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An annual herbaceous plant growing 1–3 metres tall with thick, unbranched stems and large ovate to elliptical leaves up to 50 cm long. Produces scented multi-branched panicle inflorescences with white, pink or red flowers.
Water: Medium · Height: 150 cm · Soil: Suitable for light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils; prefers well-drained soil; mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils acceptable
Start Tobacco, Cultivated tobacco indoors about 6 weeks before your last frost, keeping seeds in warm soil (around 20–25 °C). Seeds usually come up in around 7 days. Move seedlings out once the danger of frost has passed, in full sun, spaced about 60 cm apart. Expect to harvest in roughly 90 days.
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Aloysia citrodora
herb
Draws the same bees as Tobacco, Cultivated tobacco
Mentha pulegium L.
herbThrives in the same full sun, moderate water conditions as Tobacco, Cultivated tobacco
Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.
herbDraws the same bees as Tobacco, Cultivated tobacco
Luffa
vegetableThrives in the same full sun conditions as Tobacco, Cultivated tobacco
These three thrive alongside Tobacco, Cultivated tobacco — and alongside each other.
