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How long must tobacco plants grow without frost before reaching maturity?
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Cultivated tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) requires a frost-free period of 100 to 130 days from the date of transplanting to reach maturity in the field. While this is the standard duration for common tobacco, other varieties such as Aztec tobacco (N. rustica) are known to mature more quickly.1