Cut tobacco, which have the special aroma, is one kind of the Nicotiana tobacco. It is the main material of Clove-type cigarette, which hold 56% in the blend of the cigarette.
From 2000 to 2002, Yunnan brought in "Laka" and "Kene" from Indonesia to test in Baoshan. Afterwards, "Kene" was screened out by its excellent synthetic character and high quality. After the experiment, Indonesian experts considered that the products have he aroma of "Madular cigarette" and applying value because of the similarity of the tropical climate between Lujiang Baoshan and Madular Island of Indonesia. It can help Baoshan develop the industry of cut tobacco.
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The main cut tobaccos are "Laka" and "Kene", planting in the last ten-day of October, transplanting in the last ten-day of December, and finishing adjustment from March to May. The floating plant technology, 3,100 trunks per mu, orientated stiletto, liquid transplanting and dry earthing up are all adopted for planting cut tobacco. Fertilizing according to the soil, nitrogen 4.5ŠK per mu, the sorts of fertilizer are multiplex fertilizer, common calcium and kalium vitriol. After 60 days since transplanting, the tobacco trees will grow buds, and you can keep 20 effective leaves in each trees. For the main diseases are lalefire disease, fleck disease, virus disease and aphid disease, you should check and prevent according to the diseases. After 60 days since transplanting, the lower of tobacco leaves are grown up for pluck, and plucking for four or five times are needed for each trees, two times for lower leaves, two times for middle tobacco leaves and a time for upper leaves. The whole period of confection is 40 days. The process of confection includes fading, yellowing, stemming, wrapping, cutting into thread, mixing, spreading, curing, coiling, etc.
Baoshan tried to plant it in 2002. Up to 2005, We found . The accumulative planting area is 7,000 mu. The company purchases tobacco more than 500 ton. For customers satisfy the quality, the products are exported to South-east Asia and Indonesia, achieving zero-storage. Located in Lujiang Grand Canyon, Baoshan can form unique local industry for its feature and superiority. The planting density of cutting tobacco is 20% higher and the fertilizer is 40% less than planting flue-cured tobacco. It is unnecessary to build flue-cured house and to exhaust energy. The output is 2kg more than oriental tobacco, and the fertilizer is 50% less than Burley tobacco. Therefore, the producing cost is under flue-cured tobacco, oriental tobacco and Burley tobacco. With rapid increase of market demand, the manufacture scale extended every year. Before long, Baoshan will become the manufacture base for high quality cutto bacco.
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