Burley Tobacco Extension
Burley Tobacco Extension

Premature Blooming

Premature Blooming

Premature Bloom

Plants exposed to extended periods of cool, cloudy weather can be induced to form a bloom prematurely.  Once this process has been set in motion it cannot be reversed.  Typically less than 1% of the plants in a field are affected, but higher incidences have been reported for plants treated with Terramaster in the float bed.  Terramaster does not appear to cause premature bloom, but does seem to increase the number of affected plants when weather conditions are conducive to produce premature blooming. 

Premature Bloom

Plants that been induced to bloom have narrow, strappy, sucker like leaves.   For more information on premature bloom please see Fact Sheet TOB-3-5: Premature and Early Bloom in Tobacco.

Contact Information

Bob Pearce
Extension Tobacco Specialist

1405 Veterans Drive Lexington, KY 40546

859-257-5110

rpearce@uky.edu