How to Grow Tobacco

I have a Havana and Virginia plant next to each other in pots with about 1 foot in between them. Since they grew faster and bigger than my other plants, I decided to not top the suckers so I could harvest the seeds hoping they have good genetics. I was wondering though, since the plants leaves are 1 foot apart could the seeds I am harvesting been polinated by the other plant and be producing a clone of the havana and virginia?

Hi --

A clone is identical in genetics to another plant. Like a cutting off one plant is a clone.

The word you are looking for is hybrid. And the answer is that yes, pollinators including bees, moths, and etc. will cross-pollinate the two plants and you will not get a self-pollinated set of seeds from them. Some will be self-pollinated, but who knows?

What you are supposed to do is bag the flowers to avoid cross-pollinization. It likely isn't too late to do that. Simple pluck off all opened flowers including the base of the flower and any pods that have started forming, then cover with a bag of very sheer cloth that allows air to pass. Tie that bag over the flowers and any more that form will be self-pollinated.

Bob