Grow Your Own

[duglynukem]

I have this plan to grow, age and roll my own. The grow part is complete and aging is in progress. Now to find a press and learn to roll.

 

[Acclaym]

Ambitious. I applaud this effort. :thumbs:

 

[JHolmes763]

Good luck with this. Keep us updated on the progress. :thumbs:

 

[rbbrock]

That's pretty cool! I guess I assumed we wouldn't be able to get tobacco to grow very well with our climate.

 

[MoeCizlak]

Very cool, keep us posted on how it's coming along. Rob, for a mere $20K you could purchase an acre of land near you and experiment.

 

[Rod]

I once grew a large amount of tobacco of different varieties (about 25 plants). Beautiful plant, however I never got into rolling. I look forward to seeing your results! Good luck.

 

[broblues]

I would like to try it too. Where do you find the seeds for your garden?

 

[Shooter]

Seedman.com

I grew a bunch a few years back.. that's the easy part, curing it ... I didn't make it that far.

 

[duglynukem]

I would like to try it too. Where do you find the seeds for your garden?

Lots of retailers online, but these came to me as young seedlings from a friend of my daughter that has a tobacco farm.

 

[Puros Locos]

Way cool! I'm sure most of us have thought about doing this at one point or another. I know I have. I look forward to seeing your progress. If you're looking for presses, there is a guy on fleebay that makes them. They appear to be fairly decent quality; atleast from what I can tell.

 

[ashauler]

I would like to try it too. Where do you find the seeds for your garden?

Lots of retailers online, but these came to me as young seedlings from a friend of my daughter that has a tobacco farm.

What variety is that?

 

[Satchmo]

I imagine after you go through the process of growing and rolling your own, $10 for a cigar seems like a good deal!

 

[Fishin345]

Thats a pretty looking plant. Please keep us updated, I have always been interested in growing my own.

 

[broblues]

I would like to try it too. Where do you find the seeds for your garden?

Lots of retailers online, but these came to me as young seedlings from a friend of my daughter that has a tobacco farm.

What variety is that?

I'm with you. What seed are you using?

 

[bfreebern]

I had about 10 plants, a couple years back, but the I couldn't control the damn hookworms at all.

Nicely done! Did you save the flower/seed pods, to plant next year?

 

[Shooter]

Naaaaaa.. they do have nice flowers though

 

[duglynukem]

I would like to try it too. Where do you find the seeds for your garden?

Lots of retailers online, but these came to me as young seedlings from a friend of my daughter that has a tobacco farm.

What variety is that?

I'm with you. What seed are you using?

I was told it was "Dark Virginia". The plant is hardy and a fast grower. A good plant for the beginner.

 

[duglynukem]

I had about 10 plants, a couple years back, but the I couldn't control the damn hookworms at all.

Nicely done! Did you save the flower/seed pods, to plant next year?

Depending on how well I do with this small crop, and how good the tobacco smokes, I would probably plants sets again next year. If its not good, I will look into different varieties.

 

[ashauler]

I would like to try it too. Where do you find the seeds for your garden?

Lots of retailers online, but these came to me as young seedlings from a friend of my daughter that has a tobacco farm.

What variety is that?

I'm with you. What seed are you using?

I was told it was "Dark Virginia". The plant is hardy and a fast grower. A good plant for the beginner.

The growing and harvesting are the easy parts, now the adventure starts. How have you been doing the color curing?

 

[duglynukem]

This curing is the hard part when growing tobacco in a cold climate. The tobacco is hanging in a heated shed and since it is cold and dry here now, it gets misted every other day to keep the leaves slightly moist. This has been a challenge. The leaves are starting to yellow but it is taking much longer than I expected.