Tobacco

No, don't get a nicotine rush anymore, just smoke the damn stuff to feel normal.

Tis a stupid plant to get addicted to

 

im growing burley but its well behind the rustica and virginia ....im hoping its not going to be the worst summer we chose to try our hand at this

Is it legal to sell tabacco plants? or just the finished product when its home grown?
Ive planted my extra ones inbetween the hedgesjust to see how they do in this weather and in the shade x

 

You can sell the plants, its just the cured product that is subject to tax.

 

Went out and bought some 5" pots and potted up the 22 plants. There was only two that had very little root formation the rest were getting pot bound so I think they should gallop away now they have more root room. Don't know what I am going to do with them all?!!

 

Ive potted on about 12 of mine up into 5 inch and they are growing on well in this sunshine burley hamptons are stiil in 9cm pots thou when do we plant them out,any1 know? and i havnt got round to preparing the ground where iam planting them yet could i get away with just cutting square turfs out and planting them instead of preparing a 10ft x 15ft approx patch ???

 

Joolz's picture makes my 4 2mm plants on the windowsill look a bit silly.Hopefully mine will grow soon.

 

Planted most of mine out into an open coldframe today.

what I mistook for lack of roots was the fact i'd missed the really fine roots that had gone to the bottom of the pots. They break very easily so next time i'm going to use pete pots and just thin them to one per pot rather than potting on.

I guess this thread is a learning curve.

 

Poolcue youl be surprised how fast they grow when they get going i took this photo on 12/05/12
and look at the pic 11 days later
get ya pots n compost ready ,its heating up

 

I just dug the biggest seedlings out and lived in hope zig wish the burley would get a move on thou
im hoping this is the easy bit....im dreading the picking,hanging n curing plus shredding if i get that far itl be an experience zig

 

How are yours moyra?? yours must be 3ft high by now x

 

I have potted 4 up in large 10 inch pots they are putting on a spurt. Have given 6 away to a friend and another 5 or 6 are going to another friend. That still leaves me with some more that need potting on into larger pots in a week or two's time. Unless I can give some more away.

 

I have a mini shredder that I used to use for letters and things before I got my main shredder and I am wondering if I could use that to shred the leaves? I think actually if you dry it enough it will just crunch up anyway. Although having said that you would not want it to be too dry to smoke..........not being a smoker any more I still remember putting a dockleaf in my baccy tin to keep my tobacco from drying out.

 

Me too,i had to pot up again today after 2/3 days on some and roots are popping out of most pot bottoms already ....i think im going to start planting in the ground next week and take my chances,ive already got something nibbling on some leaves but i cant find any catterpillers or slugs burley looked a lot bigger today
I dont know what a dockleaf is moyra but i remember people putting bits of potato in their tinsx

 

Dockleaf is a plant that you usually find growing next to nettles and if you get stung by the nettles you rub the spot with a dockleaf and it takes the sting away. Don't know why we used dockleaf to keep our tobacco moist because I suspect any moist leaf would do or indeed a piece of potato.

I think this is my 2000th post. Yippee!