That's when my parents and my siblings came to US as immigrants and became sharecroppers on a tobacco farm in Maryland.

I didn't participate in the planting of the seeds, but I was involved in picking out the small tobacco plants out of a small field where the seeds were densely planted. The small plants (around 6" tall) were re-planted in rows on large fields around 4 feet apart. When the plants begin flowering, you want to "top" them. That's cutting off the bud that has the flowers. You don't want the plant to waste resources on making seeds and grow the leaves instead. Also when sucker leaves develop you need to tear them off for the same reason. You also need to use proper pesticides to make sure those leaves are not damaged. And, you need to get rid of weeds without damaging the tobacco plant roots.

I'm sure you can find proper instructions for growing tobacco.

It's a lot of work! We did it two seasons before moving to NY City.