Grow you own tobacco.

Strikes me that tobacco grown from seed is as much likely to have Mosaic virus as is tomatoes.
In fact the potatoes are more likely to pass it on to the tobacco, rather than the other way round.

 

hi oldhag x if say a friend has them growing now would it be possilble to replant elsewhere?? or do they not like being moved once established? x thanks x
orrrr... the side shoots that can be pinched out for a later crop ..maybe?? :D

 

I would think the side shoots would root and be over wintered, but is it worth it? Just get him to save you some seeds for next spring.

 

50 ---60 a day. You smoke 60 cigs a day. Your kidding. These are regular cigs, white ones?????? Your poor lungs.

 

I'm glad I packed up smoking 10 years ago but to be honest I have been ill ever since. Lol.

 

I would never encourage any one to smoke. It's a dreadful addiction which I started years before any health warnings. I'm 67 and my lungs are fine at the moment, but thanks for the concern. Of course I could die at any moment - but so could you.

At least smoking my own tobacco saves me from all the harmful additives commercial tobacco companies add.

moyra it's too late for me to give up. It's all I live for these days. I know quite a lot of ex-smokers whose health has deteriorated since giving up.

Some say it can do be harm than good to deny an addicted body its fix.

 

I am 66 so there's not much in our ages. Obviously I wouldn't start again now but I have to admit I still miss my smokes.

 

Lets put it this way then - my life would be miserable without my fags. I wouldn't want anyone crying over me.

Tobacco IS gardening! But yes I grow lots of other stuff too.

 

I have tried stopping. I can't.

Pics are up on top of my garden and my baccy plants at this moment.

 

hi oldhag, very interesting post, did a search on ebay for seeds and nothing came up, got a link for me, thanks

 

Here you are itman -

GOLDEN VIRGINIA TOBACCO SEEDS | eBay

JWK - The Cordyline did get killed this winter, very sad about that. Nicotiana Sylvestris, yes I've got three of those on a South facing wall which have survived the last two winters. I didn't even know they were perennial! They are very similar to tobacco plants, almost as tall, big leaves but with white flowers instead of the pink of Tobacciana.