotiana tabacum var. brasila Schrank, Nicotiana tabacum var. humilis Schrank, Nicotiana tabacum var. pumila Schrank, Nicotiana tabaccum Vell., Nicotiana tabacum f. tabacum
Log in to add this plantWatering
Water thoroughly after soil surface dries, avoid saturated water
Sunlight
Like adequate sunshine, slight shade tolerance
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply 2-3 times monthly
Pruning
Remove aged tissues, dead, rotten, diseased leaves timely
About this plant
- Origin
- South America
- Category
- Solanaceae, Nicotiana
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height ⥠15 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering and fruiting period in summer and autumn
- Flower colors
- light red, fruit color brown
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