Into the Soil

Into the Soil

Each tobacco seedling is placed in the ground by hand by two people who ride on the back of the planter. For each seedling, the planter machine punches a precisely spaced hole in the plastic mulch that we use to cover each row. The plastic mulch helps retain soil moisture and blocks out weeds, eliminating the need for herbicides. The planter machine also gives each seedling a dose of liquid fertilizer, soil & root conditioner and water. To conserve water and deliver a slow but steady flow of fertilizer and nutrients, we use drip irrigation on all our fields.