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I'm not commenting on seed in any regard, but I'm growing Rutgers, that was supposedly developed in 1934.   Characteristics below: Fruit Size: 7 oz Matures: 73 days Plant Size: 4 to 5 feet Vine Type: Determinate An old favorite, Rutgers is proven to be highly productive. The large, red fruits...

Agree on GL Pease, much info to be had there.  Pipes are a wonderful and less labor intensive way to utilize homegrown tobacco as well.  Many of the specific types of tobacco used in the manufacture of pipe tobacco is easily grown and processed at home.  Not the same with cigar tobacco.

I don't know a heck of a lot about this variety, but we'll see what it produces.

CT Broadleaf in the three pots in front of the clay pot.

An unknown ancient  variety of Nicotiana Rustica (as opposed to Nocotiana Tabaccum.  More on this later as it progresses, but here's a wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotiana_rustica

An Oriental variety, often referred to as a condiment tobacco in the pipe blending world.

The second attempt at germination, about 2 weeks or so behind the first round.

A flue cured variety primarily used in pipe blends....we'll see how that works, and most likely experiment with it in a cigar filler  blend.

Vuelta Abajo: A cuban-seed variety primarily used as filler/binder

The set up.

Ha, be prepared to replace what you save in cash with effort, stress, and disappointment......and maybe, just maybe, a huge and satisfying reward, or not.  Good luck.

Go Shockers.

I've had some difficulty germinating a few of the strains, I suspect that the seeds were just old and I somehow selected just the right group for my viability tests.  Tricky bastards. Anyway, I've gotten some fresher replacement seeds for most of them....no luck with the PA broadleaf so I'll...

Second from left = Florida Sumatra (cigar wrapper)  Successfully sprouting, though very slow and reluctant.  Old seed. Third from left = Frog Eye Orinoco (oriental)  Successfully sprouting, though very slow and reluctant.  Old seed     Left most is PA Broadleaf......no joy after 16 days.  Unable...

Portable plastic greenhouse = $10 Menards Old unused aquarium light =    $0 Heating pad from garage sale = $1   Medium setting on heating pad maintains just the right amount of heat to provide condensation and moisture at night.  Light works wonderfully in the day time.  Running on about a 14 hr...