You know the old saying, "give a man a fish, etc."? For my birthday my wife bought me some tobacco seeds (Virginia Bright Leaf and Burley 21) and this manual. I definitely married the right girl! Now I just need to hone my gardening skills....
Awesome Birthday Present From My Wife
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Cool project. Keep us informed on how it goes.
Cool unique birthday gift. Good luck and Happy birthday man
️Happy birthday! Cool project, I am not the best at keeping plants alive so I’m not so sure how this would go for me.
I have read often here of Cosmic’s efforts to grow his own pipe tobacco. He seems to have had excellent success in that regard. You may want to keep him in mind if you wish to seek any advice.
Nice!! I'm going to retire next year and may be looking at that and home brewing to keep me busy...
Do you have to tax the crap out of yourself and put up ugly smoking kills signs all over your yard? ?
Happy birthday. That's a great gift and sounds like fun. I'd try it myself but the only plant I have managed to keep alive is a cactus.
I used that same book last year for my fist ever gardening project - 24 tobacco plants (4 varieties).
It's really good on basic organic gardening info and tobacco - specific growing info like pests and fertilizer. Not so much on curing after the harvest.
Good luck!
It's really good on basic organic gardening info and tobacco - specific growing info like pests and fertilizer. Not so much on curing after the harvest.
Good luck!
So.... how did your leaf turn out? It would be interesting to hear how you liked what you grew. 24 plants sounds like you may have gotten a huge amount for your efforts!
Yes sir, you married really well, sitting bear!
My now wife gifted me a pipe and some tobacco for Christmas while we were dating. I knew as soon as I opened the package that I'd marry that gal. The tobacco was terrible and the pipe smoked hotter than hell, but the fact that she gifted those two items to me was all I needed to pop the question.
My now wife gifted me a pipe and some tobacco for Christmas while we were dating. I knew as soon as I opened the package that I'd marry that gal. The tobacco was terrible and the pipe smoked hotter than hell, but the fact that she gifted those two items to me was all I needed to pop the question.
What a great gift (and great wife!) It's a rarity when you are able to find that special present your spouse has been been yearning for!
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I got about 10 lbs of tobacco. About half of which I've since lost to mold because I didn't dry it down enough for storage. Even still, it's more than I smoke in a year.
If you want to be good at growing tobacco, I would suggest you order some commercially grown leaves from whole leaf tobacco of the variety you've grown towards the end of your season, so you have something to compare thickness, size, and texture to. If you want to be great at growing tobacco, take the air and/or flue cured grading class through the USDA.