Tobacco Mount Pima Germany Seeds

Mount Pima is a variety of Nicotiana tabacum, the cultivated tobacco plant, offered here as seed for gardeners and plant collectors who want to grow it themselves. The product card is short: it gives the variety name, the species and the category, and nothing more. This page therefore keeps to what is recorded and to general guidance that applies to the species, and it says plainly where variety-specific data is missing.

Also known as: common tobacco, cultivated tobacco, tambaku (Hindi), tabaco (Spanish/Portuguese), tabac (French), Tabak (German), tütün (Turkish)

These are common names of the species Nicotiana tabacum. Mount Pima is the name of this particular variety, listed in our store as Tobacco Mount Pima Germany Seeds.

Plant at a glance

• Species: Nicotiana tabacum
• Variety name: Mount Pima
• Family: Solanaceae, the nightshade family, which also includes tomato, pepper and petunia
• Store category: Tobacco and Shag Seeds
• Height, leaf shape and flower colour: not recorded for this variety

Growing Mount Pima from seed

No sowing figures are saved for this variety, so the notes below are general guidance for Nicotiana tabacum and should be read as a starting point, not as measured results for Mount Pima.

• Seed size: Nicotiana seed is very fine, close to dust, which makes it easy to sow too thickly. Mixing it with a little dry sand helps spread it evenly.
• Light: the seed is generally sown on the surface of the soil and left uncovered, because burying it works against germination.
• Moisture: keep the surface evenly moist. Water gently, from below or with a fine mist, so the seed stays where it was placed.
• Warmth: the genus is warm-season, so a bright, warm spot suits the seed tray better than a cool windowsill.
• Starting indoors: gardeners in cooler climates usually raise seedlings indoors first and plant them out only after the last frost has passed.

Once the seedlings have their first true leaves, thinning or moving them into separate pots gives each root system room to develop. Harden the young plants off over several days before they go into the garden.

Planning space and site

Cultivated tobacco is a leafy annual that generally does best in full sun with fertile, well-drained soil, and many varieties grow tall enough to need shelter from strong wind. Because the size of Mount Pima is not recorded, leave generous room between plants the first time you grow it.

What is not yet recorded

No seed specifications have been saved for this variety yet, so this page does not state a germination percentage, a viability period, a seed size or a recommended soil temperature. The history of the variety and the results of any specific seed lot are also missing from the card and are left out rather than guessed. The store listing does not include photographs of this variety at the moment, so the text makes no claims about how the plants look.

FAQ

How do I sow Mount Pima seeds?

The card has no variety-specific instructions. For Nicotiana tabacum in general, the very fine seed is placed on the surface of moist, well-drained seed-starting mix and not covered, since light helps it germinate. Keep the tray evenly moist and warm.

When should I sow Mount Pima?

No sowing date is recorded for this variety. As a general rule for a warm-season annual, seed is started indoors several weeks before the last expected frost in your area, and seedlings are planted out once the frost has passed. Check your local last-frost date before you decide.

How tall does Mount Pima grow?

The height of this variety is not recorded on the product card, so we cannot give a figure.