Anyone else have a mini seed bank?

[Jitterbugdude]

I had to laugh, this morning I was thinking about how many seeds I have squirreled away and wrote up a little list. I was quite surprised at the mini seed bank that I have. Some of these are getting old and some I only have a nfew seeds and will need to do a grow out of them next year. Here is what I have:

Virginia gold
BBS-Maden
BSS-Canick
Karabaglar
Samsun-15
Seed from Lebenon
Xanthi Yaka
Glessnor
VA312
Little Dutch
Yellow Pryor
Big Gem
Monte Calme Yellow
Monte Calme Brun
Vuelto Abajo
Florida Sumatra
Copan
Perique
Huehuetenango
Guatemalan
Havana 142
White Flower
Silk Leaf
Sears Special
Silver River
Yellow Twist Bud
Yellow Orinoco
Bursa
Ottoman-HY
Mopan Mayan

 

[deluxestogie]

Re: Anyone elase have a mini seed bank?

Very impressive collection. I count 20 on that list that I don't have! And I have a bunch. Last night, I was attempting to narrow down next year's grow to only 16 varieties. Hmm.

Bob

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Re: Anyone elase have a mini seed bank?

wow, very nice collection!

i have the same "bread and butter" varieties. it seems we all have the same core strains, and then it gets interesting to see where people branch out from there.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Re: Anyone elase have a mini seed bank?

Yeah I have a seed collecting problem. I just remembered that I also have Brown Leaf, Havana 263 and Pa Red. Some of these have not been grown for quite a few years and might not be viable

 

[Rayshields]

Re: Anyone elase have a mini seed bank?

Holy cow JBD! I am in awe of your list of seeds. Just for curiosity, would you say that you are fascinated by growing tobacco, or completely consumed?

How long have you been growing tobacco? I don't think I am going in that deep???

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Re: Anyone elase have a mini seed bank?

I think I've been growing tobacco for about 15 years. I'm just facinated by tobacco, all the different varieites and tastes, the old equipment and process that were used as well as the general history of it. I'm also becoming more and more intriqued about the health benefits of tobacco.

 

[BaccaChew]

JBD, have you put any special breeding or selecting into any of these lines?

Did you get any of your seed from JL Hudson in the past?

 

[Jitterbugdude]

I had a nice strain of fairly "resistant to aphids" of Havana 263 but gave up on it. This year I started to select for "low sucker output" and "resistance to tipping over" on a BSS-Maden. I bagged 4 of the most promising plants and downselected to the best one later in the summer.

I have bought many a seed from JL Hudson (and some books and giberillic acid) but no tobacco seeds.

 

[Chicken]

i got a pretty good, impressive collection myself,

i was thinking of digging them out, and seeing what i got plenty of<<<

and what i have, that i wont be planting ever again,

but im in the same, boat,,, i want next year's crop limited, to...7 varities, or less,