Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1956-08-08

suckers.
Do not cut off
II When light hail and consider
able wind breaks or badly dam
ages the leaves on one side of
what you have than to cut off.
down on the side of the plant
to fill up vacant space and make
up for leaves lost.
Results Of simulated hail ex-
periments conducted by the N.
&c. Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton showed that if only the
leaves that are spread horizontal
with the ground and are larger
than six inches are destroyed at
the plant causing only light
damage to other leaves you
would not generally cut the
stalks off. This happens when
a strong steady wind causes the
plants to lean over. The leaves
on the top side are blown in the
direction the stalk is leaning and
covers or protects the leaves on
the lower side of the stalk. 1t
would pay to encourage a suck
er in the top of the plant and or
From Suckers
If most of the plants are brok-
en- off and more than half of the
leaves are destroyed it will fire.
quently pay to cut all the stalks
loft six to eight inches above the
ground and grow a crop from
suckers.
/ If the stalks are to be cut off
, the sooner this can be done after
S the storm the better. You will
need all the growing season av-
elailable. Cut the stalk at a sharp
angle using a sharp sythe, OF
! bolo knife, or a curved tobacco
J. knife. A moving machine is not
l suitable for cutting the stalks
off. 1t splits the stalk and cuts
/ the stalk off at irregular lengths
= The stalk should generally bC
cut off six to eight inches above
the ground. Young tobacco
stalks may produce a good suck
er near the soil line, but Older
stalks may be expected TO pro-
5 ducc better sucker about sis
;. inches above the ground. At leas
l you have more to choose a suck
er from if you make a smooth
cut about six TO eight inches a.
bove the ground than if you cut
off AT the ground level.
, An important problem is the
, spreading of mosaic with the
, knife if there is mosaic infected
=, plants scattered through the
field. To help reduce or proven
the spread of MOSAIC leave the
infected plants untouched i
they can be identified. A picc,
i of inner tube doubled and nlleC
: with a solution of formaldchyd,
=, may be carried for frequent dip,
ping of the knife to Sterilize it.
If there is considerable mosia,
, scattered throughout the field a
the time hail strikes it is quCS
tionablc if much can be salvagcC
from the crop.
In about six TO ten days aItc
: the stalks are cut off go through
the field and remove all but tn,
? strongest and most promising
| looking suckers.
When Would You Pillow up an,
=. Plant Over?
From Experiment Station test
and growers experience yol
, would seldom be justified il
blowing the hail damaged tobac
, co up and planting over. If Their
is a hail storm within thre
weeks after planting and the to
bacco is beaten into the grounC
and growing plants can be fount
in plant beds you may find i
better to reliSt the land ant
plant over. However if there i
a good root system and a stub O
SIStalk exposed above the grounc
1t is better to utilize a good roo
: system and grow a crop from
r suckers.
Results Of experiments con
? ducted by N. c. Agricultural Elk.
pertinent Station showed that j
= is generally better to cut off to,
bacco destroyed by hail, after i
has started growing, and grow
crop from suckers than t.
pillow up and plant over.
Late planting resulted in low
or quality, as indicated by pric,
per b., than cutting off at Tn,
: same date.
Fertilizing Hail Damaged CroI
y Generally if recommended
= fertilizer was applied before Z
hail storm no additional fcrtiliz
or is recommended. The uualit,
: frequently would be reduced
more than the yield would b,
! increased.
If considerable rain has faller
d. prior to the hail storm and 10,
during the hail storm and yor
suspect that considerable lea
ching has taken place, apply 81
Ito $50 lbs. of 8-O-24 per acre