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Sowing Havana Tobacco seeds! A video companion to our "Growing Tobacco Instruction Booklet", more detailed instructions are found in the booklet. 500 ct. Tobacco seeds w/ instruction booklet available here: http://myworld.ebay.com/surf_monkey_coconut Seedling starter trays also available! Our growing medium is Miracle Gro, Moisture Control, available at nearly all package or grocery stores. Questions from a viewer: Q: Just watched your nice video....wow brandon A: LOL! Q: The seed packet showing in video "was at least twice the size" of my seed packet I received .My seeds are same smallness. Makes one disappointed etc. A: Ha ha! They say the camera adds 5 pounds, I guess seeds are not excluded! I assure you, our counting method is very accurate and consistent, the 500 seed packet is on the video was taken directly out of the lot of seeds that are sold to customers, and the packet you've received. Q: When planting time comes what would be the advantage of spacing 3foot vs 2foot distance? Pls explain all. A: I would space them as far apart as you reasonably can, the reason is just to give the plants enough room to stretch out is leaves, the bottom leaves will grow to about 24" in length, so in theory, if you have 2 plants 4' apart, the leaves will just clear each other, its ok to have them closer, its just that the leaves will touch each other. Q: And pls explain to me the 5G bucket more&what to expect if do one for my house. A: The root structure of the tobacco plant is similar to Tomato plants, where they will grow downwards rather than outwards, which goes back to the planting distance, if they are planted close together, its fine, the roots will be ok. If planting in a pot, the minimum is 5 gallons to give enough room for the root structure to grow down. You can use larger pots or plant into a well drained garden. Q: Where does a person plant their catnip & its advantage? A: In a very sunny spot, and hopefully where there is exposure to cats! Catnip will thrive with full sun, and if constantly pruned either by you or by cats, the bush will grow fuller, if allowed to grow without pruning, the branches will be longer and sparser. These suckers love water so make sure they have lots of it! Q: I know its not good to plant any tomat. anywhere near tobacco but need to know if all onions, scallops, wh. squash, spinach are ok to plant with tobacco? & are all other veggies ok too" as long as plant them 2feet away"??? A: Planting veggies along side tobacco is fine. I haven't heard of the Tomato ever cross pollinating with tobacco though...they are related, but I don't believe they will create a hybrid plant... There may be a few transferable diseases, but if this is your first year with tobaccos, you are typically fine, and its just a hobby, so if you find you have a failed crop this year, you can hopefully single out the cause and try again next year!