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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 88314, member: 27"] Leftover tobacco stalks are basically pest hotels if farmers do not rip them out properly after harvest, according to TIMB. TIMB wants stalks fully uprooted [LIST] [*]The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board issued the advisory recently. [*]Growers need to destroy stalks right after reaping. [*]Uprooting the entire plant, roots and all, is the recommended method. [*]Simply cutting or slashing stalks is not enough. [/LIST] Regrowth creates bigger problems [LIST] [*]Leftover stumps will sprout new shoots if roots remain. [*]That regrowth becomes a breeding ground for pests and diseases. [*]Soil nutrients get drained by unwanted shoot growth. [*]Carryover contamination threatens the next production season entirely. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]