A method of growing tobacco in a tobacco field during a twelve month period comprises: successively transplanting tobacco seedlings into at least three different regions of the tobacco field at pre-determined intervals during the twelve month period cultivating the tobacco seedlings in each of the at least three different regions of the tobacco field and harvesting a tobacco crop from each of the at least three different regions of the tobacco field. The pre-determined intervals between successively transplanting tobacco seedlings into the at least three different regions of the tobacco field are such that tobacco seedlings are transplanted into a region of the tobacco field during harvesting of a tobacco crop from another region of the tobacco field.
