My attempt to grow tobacco

[Stinkdyr]

I live in Boston too. I would love to try a cigar rolled from your leaves once ready. Keep me posted!

[inanevoyage]

I'm feeling the Boston love. All those in favor of a herf say I! OP is hosting lol

[Cypress]

I really hate to burst your bubble but for that amount of seeds that you dropped in your pot it will not be successful. Tobacco plants grow big. I mean over 5 feet tall. My wife is 5'-4" and we were in the Dominican Republic.



For those who have not seen any seeds this is what the size are.

[NineTenSooted]

Wow...very nice.

[GJProductions]

Originally Posted by Cypress

I really hate to burst your bubble but for that amount of seeds that you dropped in your pot it will not be successful. Tobacco plants grow big. I mean over 5 feet tall.

haha yes I know but I am also growing them in a New England winter and therefore I doubt my plant will grow over 3 feet.

I also intend on taking out most of the sprouts that are in my pot. I did not know how many would sprout and I only intend on having one plant. I was thinking that I can give away my sprouts to anyone in the Boston area. If anyone wants some of my sprouts to experience with on their own send me a pm. I only need one plant so I want the other sprouts to go to a good home and not the trash.



These are the sprouts up to this point. I can't wait to get a nice plant going!

One question I have, do the tobacco plants give off an odor?

[GJProductions]

Update: The sprouts have not grown much like I expected. I have been watering them daily and they are staying between 60-70 degrees. I think the main problem is that they have not been getting enough sunlight, unfortunately I can't do much about that. I still have a bunch of sprouts if anyone wants to pick some up. I really need to get rid of them soon because I need to pick one sprout to concentrate on and there are far too many in the pot.
SAVE A TOBACCO PLANT, haha


I can't wait to see it grow larger.


I gave Stinkdyr some sprouts, How are they doing Nat?

[Stinkdyr]

Hi Glen,

Thanks again! They are growing well. Leaves look about as big as yours in this pic. Mine is right beneath a skylight, so it gets plenty of sun.....when the sun happens to shine...November in Boston is not exactly Vuelta Abajo!

[jeff_connors]

I grew tobacco this season and am now waiting for my harvest to dry. I had really good luck this year and allowed 3 of my plants to seed. It winter here now so I decided to test grow the seed I harvested. The germination rate was crazy. Alomst 90%!!!!! All I did was plant in African violet mix ,keep at 70degrees and keep them lit under a daylight cfl bulb for 14hours a day.

Some tip for growing your transplants

1. Don't water every day ,tobacco is a heavy feeder but when starting the seedling it is beatifical to water 5 or 6 out of the 7days. If you let the surface soil dry out a bit the seedling will be forced to grow deeper roots to search for water,thus you get a good root system going. Water from underneath the plant pot to encourage good root growth, spray the seedlings every now and avian with a small mist of water to keep the leaves strong.

2. When your seedlings get a little bigger if possible set up a fan to blow a slight breez agaisnt the seedlings, move the position of the fan every day. This will strethen the stems of your seedlings so the wind does not beat the hell out of them when you transplant them,.

3. If your going to smoke the tobacco watch how you fertilize too much nitrogen will make your tobacco ub smokeable

[ongreystreet]

I am making an attempt this year. I am still doing some work as to when I will start the process. I am in a condo with a small porch, so we'll see how it goes. Not so worried about the planting and growing process, as everything I've read says it's not the most difficult plant to grow, but I am very concerned about the curing process. I will simply air cure in some sort of small structure I build on my porch. The seeds I bought are for Virginia leaf, for pipe smoking.