Hello from Hawaii

[Souza1994]

Hello I've been a member of FTT for a while studying the posts to learn how to grow my own and purchasing whole leaf from WLT. I live in California but I'm in Oahu, HI for work and was wondering if there were any growers out here. It seems to be perfect conditions for tobacco year around. I'm a cigarette smoker and a VERY amateur cigar roller and would love to try some Hawaiian tobacco.

 

[waikikigun]

Kauai Cigar Company:

http://www.kauaicigar.com/?age-verified=8c814683bf

What are you doing in Oahu? I'm from Hawaii but am currently living in California helping out my mom.

 

[Souza1994]

I'm here working for the Tesoro refinery. Thanks ill look into that!! Know of Any whole leaf dealers In the area?

 

[waikikigun]

I'm here working for the Tesoro refinery. Thanks ill look into that!! Know of Any whole leaf dealers In the area?

No, unfortunately I don't. Aloha.

 

[ArizonaDave]

In the past, I've read some articles from that Kauai Cigar Company, that stated that there's "wild" tobacco growing in Hawaii. There just might be.....I'm not there, so I can't go check it out. Starting with heirloom strains for Cigars though is as good place to start as any. Northwood seeds has the best seeds out there.

 

[ArizonaDave]

Welcome to the forum~!

 

[FmGrowit]

Very interesting. I never knew tobacco was grown in Hawaii as a commercial crop.

Welcome to the forum

 

[MarcL]

Welcome to Fair Trade Tobacco.​

 

[Hasse SWE]

Wellcome really interesting to see a guy like you her. Hope to see more of you in her!

 

[Gavroche]

Welcome Souza...

 

[indianjoe]

Welcome to the forum

 

[Chicken]

i lived in WAHIAWA when i was about 14.... damn i love them islands. the perfect weather, fine ass women...and dumb tourist to take advantage of,

welcome

 

[Smokin Harley]

Hello I've been a member of FTT for a while studying the posts to learn how to grow my own and purchasing whole leaf from WLT. I live in California but I'm in Oahu, HI for work and was wondering if there were any growers out here. It seems to be perfect conditions for tobacco year around. I'm a cigarette smoker and a VERY amateur cigar roller and would love to try some Hawaiian tobacco.

Very interesting ...and I have a question. What kind of "import rigamorole" does Hawaii do to allow any kind of tobacco products in? Finished and processed I can see but how about seed? I am pretty sure there is a fine mesh screen (more like a brick wall) about importing any kind of non-native seed to the islands. Can you imagine Hawaiian grown cigar varieties??

 

[Souza1994]

Whole leaf and seeds are allowed as long as they are dried and with out mold

 

[FmGrowit]

Can you imagine Hawaiian grown cigar varieties??

Hold on to your britches
http://www.kauaicigar.com/2013/04/kauai-farm-and-research/

 

[MarcL]

 

[Brown Thumb]

Topping with a knife, is the guy in the background have a Knife also?
different, I thought everyone just busted them off.

 

[ProfessorPangloss]

Hold on to your britches
http://www.kauaicigar.com/2013/04/kauai-farm-and-research/

That is just beautiful. I assume you're in the know about these folks. Are they at the stage of (or even considering) selling you whole leaf, or do you think they'll just keep it all for their own gorgeous looking product?

Topping with a knife, is the guy in the background have a Knife also?
different, I thought everyone just busted them off.

I don't see a knife - i think he's just using a weird thumb-index finger snappy motion

 

[MarcL]

I'll see if I can locate the other videos I remember seeing of them down in Central America.

here is there channel >>> https://www.youtube.com/user/LBDcoffee/videos?sort=dd&view=0&shelf_id=0

 

[waikikigun]

My backyard fence abutted a sugarcane field when I was a kid in Kapa'a. I used to steal cane from there. Decades later it became coffee, and now it's tobacco. Three things I love. Throw my ashes into that field.