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The tobacco grown in Jamestown was neither liked by the settlers or consumers back in Europe. John Rolfe solved this problem by successfully cross pollinating the Jamestown Tobacco with a strain from Trinidad in the West Indies, and producing a superior blend. .

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What was the problem with growing cash crops?

a huge, cheap, work force was needed to grow it.NovaNETThere is no problem with growing cash crops that I am aware of. Hay is a cash crop I grow.


Who grew cash crops in Jamestown?

The English founded Jamestown. The English settlers grew the cash crops in Jamestown.


The problem growing cash crops such as tobacco was that?

A problem with cash crops is that they are labor-intensive and not economical without have enough labor to attend to them. When there are many workers to plant and harvest cash crops, then there is more profit.


The problem with growing cash crops was?

The problem with growing cash crops is that it utilizes all available land for one single crop. This cuts down the amount of land that is needed for food crops. In addition, raising one cash crop only can cause the soil to degrade as a result.


The problem with growing cash crops was that?

a huge, cheap, work force was needed to grow it


What 1800s practices of southern farmers overworked the land?

growing cash crops such as cotton and tobacco -apex ;)


The problem with growing cash crops such as tobacco was that?

A huge, cheap, work force was needed to grow it. (NovaNET) (:


What 1880s practice of southern farmers overworked the land?

Growing cash crops like tobacco and cotton overworked the land.


What did Many early Jamestown settlers aimed to rich?

Cash crops. Many different things helped but mostly cash crops such as tobacco.


How did growing of cash crops affect the societies of Virginia and Maryland?

The growing of cash crops affected the societies in the states of Virginia and Maryland because it caused them to invade the Native Americans to take their land. Growing certain cash crops was hard on the soil and they needed more land.


What 1880s practice southern farmers overworked the land?

Growing cash crops like tobacco and cotton overworked the land.


What made growing cash crops profitable for the South?

The practice of slavery made the growing of cash crops profitable in the South. It was decades after slavery that mechanization made it extremely profitable again.