I'm good i bought some from FM, one of these days I gotta grow it out, but then again i feel that way about a few varieties and i keep growing the more esoteric ones.
I grew one last year that I wasnt a huge fan of (duale), this year it's a gorgeous light blond color after hanging on the stalk all year. People said wait to try it, it might be nice. Turns out it really is, more of a cigarette tobacco tho, it's very mild and aromatic. I ended up giving a bunch to a guy that I work with, he rolls his own and said its much better than the crap bulk he buys all by itself.
Well my plants really havent grown much more, but i was wondering, when you measure the height of your plants do you measure the stalk? i.e. if i top the plant and the leaves are always in the prayer position do i measure to the top of the leaf or just to the top of the stalk where the leaf connects to? it makes sense to just measure the stalk, but i've been measuring to the top of the green, i might have to revise my stalk heights. The leaves have not grown much more in size if at all, still around 9-10" wide by 16-19" long. I could probably start harvesting at the start of september, maybe the first 3 positions or so then, and the next 3 9/15, maybe leave tips a bit longer and start watching weather reports. None of the leaves have started browning on their own yet, but they are getting lighter in color and more rippled. I primed a few but they didnt snap crisp like celery so decided not to do any more. I have precious few enough as it is, i dont want to harvest until full potential is reached.
An absolute ton of buds have started getting hard, so barring some crazy act of theft or nature the available seed stock for this variety is about to go up exponentially in a few months. I'm also hoping one of you guys down south will do a grow out, I wonder if this would be (in another environment) like growing a large leaf rustica. Grin harvested at 50 days and had really potent leaf, but it was still a baby and not mature. I wonder what the numbers would have been had it been allowed to go the whole 90 days.
On a side note, when i was growing up my mom had a nicotiana bush, at night it would send the most heavenly scent around the yard. This smells the same but the amount of smell is really tiny, you need to get your nose right up in there to detect it. Kind of a shame tobacco doesnt make more scent. It's really pleasant.