Cigar Birthing

[kjd2121]

Flower tops are the best -

[ttours]

Great pics and great thread. It has really peaked my interest in trying to grow tobacco. We have a little land out in West Texas and was wondering what the climatic issues for growing were and what time of the year is best to grow the plant.

I would love to try and get something similar started but dont want to send the seeds to their death in the hot Texas soil.

Would appreciate any thoughts

Thanks


TT

[tzaddi]

Originally Posted by ttours

Great pics and great thread. It has really peaked my interest in trying to grow tobacco. We have a little land out in West Texas and was wondering what the climatic issues for growing were and what time of the year is best to grow the plant.

I would love to try and get something similar started but dont want to send the seeds to their death in the hot Texas soil.

Would appreciate any thoughts

Thanks


TT

Heat is not a problem for tobacco. Last year, here in Redding, CA we had several heat waves lasting a week or so at a time with temps in the 115°+ range. While some of the plants in my gardens did not fair so well... no matter how much water they recieved, the tobacco plants thrived given plenty of water. Soil conditions are important, drainage being tops along with proper nutirents. Tobacco loves it's nitrogen. Tobacco is grown around the world under many conditions.

Remember, tobacco is a member of the Solanaceae or nightshade family. This family includes tomato, pepper, eggplant, potato, and a number of other plants. Tobacco belongs to the genus Nicotiana, and almost all commercial tobacco is of the tabacum species. If you have grown any of these with success then perhaps you might want to try some tobacco.

By no means is this information complete but hopefully it will provide enough information for you to decide if growing is something you would like to pursue.

Try a Google Search using "Growing Tobacco". You may be surprised how much information is available, in particular, college and university agricultural departments are very helpful. These sites will also provide information regarding drying and curing, which by the way can be the trickiest part of the process.

Since this is a world forum I would add that it is always wise to check state and local laws for any restrictions regarding growing/number of plants etc.

Hope this brings a bit more light to the subject

—Richard

[tzaddi]

[SIZE="3"]Tobacco Seedling Update[/SIZE]

It has been about 12 days since I last took photos illustrating the tobacco seedling development. With the sunshine and ambient daytime temps picking up the seedlings are starting to take off forming the next set of leaves after the cotyledons.

For those that find this of interest I submit the following.



There is still time to plant, I have just did another planting the other day...and for you people that wanted seeds, I have not recieved any self-addressed stamped envelopes.

—Richard

[kjd2121]

Thanks Richard for the interesting post. Looks like I'll give it a go this summer here in the Phoenix desert.

Keep the photos coming

[68TriShield]

Awsome pics,thanks!

[garilla]

Originally Posted by tzaddi

The colors can vary from yellow to dark green including all shades in between. Most are covered with hairs that secrete a thick and sticky liquid.

Er, we are talking about tobacco, right?

Good thing you had some pictures in that post, I was a bit confused with that description.

Oh, and while I'm over here in left field a bit off topic, what kind of camera did you use? Nice quality pics there! Just got my first 50-200 lens, and am dying to try it out!

- Garilla

[tzaddi]

Originally Posted by garilla

Oh, and while I'm over here in left field a bit off topic, what kind of camera did you use? Nice quality pics there! Just got my first 50-200 lens, and am dying to try it out!

- Garilla

For those shots I was using an older Sony DSC F717. I have been really happy with it's picture quality over the years...that Carl Zeiss lens is good stuff.

Appreciate your interest, photos add so much to the fun of CS, (I think).

[traveldude]

That was very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing!

[gvarsity]

That is really cool. I had never seen tobacco flowers before. More shots as the crop develops would be cool.

[stogie_kanobie_one]

An excellent post, rich with information. Thanks for sharing this. I would imagine over time if you keep with it you will have a decent stash of aged tobacco with which to roll your own. Not even looking for perfect but as long as it is decent I'm sure that knowing you made it with your own hands provides a level of satisfaction in itself.

[Big D]

Thanks for sharing some knowledge

[johnnybot3000]

Very cool !! I feel like the discovery channel just paid us a visit

[WooleyBugger]

Very cool photos! Thanks..

[Tour De Cigar]

thxs for the pic