BarG
Founding Member
My wife is regional Agriculture support for 60 counties keeping their computors updated. We have 6 of those in Texas. She swears by the guys in the field. Talk to one of them. (Or swears at em )
So my next question is about wind, all growing season the forecast is 10-20 S. S.W. pretty typical to have periods of 15-30 with gusts to 45, Here the planting season is late and short, mostly a 3 week window, the last two of may and first of june as the ground temps are just too cool earlier. this almost always is followed by a hot blow that can produce some sand burn on crops like cotton. I am going to Imagine I could start transplants a little earlier and I have a spot In mind that is well away from cultivation surrounded by pasture so the tender starters wouldn't get sandblasted. but there is wind. I noted in a post I read here someone mentioned some wind damage so just how delicate is tobacco where wind is a concern?
Little Dutch is a true gem, and I have grown it most years.
Bob
now I wonder about the cigar / pipe varieties like the Little Dutch you mentioned, do they have some characteristic that makes them undesirable for use in a cigarette?
To read here without actually trying the different leaf you would think they vary between being soft like a pillow and hard as concrete but I am starting to think these differences may be far more subtle.