Greetings from Ontario, Canada: @vktr

[vktr]

So happy to have found your forum. It's the third year I've been growing tobacco in my backyard. The first one was an an experiment and a success, 20 something plants of Aztec Wild provided for four month of smoking (one cigarette in two hour at most, super strong stuff, loved it). Last year I grew Virginia, and it was a huge disappointment: the lower leaves, when smoked, felt like air, and even the top ones were too weak. This year I went for Aztec again. And a couple of Burley and Monte Calme Brun plants just to see what they look/taste like. Hope a mix of Virginia and Aztec will make a decent smoke later this year.

I'm impressed with the amount of resources you have on this site. For now i'll try to be quiet and read the Key Forum Threads.

Cheers,
Viktor

 

[deluxestogie]

Welcome to the forum. You may want to read through the New Growers' FAQ, linked in the menu bar. Even though this is your 3rd year of growing, you may find some useful info there. I'm curious if you flue-cured your Virginia.

If you wish, you can start your own grow log to document your progress.

Bob

 

[vktr]

For Virginia I got rid of the chlorophyll (if the leaves were green) by placing them in towels under the sun, then hung them to dry, then put them in plastic sealed bags, then kept them under electric blanket or beside the fireplace for a month or two and then I smoked them. Now storing them in plastic bags for further usage. I hope there's a simpler procedure

The first year I dried the Aztec leaves green, and it was great in the end. So who knows?

 

[Knucklehead]

Welcome. Thank you for joining us.

 

[vktr]

That's my arrangement, don't laugh, it's pleasing to me June 16 2025.

 

[vktr]

The flowers, don't you love them? Aztec Wild:



Monte Calme Brun



Burley

 

[deluxestogie]

Your plantings looks wonderful. And I see that you have those rare, comfortable lawn chairs that do not press a metal bar against your thighs.

While the N. rustica is unlikely to cross with the N. tabacum, so that the N. rustica seeds might be saved, the two N. tabacum varieties will surely cross, since the bud heads have not been bagged. I would suggest your not saving seed from the N. tabacum this year, since their seed is unlikely to be pure varietals.

I enjoy close-up photos of N. tabacum blossoms. In some varieties, the pistil is shorter than the anthers, in some they are equal length, and in some the pistil is longer than the anthers. This physical arrangement likely influences the ratio of self-fertilization to pollinizing from other blossoms.

Bob

 

[vktr]

What about the cat, did you see him? He's the smartest animal I've encountered, not much different from me. His name is Ozzy

Thank you all for a warm welcome.

 

[Alpine]

Welcome to FTT

pier

 

[DanielRemains]

Salutations du New-Brunswick!

 

[vktr]

Yellowing the leaves -- it doesn't feel like it deserves a new thread, so I'll post it here.

I used to treat green leaves by subjecting them to the summer sun light in towels. Then I read somewhere in the forum about cardboard boxes, so I gave them a try. I keep them under the sun covered with cloth and find this easier and more efficient. I do air the leaves and rotate them every day. Hope this helps someone. Feel free to suggest improvements.



Here's the result after 5-7 days, these are ready to hang in the garage. Most of them were very green at the beginning. Now they smell awful but I know that smell from the previous years, that's OK