Hello from Michigan

[Michibacy]

Hi all just wanted to say thanks for having me, been smoking a pipe for about 10 years and growing tobacco at home for 11 years. I’ve Been making new blends as of late using Virginia Cavendish with white burley, Madagascar vanilla and almond extract.

hope to be a good part of the forums and wanted to say thanks for all the good material, I’ve been lurking for a few years and finally decided to join, cheers

Michibacy
(Jeremy)

 

[dcon]

Welcome from NE FL.

 

[Elric]

Welcome from northern MI and central FL! Happy puffing!

 

[mikefu]

Welcome from Colorado!

 

[trubka2]

Welcome from Wisconsin, rightful owner of the UP.

 

[Michibacy]

Welcome from Wisconsin, rightful owner of the UP.

You can take Detroit Flint and Toledo, we’re keeping the up!

 

[scloyd]

Welcome from Illinois.

 

[derhammer]

welcome aboard!

 

[Bowie]

Welcome from MN and another new guy.

 

[spartacus]

Welcome from Arizona!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

 

[alaskanpiper]

Welcome from Knik River, Alaska!

 

[agnosticpipe]

Welcome! I was born in MI, but now live in the sticks in MS.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Welcome from Finland,

 

[peregrinus]

... growing tobacco at home for 11 years.

Hello and welcome from Seattle.
Really, growing (and curing?) your own leaf, that is interesting. Admittedly, I know little about tobacco growing, but I didn’t realize it was possible this far north.

 

[Michibacy]

Hello and welcome from Seattle.
Really, growing (and curing?) your own leaf, that is interesting. Admittedly, I know little about tobacco growing, but I didn’t realize it was possible this far north.

It can be grown as north as Ontario (to some surprise Ontario actually produces quite a lot of tobacco. C&D actually procures some from there for some of their blends).

The biggest hurdle is starting and curing. In Michigan we can get frost ~ September 21st - May 21st so a good indoor grow station and/or insulated green house is in order. As for curing - harvesting early, or a flu cured system is the way to go. For the majority of my blends, I mainly air cure in our small barn which stays 20 degrees warmer (dark red barn with steel roof) or flu cure in metal trash cans (clean and new) out in direct sunlight (or occasionally with heat lamps on the exterior).

If you can grow tomatos, you can grow tobacco is what I tell everyone. It's just the post procession that's a humdinger.

 

[python]

Welcome to the site!

 

[Michibacy]

Welcome to the site!

Thank you!

 

[Spa32]

Welcome from WI.

 

[mso489]

Hey, from the Old North State ... though I hail originally from the Chicago 'burbs.