Tobacco?

couple of places you can look:

http://www.howtogrowtobacco.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=34

https://www.rollitup.org/gardening/258546-growing-tobacco-home.html

BarnBuster said:

couple of places you can look:

http://www.howtogrowtobacco.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=34

https://www.rollitup.org/gardening/258546-growing-tobacco-home.html

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Started reading the other thread...then stopped here. A year...really?.

Curing the dried tobacco can be as easy as boxing it up and waiting about a year

If your interested in some of the more exotic speces check out the USDA site

http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/swish/accboth?gg=Nicotiana&query2=TOBACCO&submit=Submit+Text+Query&si=0&query=Nicotiana+TOBACCO

they have by far the largest collection of tobacco seeds anywear , And if you ask right they will even ship you some for free

the site even gives lots of great info about the different sub species growth chairastics and chemical compostions , Their are some sub speies in their with extremly high levels of nictione most of todays tobacco is 2-3%, rustica species are 5-6%, they have some that lists better than 50 % , the highest is 64% !!!!!

Wow can you really grow tobacco .. i must start growing some now

I've just ordered 5 sifferent spp's of Nicotiana, but Rustica and tobaccum aren't listed anymore

I had the notion to grow tobacco a couple years ago, and ordered some seeds.
I never got around to planting them, and they are still in their original envelope.

This is why I like to peek around in these RIU forums.
Perhaps I will actually try to cultivate some of them seeds this year.
Great Thread!

Grow one plant with your grow and any bugs will stick to it and die. Touching the leaves is not good for you?

fridayfishfry said:

Grow one plant with your grow and any bugs will stick to it and die. Touching the leaves is not good for you?

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Sorry wont work, some bugs are immune to it and even eat the leaves (horn worm) , Most other bugs know enouth to stay away

Many of the nicotine related chemicals can and will assorb thru your skin . Many many peolpe have become sick becouse of this . If you smoke I would not worry about touching the leaves of standard varitys , If you dont smoke it's best not to touch at all

I always said if I smoke again I'm gonna grow my own, but on the side, did grow my own as a test ...and was very disappointed with the mild soft taste ....? how to flavor ...?

vostok said:

I always said if I smoke again I'm gonna grow my own, but on the side, did grow my own as a test ...and was very disappointed with the mild soft taste ....? how to flavor ...?

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maybe a knack to curing?

vostok said:

I always said if I smoke again I'm gonna grow my own, but on the side, did grow my own as a test ...and was very disappointed with the mild soft taste ....? how to flavor ...?

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Tobacco is very much like grapes/wine.
The environmental conditions play a critical role in the final quality, then the cure is as critical.
I am an avid cigar smoker, some of the cigars I smoke are cured/fermented for as much as 5-7 years, then aged for another 5 years.
Yes, that is a serious time investment and part of the reason why some of these cigars go for $30 each.
Our run of the mill cheap cigar is made from tobacco that is cured for about 2 years, the curing process includes a fermenting of the leaf that eliminates an ammonia content which is undesirable.

Cigarette tobacco is not typically fermented so the curing process is more of a drying and thus less time consuming.

No matter, the flavor is dependent upon the soil, air, water, and quality of drying in addition to the genetics.

fridayfishfry said:

Grow one plant with your grow and any bugs will stick to it and die. Touching the leaves is not good for you?

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Oh, I wouldn't waste precious space in my stealthy grow room with big tobacco plants.
It is perfectly acceptable to grow them outside.

vostok said:

I always said if I smoke again I'm gonna grow my own, but on the side, did grow my own as a test ...and was very disappointed with the mild soft taste ....? how to flavor ...?

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Just like marijuana, there are different strains of tobacco.
Try a different strain, there is info out there that can steer you in the right direction or taste.

i grow tobacco , though as a cigarette replacement it is GROSS. but a good conneticut shade plant would make GREAT outerleaves on a blunt , and burley or virginia leaf for the inner wrap .... best of luck , a Tobacco leaf will need 9 months or more to taste even slightly decent ... any thing less will taste VERY green, i got tobacoo 2 years curing that is still not ready to enjoy ,,, i can smoke it but i wont enjoy it

LIBERTYCHICKEN said:

Sorry wont work, some bugs are immune to it and even eat the leaves (horn worm) , Most other bugs know enouth to stay away

Many of the nicotine related chemicals can and will assorb thru your skin . Many many peolpe have become sick becouse of this . If you smoke I would not worry about touching the leaves of standard varitys , If you dont smoke it's best not to touch at all

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chicken, It worked for me with thrips. The tobacco leaves were black covered with them. I suppose it worked as well as a sticky trap would have.

where are all of these long cure times done, and how is done? that's if you don`t mind explaining it a little.

I had a friend that lived in NC and his family grew tobacco. They hung it in the rafters of a barn to dry then it gets stacked to cure for months and months. Do a search for cigar tobacco and you will find some videos on it.

what up selfmedictor...i was raised on a tobacco farm, the whole area i grew up in was 90% tobacco farms. i`ve talked to people on all ends of the industry even some honduran and cuban farmers and everyone does things close to the same way. i just never heard of 10 year cures.