In a tobacco dryer
Other - other
The seedlings were sown in a hotbed, mixed with soil or ash, because they were very small seeds. After germination and emergence, they required constant care. They had to be watered, ventilated, and thinned. They grew in 1-2 months, and were planted in late April or early May, which required tilled soil. The rows were drawn with a row-puller, the seedlings were planted with a planting stick or a hoe, which had to be watered in place, and then the planted seedlings had to be watered. They were hoeed three or four times until they could be cut. If flower buds appeared on them, they had to be pinched off, this was called budding. After a week, the side shoots could be broken, the slicing, which was necessary so that the other leaves would be larger, healthier, and ripen faster. ; The leaves were broken off one by one when they ripened, not all at once, but only the ripe ones from the bottom up. Then the leaves were taken to the dryer, withered, eared, and then strung together by piercing the thick veins of the leaf with a large needle. The string of tobacco strung together in this way was called a leek. These were then dried in the sun or in a well-ventilated place, in barns. When they were dry, they were knotted, sorted by size and color, smoothed out nicely, and then tied.