BOOK TA80: Growing and Processing Tobacco at Home
A Guide for Gardeners
By Jim Johnson
210 Pages, Paperback, Plastic Coil Binding
Black and White Photos and Line Drawings
ISBN #0-9722794-0-7
With prices and health concerns regarding commercial types of tobacco products skyrocketing, a new generation is discovering that growing and processing their own tax free tobacco, free of dangerous chemical additives, is a very simple and straightforward process!
Tobacco is a very easy plant to grow and requires only 65-70 frost free nights to mature once transplanted outside. It is grown in every state, even Alaska. It is legal to grow and process your own tobacco at home.
Anyone with a small garden plot can grow tobacco and processing the tobacco is a simple straightforward process that the average gardener will have no problem with. Even after buying papers, filters and flavoring, you can make your own cigarettes that are superior to any commercial brand for about $5.00 a carton!
The book Growing and Processing Tobacco at Home was written with the gardener in mind. It contains all of the information included in our earlier guides, The SBE Home Tobacco Kit and Tobacco: Easier Than you Thought by Alan Daly , plus over a 100 pages of new information.
It covers all aspects of raising and processing tobacco at home. It details how to plant the seeds, care for the plants, identify and cure tobacco pests and diseases, how to harvest the plants, how to air cure, complete instructions and drawings on building your own kiln, how to flavor your tobacco, how to make cigars, cigarettes, chewing tobacco and snuff along with loads of other useful information.
This is a one-of-a-kind book that anyone interested in growing their own tobacco should read.
TA85: The New Home Tobacco Kit
This new Tobacco Home Starter Kit offers the above book Growing and Processing Tobacco at Home , plus one pack of TA250 Jim’s Premium Tobacco Seed Blend ( over 1,000 seeds ). This is a $49.90 retail value, yours for only $39.95 when purchased as a kit.
New! TA250 Jim’s Personal Mild Cigarette Blend for First Time Growers
With all the recent interest in growing tobacco at home due to the latest tax increases, we have noticed a lot of folks buying a lot of different types of tobacco seeds because they simply weren’t sure what they needed to grow a tobacco similar to the commercial brands in the stores.
We really hate to see our customers buy more than they need, or something they probably do not need. If you are an experienced grower and want to sample the various tobacco types and create you own blends, certainly buying individual varieties of seed and trying them out in different recipes is the way to go.
But, if you are a first time grower, and all you want to do is grow a blend of tobacco that will produce the best possible mild smoking cigarette, then Jim Johnson has created a special blend of burleys, bright leaf virginia, orinoco and red leafs that he feels will get you as close as possible and at an economical price. This blend includes our best selling cigarette varieties, in a percentage based blend that Jim has been tinkering on since 1996,
and now believes it is as close as it can get to satisfying the needs of most cigarette smokers.
This premium pack of seeds should germinate out over 500 transplantable plants ( after figuring 80% germination rate and estimating losing about 20% during transplanting and even taking in a 10% mortality rate for first time growers ).
If you figure 2 ounces of yield per tobacco plant ( normally you would figure 3-4 ounces, but you should always allow a margin of error when dealing with a crop harvest ), then you would wind up with about 1,000 ounces of cured tobacco. This equates to about 62.5 pounds of tobacco, a pound of true tobacco will make about 2 cartons of cigarettes, so you hope to get about 125 cartons from a crop harvest from this pack of seeds.
Now that sounds like a lot, but remember that the longer tobacco ages, the better it becomes, at some point you would like to get to the point where you are smoking tobacco that has aged naturally rather than being kiln cured. So it would be good if you could raise enough to put away some for next year.
We suggest first time growers buy this blend, then add on other varieties as they become more seasoned growers. We think it is a waste of money to buy more than you need, or can grow. Don’t need 500 plants? Don’t worry, these are fresh seeds from last season’s harvest, you can store unused seeds in a dry cool place such as a linen drawer and they will keep quite well for the following year.
We are not trying to discourage our customers from buying lots of seeds ( can’t stay in business long doing that ), but we do want to make things as simple and easy as possible for first time growers. And besides knowing that you are producing a far healthier smoke than what you are currently buying in the stores, isn’t saving money the main reason you are growing tobacco to start with?
Probably no other plant is used as much for so little to be known about it as is the noble tobacco plant. While everyone is familiar with the smoking and chewing products derived from this plant, few people realize its many other uses. It has medicinal values, makes an extremely valuable ornamental plant and flower garden specimen and is used to make one of nature's finest biodegradable, all natural pesticides.
We offer the following selections of Nicotiana:
Chewing Tobacco Selections
We highly recommend the following selections for chewing tobacco. Each variety produces a dark, thin leafed tobacco with excellent flavor. Each has it's own unique flavor.TA62 Yellow Orinoco
These seeds are descendants from the heirloom Virginia Orinoco plants grown back as far as the 1700's. Considered to be one of the sweetest varieties available, this is and excellent plug variety, and is often used in pipe mixtures as well.
TA110 Greenwood Dark
Medium, smooth leaf, cures to a dark brown with fine chewing tobacco flavor. High yields.
TA111 Little Crittenden
An old Kentucky heirloom for making old fashioned chewing tobacco. Good yield and cures well.
TA112 Narrow Leaf Madole
An old Kentucky favorite used by many growers for it's thin, dark leaves. Also a good cigar wrapper as well as chewing tobacco. Good yield and cures well.
TA39 Havana 501
A large leaf type Havana well suited for chewing. Grows better than other varieties in poor soil. A large plant reaching 6-7 ft. with leaves spaced far apart. Seed Stock grown in Wisconsin.
Tobacco selections for making cigarettes
TA14 Common Smoking Tobacco ( Tabacum Burley )
This is a standard Burley that is grown in several states. It produces a very good tobacco for cigarettes. Grows to 6 ft. with pink/red/white tinged flowers depending on soil makeup. One of the most widely grown cultivated tobaccos. Has limited disease
resistance.
TA16 Standard Burley Tobacco ( Tabacum burley var. compact )
A fine commercial strain that is used for its hardiness and smooth flavor. A must for cigarette making. This plant grows fast and is a high yield producer. I recommend leaving up to 14 leaves on this plant when pruning.
TA64 Silkleaf
An old heirloom type that is not hardly found anymore, thanks to New Hope Tobacco for keeping this one available. A good producer of cigarette leaf, plants grow about 6 feet tall, and also does very well in tubs for growers with small amounts of space.
TA202 Virginia Gold
A very light gold leaf when curing, it makes an excellent smoking tobacco. Grows to 5 ft. tall with a heavy yield.
TA101 Golden Seal Special Burley
An up right variety with more leaves than most varieties. Is taller than most varieties on the market. Cures a golden color. Good cigarette selection, one of the heaviest producers.
TA102 Lizard Tail Orinoco
This is one of the burley cigarette varieties that has long been grown
in Virginia. The leaves are closely spaced on the stalk and are of
medium size. Leaf body is heavy. Good cigarette blending tobacco.
TA103 Goose Creek Red
This is a one sucker burley variety that cures up a wonderful red color. A good smoking tobacco that works well for blending cigars and cigarettes.
TA104 Walker's Broadleaf
This is an older variety that was originated in Virginia. The
leaves are closely spaced on the stalk and are wider than most varieties. Provides a large bounty of tobacco in a small space. Good cigarette tobacco.
TA107 Brown Leaf
This variety originated in Kentucky. It has relatively large leaves of medium body that cures out a deep, rich brown color. A heirloom cigarette tobacco.
TA108 Lizard Tail Turtlefoot
A dark tobacco of good quality. This cross produces more weight than most varieties being grown at present. It has a little larger leaf than Orinoco. Good blender for cigarettes and cigars.
TA109 Shirey
This is a variety used by many growers to produce a good yield of high
quality dark tobacco. A favorite cigarette tobacco for home growers.
TA30 Tennessee Burley #TN90
This is a standard Tennessee Burley that produces good yield, high quality tobacco that is favored for cigarettes. This plant has multiple disease resistance. A vigorous plant that is easy to grow.
Cigar Tobaccos ( wrappers, binders, fillers )
TA58 Connecticut Shade Leaf
We have obtained seeds from one of the oldest tobacco growers in the Connecticut Valley, which is a major source of some of the world's finest wrapper leaves. This golden colored wrapper tobacco is highly regarded and praised by many cigar makers and connoisseurs. Connecticut Shade originated from a strain of Cuban seed, is shade-grown under huge tents of gauze cloth ( or greenhouse shade netting ) to protect the delicate leaf. It is thin, deeply veined and used to wrap around famous brands cigars such as Macanudo, Davidoff, Montecristo, Ashton and Fonseca, among many others.
TA60 Pennsylvania Red Leaf
This is a premium cigar filler type tobacco having beautiful dark colored, long leaves. Works for filler, binder, and if cured properly can be used as a wrapper. Has a rich, deep flavor that blends well with any tobacco, especially the Havana types we offer.
TA65 Zimmerman Spanish
An old heirloom variety predating the 1880's. A somewhat squat plant growing about 4 feet tall, it stands up in the garden well without staking, and also does very well in tubs for growers with small amounts of space.
This is a good cigar variety as it can be used for filler, binder and wrapper. According to my cigar rolling friend Jose, it makes a great binder leaf as the leaves hold up well for this.
TA66 Little Dutch
An old heirloom variety predating the 1880's rumored to have come from Germany. A somewhat squat plant like the Zimmerman Spanish, growing about 4 feet tall, it stands up in the garden well without staking, and also does very well in tubs for growers with small amounts of space, probably one of the best we have tried at growing in pots.
I consider this the best tobacco for cigar wrapper leaf, or at least tied with Small Stalk Black Mammoth. The long, narrow, thick leaves are perfect for wrapping, and color well as they age.
TA61 Havana Long Red Leaf
This is a wonderful dark leafed tobacco for cigars, making a good filler, binder that imparts a deep, rich flavors to cigars. Leaves are dark, long and narrow, and offer a good high yield harvest.
TA32 Havana #142
An excellent Havana tobacco that produces a quick harvest in about 65 days. This is a good tobacco for both chewing and cigars. This is an especially good tobacco for the North and is easily raised as far North as Wisconsin. A good filler and binder for cigars, good cigarette tobacco too.
TA34 Havana #608
Said to be the best Havana for home use. Produces a quick crop in about 65 days, and is good for cigars or chewing. This plant gives a high yield and is also recommended for growing in the North. First time growers should definitely try this one!
TA03 Monte Calme Yellow
A favorite European variety that features wide, thin leaves that preferred for cigar wrappers. Grows to about 6 ft. tall, producing a large crop. Mild flavor, can also be used for cigarette blends.
TA28 Small Stalk Black Mammoth
This is a deep dark tobacco that gives good weight and supports itself very well. This is a tobacco prized by specialty growers because it provides a great wrapper tobacco or a premium snuff tobacco when ripe. A good tobacco for beginners learning to roll their own cigars or for first time snuff makers.
TA24 Madole
A fine commercial variety that is fast growing and hardy. I recommend growing this one if you smoke cigars.
Tobacco selections for making pipe tobacco.
TA116 Tennessee Red Leaf
A fast growing, high yielding tobacco with large leaves that cure to a red color, excellent cigarette and pipe blend.
TA05 Orinoco
A tall tobacco with thick textured, crinkly leaves that produces a rich brown pipe tobacco that is a favorite of pipe smokers worldwide. Also makes a good blending tobacco for cigars and cigarettes.
TA41 Havana 503B
One of the most popular cigar varieties for home growers. An excellent pipe tobacco, it also makes a good chewing tobacco. Will grow 6-7 ft. tall. Cured leaves have a reddish to light brown color. Cured leaves have a silky texture like long rye that makes a good covering for cigars. Has a pleasant, mild aroma and taste much preferred for cigars.
TA63 Wisconsin Seedleaf
A lot of growers use this for a cigar binder, which it is excellent for, but several of my pipe smoking growers tell me that a blend of Wisconsin Seedleaf and Havana 503 makes for a smooth, delightful pipe tobacco that is easily flavored with food flavorings. Plant grows about 5 feet tall with broad leaves.
Ornamental varieties that can be grown as flower garden plant or used as filler/bending for cigars and cigarettes.
TA204 Midewivan Sacred
A native form of N. rustica that is used by Native American Indians in ceremonies and for smoking purposes. A rather strong tobacco compared to commercial types. A fast grower and decorative plant.
TA06 Tree Tobacco ( Glauca )
A graceful tree that grows to 20 ft. with bright trumpet-shaped yellow flowers and striking glaucous-blue foliage. From Argentina. It makes a wonderful tub plant. Can be grown outdoors in warm climates and makes a striking garden specimen. It is highly valued for its chewing, smoking and medicinal uses. It is said to have only trace
nicotine. Hardy to 15 degrees. It will flower when very young.
Oriental Varieties
TA55 Black Sea Samsun Turkish
This Turkish tobacco is among the best money can buy. Originating in the Samsun region of Turkey, along the Black Sea, this tobacco is renowned for its unique rich flavor. This plant has smaller leaves than other strains, but a very distinctive aroma.
An excellent Turkish blend or unique by itself.
TA07 Hungarian "Szamosi" Dark Tobacco
A very popular Hungarian tobacco with full rich flavor. The lower 5-6 leaves are used for cigars or pipe tobacco and the upper leaves are used for medium flavored cigarettes or for pipe tobacco. The huge leaves can be up to 24-30" long and 16" wide. A heavy producer.
TA18 Iranian Tobacco
A nice strain of tobacco from the Middle East that is different than others. It is said to make a good filler and pipe tobacco. Grows 4-6 ft. with foot long dark leaves.
Tobaccos with high nicotine content for making pesticides and tobacco dust.
TA04 Mountain Tobacco ( Nicotinia var. )
A graceful and ornamental species, small plants grow only 2-3 tall with yellow or green flowers. Has a very high nicotine content. A very popular tobacco with the Navajo Indians. It is an all purpose plant. I recommend using it as an ornamental, filler and pesticide base and for making tobacco dust for the garden
TA10 Indian Tobacco ( Rustica )
A half hardy annual that grows to about 3 ft. and is cultivated worldwide for smoking and nicotine production. Has many green to yellow flowers that remain open during the day. It is so potent that it has been used as an arrow poison in Mexico. Can be raised as far north as Maine.
Commercial Hybrid Cigarette Tobaccos
TA42 Kentucky 8959 ( Hybrid )
Developed by the University of Kentucky and released in 1993. A commercial brand of burley tobacco grown by tobacco farmers for the cigarette and chewing tobacco industry. Has it's own unique flavor and traits. It is a high yielding variety with wide leaves. Resistant to tobacco etch virus and tobacco vein mottling.
Tobacco seeds from collectors, growers and test trials
These are in very short supply and we often only have a few packs on hand, it is our hope that you will try some of the varieties listed below and will help continue the seed line for future generations.Each pack of seed contains 25 or more seeds. All seeds have been tested to germinate at 80% or better in our most recent trials
We would love to receive your feedback on any of these varieties you grow this year, along with photos if you can provide them.
5TA100 0-40
Type: Wrapper
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA102 AST
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA103 Bafra
Type: Oriental
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA104 Baiano
Type: Hungarian
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA105 Balikesir
Type: Oriental
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA106 Bamboo Shoot
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA107 Baur
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA108 Bitlis
Type: Hungarian
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA109 Brown Leaf
Type: Dark Fire
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA110 Brown Leaf JH
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA111 Burley 21
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA112 C176
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA113 C319
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA114 C918
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA115 Catterton
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA116 CCC-L
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA117 Celikhan
Type: Oriental
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA118 Chilean
Type: Oriental
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA119 Coker 282
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA120 Coker 48
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA121 Colon
Type: Hungarian
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA122 Comstock Spanish
Type: Binder
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA123 Connecticut Broadleaf
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA124 Costa Rica TI 698
Type: Rustica
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA125 CT 15
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA126 CT 49
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA127 CT 49 (Barwell)
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA128 CT C-2
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA129 CT Shade
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA130 CU 165
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA131 Cuba TI 1454
Type: Rustica
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA132 Dean
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA133 DF485
Type: Dark Fire
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA134 DF911
Type: Dark Fire
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA135 Dixie Bright 27
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA136 Dixie Shade
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA137 DT508
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA138 DT518
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA139 DT538
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA140 DT592
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA141 Dutch
Type: Cigar Filler
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA142 Erzegovina Lecce MI 411
Type: Hungarian
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA143 Eschly #1
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA144 Florida 17
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA145 Florida 2612
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA146 Florida Sumatra
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA147 Foreheimer Gundertheimes III
Type: Cigar Filler
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA148 G28
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA149 G70
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA150 GC-2
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA151 GEN 911
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA152 GL737
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA153 GL939
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA154 GL973
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA155 Golden Burley
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA156 Green Brior
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA157 Greenwood
Type: Dark Fire
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA158 H20
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA159 Harrow Velvet
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA160 Haskowo
Type: Hungarian
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA161 Hastings
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA162 Havana 142
Type: Binder
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA163 Havana 211
Type: Binder
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA164 Havana 263
Type: Binder
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA165 Havana 322
Type: Binder
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA166 Havana K-1
Type: Binder
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA167 HB Old Narrowleaf
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA168 IG KY 171
Type: One Sucker
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA169 Improved Brior
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA170 Improved Madole
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA171 Improved Narrow Leaf
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA172 Isleta Pueblo
Type: Rustica
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA173 Izmir-Ozbas
Type: Oriental
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA174 JM01 Cigar Wrapper (Dom Rep)
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA175 John Williams Conn BDL
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA176 K149
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA177 K326
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA178 Keller
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA179 Kelly Brownleaf
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA180 Kelly Burley
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA181 KT-D4
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA182 KT-D8
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA183 Kumanovo
Type: Hungarian
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA184 Kupchonos Conn BDL
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA185 KY 153
Type: One Sucker
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA186 KY 157
Type: One Sucker
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA187 KY 160
Type: One Sucker
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA188 KY 165
Type: One Sucker
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA189 KY10
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA190 KY14
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA191 KY15
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA192 KY151
Type: Dark Fire
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA193 KY17
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA194 KY171
Type: Dark Fire & Air
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA195 KY190
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA196 KY8959
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA197 KY907
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA198 KY908
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA199 Lancaster Seed Leaf
Type: Cigar Filler
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA200 Little Crittenden
Type: Dark Fire & Air
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA201 Little Sweet Orinoco
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA202 Littlewood
Type: Dark Fire
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA203 Lizard Tail Orinoco
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA204 Lizard Tail x Turtlefoot
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA205 LN KY 160
Type: One Sucker
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA206 LN KY 171
Type: One Sucker
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA207 Long Red
Type: Cigar Filler
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA208 M&N
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA209 M-1
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA210 M-2
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA211 Mack
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA212 Madole
Type: Dark Fire
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA213 Magnolia
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA214 Maryland 10
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA215 Maryland 14 D2
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA216 Maryland 21
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA217 Maryland 40
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA218 Maryland 59
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA219 Maryland 609
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA220 Mass CK-1
Type: Binder
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA221 McNair 135
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA222 McNair 944
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA223 Metacomet
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA224 Moonlight
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA225 MS21x10
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA226 Mt Pima
Type: Rustica
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA227 N126
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA228 N7371
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA229 N777
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA230 N88
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA231 Narrow Leaf Madole
Type: Dark Fire & Air
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA232 NBH98
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA233 NC2002
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA234 NC2326
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA235 NC79
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA236 NC82
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA237 NC95
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA238 One Sucker
Type: One Sucker
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA239 OS400
Type: One Sucker
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA240 Oxford 207
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA241 Oxford 403
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA242 Oxford 940
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA243 PA 60-19
Type: Cigar Filler
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA244 PA Broadleaf
Type: Cigar Filler
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA245 Papante
Type: Rustica
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA246 Pennbel 69
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA247 Pennlan
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA248 Pennsylvania Red
Type: Cigar Filler
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA249 Perique
Type: Oriental
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA250 Poquonock
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA251 Punche
Type: Rustica
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA252 Reams 158
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA253 Robertson
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA254 Sacred Cornplanter
Type: Rustica
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA255 Samsun
Type: Oriental
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA256 Scantic
Type: Wrapper
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA257 Sears Special
Type: Dark Fire
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA258 Sherazi
Type: Oriental
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA259 Shirey
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA260 SI KY 160
Type: One Sucker
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA261 SI KY 171
Type: One Sucker
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA262 Simox
Type: Hungarian
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA263 Small Stalk Black Mammoth
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA264 Smyrna No 23
Type: Oriental
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA265 Southern Tepehuan Makuchi
Type: Rustica
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA266 SP172
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA267 Swarr
Type: Cigar Filler
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA268 Szamosi
Type: Hungarian
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA269 Tarahumara El Cuervo
Type: Rustica
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA270 Tekne
Type: Hungarian
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA271 Thompson
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA272 TN86
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA273 TN90
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA274 TND 950
Type: Dark Fire
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA275 TND94
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA276 TR Madole
Type: Dark Fire
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA277 VA 116
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA278 VA309
Type: Dark Fire & Air
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA279 VA310
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA280 VA312
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA281 VA355
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA282 VA359
Type: Dark Fire & Air
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA283 VA407
Type: Dark Sun
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA284 VA409
Type: Dark Sun
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA285 VA509
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA286 VA510
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA287 Vesta 64
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA288 VH Madole
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA289 Virginia 310
Type: Dark Fire
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA290 Virginia Bright Leaf
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA291 Walkers Broadleaf
Type: Dark
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA292 Warner
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA293 Welk's Pride
Type: Maryland
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA294 Wisconsin Seedleaf
Type: Binder
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA295 Woods
Type: Dark Fire
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA296 Yellow Pryor
Type: Flure Cured
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds 5TA297 Yellow Twist Bud
Type: Burley
$3.95 per pack of 25 or more seeds
PLANTING AND RAISING
Raising tobacco is very easy. The seeds you received should be started inside in flats. In northern states, start the seeds 4-6 weeks before the last frost. Tobacco can be ready to harvest for curing about 60 days after transplanting, therefore it can be raised in almost any state. If raising more than one variety of tobacco, use separate flats. A mixture of peat humus and potting soil should be used. Potting soil only can be used if you select a high grade of commercial potting soil. Place the mixture into the flats, soak the soil with water and allow the excess water to drain off. The next day, sprinkle the tobacco seeds onto the surface of the damp soil. Do not cover the seeds as they need light for germination. Tobacco seeds are very tiny, so be careful to spread the seeds evenly. Keep the soil damp being careful not to wash the seeds around when you water. You will begin to notice sprouts in about two weeks. Transplant outside after all danger of frost is past.
If you have a moderate growing season and can start the seeds outside, try to sow the seeds where leaves or wood has been burned. The plants will thrive in these spots. Tobacco requires a lot of nitrogen and potash which is supplied by wood ashes. The ashes from charcoal grills are also beneficial. I recommend applying a good brand of garden fertilizer to the area where the plants will be grown. Working in rotted manure is very good for the plants. Never raise tobacco plants in the same spot in the garden for over a few years at a time as tobacco plants will totally deplete the nutrients in the soil.
You should space the tobacco plants about 2 ft. apart in rows 3 ft. apart when practical. The plants are large enough to transplant when the largest leaves are 2" or larger. Always transplant outside in late evening or when it is cloudy and overcast. Water plants thoroughly after transplanting and water daily each day until plants have become established. When growing in tubs, limit the number of plants grown. Tobacco plants need to be exposed to full sun while growing.
Tobacco roots grow quickly and often close to the surface. Be careful around plants when hoeing or cultivating around them. Try not to disturb the soil anymore than necessary. As the plant begins growing, remove all suckers as they will sap the plants growth.
Tobacco plants suffer from several diseases and are attacked by several leaf chewers. I recommend using sevin dust to control insects. Be cautious not to use any form of systemic insecticide that will penetrate the leaf. Remember, you may be chewing or smoking this plant and you do not want to be ingesting chemical residues. For a truly natural pesticide, make your own tobacco dust from one of the varieties that are high in nicotine and make your own solution by mixing one teaspoon tobacco dust, one teaspoon of black pepper and 1/2 teaspoon liquid soap to one gallon of water.
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