Hello from Chilliwack BC Canada

[chillardbee]

Someone had refered me to this site awile back in HTGT forums. Can't remember who. I googled my tag name, chillardbee and this site came up as well from someone copying a link I had on HTGT site and so I finally joined so here I am.

I'm a second year grower. Last year I grew 140 del gold and this year I got 13 different varieties for a total of 900+ plants. Last years crop was a success and hoping to do even better this year. Among the strains I have are gold burley, harrow velvet, one sucker, perique, frog eye orinico, white stem orinico, white mammoth, bonanza, big gem, gold dollar, virginia bright leaf, hickory pryor, and del gold. I'll be keeping 4 plants from each to bag and go for seed.

Anyway, always good to find another site with tobacco etheusiasts like my self.

 

[johnlee1933]

Welcome Chill to the FTT forum. Lots of helpful people here so read, enjoy and ask as necessary.

 

[MarcL]

Hello chillardbee,
Sounds good and, welcome to Fair Trade Tobacco.

 

[Knucklehead]

Welcome to the forum. Please put your general location in your profile so we can keep up as we go along. We'll definitely be picking your brain for all the tobacco juices floating around inside. lol

 

[stokesy]

hi and welcome to the forum

 

[FmGrowit]

Welcome

It's nice to hear other people are growing real varieties instead of the hyped-up fake named varieties.

 

[jekylnz]

Welcome.....noww your in the right place... .this is where all the on to it ones from the other site live.hahaha

 

[indianjoe]

Welcome,

you got your work cut out for you with 900 plants, may they give you a great yield.

 

[leverhead]

Welcome! Anybody with that many plants growing is probably suffering from the same affliction as the rest of us.

 

[chillardbee]

Yes, I find that the growing of the baccy and all that comes with it is just as addicting as the smoking of it.

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Welcome! Did you grow the same last year? Can you compare those bright leafs to the delgold?

 

[chillardbee]

I only grew del gold last year so I can't compare yet, but Where are definate differences in the plants that i'm growingb this year in colours, size, shape of leaves. All the seeds were started at the same time so it's nice see what is farther ahead in size. so far the white mammoth and gold dollar are the biggest and both of the burleys are the smallest. hickory pryor is the smallest in the virginia group and the one sucker is doing exceptional. everything is starting to be on par with each other now though since being transplanted. but i'm taking notes of the differences as the season moves on.

 

[BarG]

I like the idea of growing more than I need. Welcome