Nic
Well-Known Member
Well, here it goes...
After finding some crazy swedes on the net that was growing tobacco for snus I hesitated about 2 seconds when i clicked my way to ebay and ordered a couple of seed packs containing a total of 11 varieties! They arrived safely and on March 5th I planted my first tobacco seeds!
The varieties I planted are:
Small Stalk Black Mammoth, Connecticut Broadleaf, Virginia BL, Lizard Cross Turtle, Burley, Bolivian Criollo, Florida Sumatra, Maryland, Turkish Izmir, Black sea Samsoun, Rot front and Alida(ahus). I mainly plan to use them to make snus and if the crop turns out good enough i will try to roll a couple of cigars.
This first pic is from 26th March and shows about half of my plants at that time
I have a total of 110 plants and I planted a backup batch of Alida and Ssbm yday!
The second pair of pics are taken 6th April after i transplanted them into "beer" cups and shows the same plants as pic 1.
I built a small growing table and converted my daughters room to a grow room I use led strips as growlights and a pc-psu as powersupply. I have also installed 2 fans to strengthen the plants. I also use a fluorescent lamp for the smaller plants but the space is so tight i cant get a decent pic...
The weather can be a bit rough here and I am hoping on getting the plants in the ground in early June. The oldest plants will then be about 11-12 weeks!
Last i want to share a pic taken from google streetview that shows where i plan on growing my tobacco.
The place on the pic is of my grandfathers shed (where he had cattle until the late 80s) and is owned by my dad... The weeds in my tobacco patch is tilled down a couple of years back and has been a barley field for a while now...
That's it for now and please feel free to comment if you have any suggestions or improvements... If anyone can tell me if its a good idea to use transparent cups for the plants i would appreciate it!
//Nic
After finding some crazy swedes on the net that was growing tobacco for snus I hesitated about 2 seconds when i clicked my way to ebay and ordered a couple of seed packs containing a total of 11 varieties! They arrived safely and on March 5th I planted my first tobacco seeds!
The varieties I planted are:
Small Stalk Black Mammoth, Connecticut Broadleaf, Virginia BL, Lizard Cross Turtle, Burley, Bolivian Criollo, Florida Sumatra, Maryland, Turkish Izmir, Black sea Samsoun, Rot front and Alida(ahus). I mainly plan to use them to make snus and if the crop turns out good enough i will try to roll a couple of cigars.
This first pic is from 26th March and shows about half of my plants at that time
I have a total of 110 plants and I planted a backup batch of Alida and Ssbm yday!
The second pair of pics are taken 6th April after i transplanted them into "beer" cups and shows the same plants as pic 1.
I built a small growing table and converted my daughters room to a grow room I use led strips as growlights and a pc-psu as powersupply. I have also installed 2 fans to strengthen the plants. I also use a fluorescent lamp for the smaller plants but the space is so tight i cant get a decent pic...
The weather can be a bit rough here and I am hoping on getting the plants in the ground in early June. The oldest plants will then be about 11-12 weeks!
Last i want to share a pic taken from google streetview that shows where i plan on growing my tobacco.
The place on the pic is of my grandfathers shed (where he had cattle until the late 80s) and is owned by my dad... The weeds in my tobacco patch is tilled down a couple of years back and has been a barley field for a while now...
That's it for now and please feel free to comment if you have any suggestions or improvements... If anyone can tell me if its a good idea to use transparent cups for the plants i would appreciate it!
//Nic