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<blockquote data-quote="rmcva" data-source="post: 466489" data-attributes="member: 5473"><p>Never seen the NPK value for tobacco stalks but did see one on tobacco leaves last year. One tobacco co. had a couple million pounds stored in Danville Va. and was taking it to a land fill to get rid of it. Farmers found out that was being done and started hauling it to the farms. Some was flu-cured and some burley. Neighbor sent some for a test. Can't remember the exact figures but it was something like 6-2-4(npk). Folks here always spread Dark tobacco stalks and now they spread Burley since they started growing that here. Just saw some spread in a pasture last week.</p><p></p><p> I spread 40,000 pounds of the leaf for a friend. I put down 7,000 pounds per acre. The leaf was very dry and spread good. It sifted down in the grass real well. That was in March. Had some rain after spreading and the grass turned very green. He made a better hay crop on those fields(no fertilizer) than the rest did with regular fertilizer. Then came the drought and couldn't tell much after that. Everything dried up. </p><p></p><p> We finished spreading wood ash(400 tons) about a week before we had 9 in. of rain. Didn't spread ash on the fields where the tobacco was spread(PH was OK there). All the fields are very green now. So it looks like the tobacco leaf is slow release(or the drought caused it to be slow). </p><p></p><p> All the stalks I've seen spread, they use an old ground driven manure spreader and the whole stalks are thrown out. I would think it would be better if they were chopped up to cover the ground better. But I could be wrong. The stalks are worth spreading. I've seen green streaks in field where they had been spread. I would think the stalk is about the same as the leaf and maybe more. Good organic matter too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rmcva, post: 466489, member: 5473"] Never seen the NPK value for tobacco stalks but did see one on tobacco leaves last year. One tobacco co. had a couple million pounds stored in Danville Va. and was taking it to a land fill to get rid of it. Farmers found out that was being done and started hauling it to the farms. Some was flu-cured and some burley. Neighbor sent some for a test. Can't remember the exact figures but it was something like 6-2-4(npk). Folks here always spread Dark tobacco stalks and now they spread Burley since they started growing that here. Just saw some spread in a pasture last week. I spread 40,000 pounds of the leaf for a friend. I put down 7,000 pounds per acre. The leaf was very dry and spread good. It sifted down in the grass real well. That was in March. Had some rain after spreading and the grass turned very green. He made a better hay crop on those fields(no fertilizer) than the rest did with regular fertilizer. Then came the drought and couldn't tell much after that. Everything dried up. We finished spreading wood ash(400 tons) about a week before we had 9 in. of rain. Didn't spread ash on the fields where the tobacco was spread(PH was OK there). All the fields are very green now. So it looks like the tobacco leaf is slow release(or the drought caused it to be slow). All the stalks I've seen spread, they use an old ground driven manure spreader and the whole stalks are thrown out. I would think it would be better if they were chopped up to cover the ground better. But I could be wrong. The stalks are worth spreading. I've seen green streaks in field where they had been spread. I would think the stalk is about the same as the leaf and maybe more. Good organic matter too. [/QUOTE]
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