oriental

Hi All, As I mentioned in my introductory post, I'm growing some tobacco in my backyard. A blend of Burley's to air cure for my swedish snus, and some orientals to make shisha for my girlfriend. I'd prefer to sun cure the orientals. I imagine this won't be hard considering Berkeley's climate...

Hello everyone. This is the second time i am growing tobacco. My first attempt was semi successful. I managed to get some nice plants, but because lack of knowledge, i didnt know what to do with the leaves. Now my seeds for this project have arrived from tabak-pflanzen.de My goals and roadmap...

I love the taste of orientals in my pipe tobacco blends, so I decided to get more acquainted with them. I purchased some whole leaf basma. My problem is: What to do next? Much of what I have found online is geared toward burley and virginia leaves, which are much larger and more substantial...

In your experience, what´s the most fragrant Oriental variety? (Still looking for another one to grow this year.)

I'm on an Oriental kick currently! What is the opinion about the Ph of Oriental varieties? I mean in context of being traditionally sun cured. I imagine it may be a little more acidic from the heat of the sun somewhat creating a flue cure effect?

Hey all, Seems like there is so much information on Oriental varieties that it is difficult to discern accuracy! One thing I would really like to hear about is why Oriental tobacco takes on many perfume like aromas and tastes? Phenolic compounds? Aromatic esters? I would love to hear others...

Hello to all my fellow growers and tobacco lovers! I am interested to know if anyone on this forum enjoys the taste and aroma of a fully Turkish blend for a cigarette? I have yet to try any homegrown Oriental or Turkish tobaccos either, any suggestions for who's or what I should try?

Below are links to an extensive and informative blog on tobacco growing in Turkey. The original blog: http://metingulesci.blogcu.com/ is in Turkish, though the vast collection of photographs can be viewed. By using the wonderful "translate page" feature of Google Translate, each of the...

Last year my focus was on growing tobacco. and the final results of that tobacco show it. I have 15 lbs of tobacco I produced in only 220 square feet of space. sadly all that tobacco is suffering in the way of taste. I air cured it all which as it turns out was not the best choice for all of it...

Shirazi: a morphological discussion Shirazi, classed as an Oriental tobacco, is named for the southwestern Iranian city of Shiraz. Although it has pink blossoms, its leaf shape is unlike any other Oriental that I have seen. A search of the Internet, GRIN, the Nicotiana Project (Doug...

Here, I discuss the physical attributes of Izmir Ozbas, Smyrna #9 and Xanthi Yaka #18A, since I am currently growing these. All three were sourced from the National Plant Germplasm System - GRIN Nicotiana Collection. Izmir-Ozbas: Turkey 1984 GRIN_Pi494157 Smyrna No.9: Turkey 1962...