Dubek Cri. Nicotiana Seeds

Dubek is a Nicotiana tabacum variety offered here as seed for growing the plant. The variety name on the product card is Dubek, and the species is Nicotiana tabacum, the cultivated Nicotiana plant of the nightshade family. The card does not yet describe the plant itself, so this page is short and sticks to what can be checked.

Dubek is the name of this particular variety and is not a translation of any of them.

Plant at a glance

• Species: Nicotiana tabacum
• Variety name: Dubek
• Plant family: Solanaceae, the nightshade family that also includes tomato and pepper
• Height, leaf size and flower colour: not recorded on the product card yet
• Seed photographs: none on the card at the moment

Growing Dubek from seed

Seed of the genus Nicotiana is very fine, almost like dust. That affects how it is sown, and the points below apply to Nicotiana tabacum in general rather than to measurements taken from a Dubek lot.

• Sowing: scatter the seed thinly over the surface of a fine, moist seed-starting mix. Nicotiana seed generally needs light to germinate, so it is not buried.
• Watering: moisten the tray from below or with a fine mist, because a heavy stream can wash tiny seed together into clumps.
• Warmth: a warm, bright spot indoors suits Nicotiana seedlings better than a cool windowsill.
• Thinning: seedlings are small at first. Thin them out or move them to individual pots once they have true leaves, so that each plant has room.
• Moving outdoors: Nicotiana is a frost-tender plant, so seedlings go outside only after the last frost, into a sunny site with fertile, well-drained soil.

Because the seed is so small, a thin, even layer is easier to manage if you mix it with a little dry sand before sowing. Keep the surface from drying out until the seedlings are up.

What is not yet recorded

No seed specifications have been saved for this variety yet. For that reason this page does not state a germination percentage, a viability period, a germination time or a number of seeds per gram. The card also gives no height, leaf size, flower colour or origin for Dubek, and these details are left out here rather than guessed. Other Nicotiana varieties in the catalogue have fuller descriptions, but their figures belong to those varieties and are not carried over to this one.

Sowing dates also depend on where you live. Count back from your local last frost date and allow several weeks of indoor growth before the seedlings go outside.

FAQ

What conditions does Dubek seed need to germinate?

Light, warmth and steady moisture. The seed is very fine, so it rests on the surface of the soil without a covering layer. The product card does not give a germination time for this variety.

When should I sow Dubek?

Start the seed indoors in the weeks before your last frost, then move the seedlings outdoors once the frost has passed. The card does not state an exact number of weeks, so use your local frost date as the guide.

How tall does Dubek grow?

The product card does not list a height for this variety. Nicotiana tabacum plants in general can grow tall, so leave room for them in the bed, and expect the result to vary with light, soil and spacing.