Benbrands 2017 growblog

[Ben Brand]

Planting much less varieties this year.

6 types Cigar fillers, 300 plants- 50x Pen Red, 50x Little Dutch, 50x Conn Broadleaf, 50x Criollo 89, 50x Long Red, 50x Huehuetenango-

4 types Wrappers- 100 plants- 25x Timor, 25x Bezuki , 25x St Andres, 25x Conn Shade.

 

[DistillingJim]

That's a whole lotta leaf to cure. You got a shed or something set up? Will you age naturally or kiln?

 

[Charly]

Very focused grow !
There is no need growing a lot of varieties, if you have already found some strains you like.
I hope I can select only a few strains too, but for now I want to try as many as I can ...

Good luck with your grow

 

[Hasse SWE]

Really interesting grow, you going to have alot of tobacco to take care of after this season..

 

[mwaller]

Those are some really interesting choices!
Can you tell us more about the Timor and San Andres? Have you grown these before?

 

[Brown Thumb]

Good Luck this yr.

 

[deluxestogie]

When do you start your seed?

Bob

 

[greenmonster714]

Nice list of tobacco. I am going to have to follow this thread. I hope you post some pics. Would like to see them.

 

[Ben Brand]

Change of plan. Ditching the Conn Shade for La Palma as a wrapper.

Iv`e panted all the varieties except the Timor.

Sowed the seeds Yesterday, now standing in a heated cupboard, ( 60W globe as heat source)

Curing done in a carport, fermenting in a old fridge, but I will try something different this year, curing will be done in a few 55 gallon Food grade plastic drums, still thinking how I`m going to heat the up, in the day I`ll leave them in the hot African sun, at night maybe a Electric blanket.

 

[SmokesAhoy]

I'm also trying to reduce my varieties, problem is there are so many and so many of them are so good. Every fall I think I found the one, every spring I change my mind.

Looks like you will have a great variety this year Ben, I would guess the climate there would be very conducive to all things tobacco, it should be an amazing crop.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Ditching the Conn Shade for La Palma as a wrapper.

La Palma makes an excellent filler too.

 

[Ben Brand]

La Palma makes an excellent filler too.

Agree, it does make a nice filler.

 

[deluxestogie]

Is La Palma a different variety from Hacienda del Cura?

Bob

 

[Jitterbugdude]

I have no idea. I got these seeds a few years ago from MarkW. He obtained them from a Cigar Finca on the Canary Islands.

 

[deluxestogie]

I have no idea. I got these seeds a few years ago from MarkW. He obtained them from a Cigar Finca on the Canary Islands.

Since my Hacienda del Cura came from MarkW as well, that and the La Palma are probably different varieties from the Canaries.

Bob