Bulgarian Red Nicotiana Seeds

Bulgarian Red is a variety of Nicotiana tabacum, listed in our store as Nicotiana Bulgarian Red Seeds. The product card records the species and the variety name and nothing else about the plant: no height, leaf shape or flower colour. This page therefore keeps to what is known about the species and says plainly what is still missing for this variety.

Bulgarian Red is the name of this particular variety.

Plant at a glance

• Species: Nicotiana tabacum, in the nightshade family (Solanaceae)
• Variety name: Bulgarian Red
• Habit: a warm-season plant, usually grown as an annual from seed
• Height, leaf type and flower colour: not recorded on the product card
• Site: full sun and fertile, well-drained soil suit the species

Growing Bulgarian Red from seed

Nicotiana seed is dust-fine and needs light to germinate, so it is laid on the surface and never buried. The points below describe the species in general. No sowing figures have been saved for this variety, so none are given here.

• Sowing: press the seeds lightly onto the surface of moist, fine seed-starting mix and leave them uncovered.
• Moisture: mist from above or water from below, because a strong stream washes the seeds together into clumps.
• Warmth: the species germinates in warm conditions, so a warm spot indoors works better than a cool windowsill.
• Seedlings: once the first true leaves appear, thin or prick out so each plant has room.
• Transplanting: move plants outdoors only after the last frost, after a few days of hardening off.

Planning space and site

The card gives no spacing for this variety. Nicotiana tabacum plants are large and leafy by the end of a warm season, so allow generous room and good air movement around each one instead of crowding seedlings close together. A sunny bed with fertile, free-draining soil matches what the species asks for.

What is not yet recorded

No seed specifications have been saved for Bulgarian Red, so this page does not state a germination percentage, a viability period, a seed size or a germination temperature. The origin of the variety, its mature height, leaf colour and days to flowering are also missing from the card and are left out rather than guessed. The name contains a colour word, but the card does not say which part of the plant it refers to, so the text makes no claim about it. No photographs are attached to this listing yet, and descriptions of the plant will be added once they can be checked against the variety.

FAQ

How do I sow Bulgarian Red seeds?

Press them lightly onto the surface of moist, well-drained soil and do not cover them. The seeds need light to germinate, so burying them works against the plant. Keep the surface damp with a fine mist until seedlings are up.

When should I sow Bulgarian Red?

Nicotiana is a warm-season plant, so it is normally started indoors some weeks before the last expected frost and planted out once the frost has passed. The card gives no number of weeks for this variety, so check your local last-frost date and plan backwards from it.

How tall does Bulgarian Red grow?

The card does not record a height for this variety. Plants of the species are tall and leafy, but varieties differ and light, soil and spacing change the result, so treat any figure as unverified until it is recorded for this seed.