Thank you Bob for those precious informations
My goal for next year is to try many varieties, so I can try some blending.
Growing only one oriental + one flue cure + one additionnal seems to me to be not enough ... maybe I am crazy ? who knows
I already begun trying to make perique, it is in the jar, under low pressure (I used "cherry red 401").
About the orientals, I suppose each different variety offers unique taste and aroma, am I wrong ?
That's why I would like to try more than one oriental
Cigar types of tobacco does sometimes blend very well in a pipe (see GLPease : KeyLargo, Robusto), so does dark air types, and the good news is that you don't need to grow a big amount, as a small amount gives a lot in a blend.
Maryland is the type that interests me the less, I am not planning on adding sauces to my tobacco, I prefer to enjoy the natural taste and aroma of tobacco.
I plan on :
- 3 ou 4 orientals (maybe "Xanthi", "Bursa", "Black Sea Samsun" and "Prilep")
- one or two flue cured ("Frog Eye Orinoco" and another one)
- one dark air ("Bolivian Criollo Black" or "Japan 8")
- one or two cigar filler ("Vuelta Abajo" and "Little Dutch" or else ?)
- and maybe one or two more
even if I put only a couple of plant of these strains.
If you have a really tasty and aromatic type to recommand, I am listening
Everyone urge me to build a kiln... I should perhaps try to find the time to build one