Interesting website with videos

[Indianamac]

Hey All,

I found this website and it has some neat videos on seedlings, planting harvesting and manufacturing. Thought you might like this!

http://www.farmerstobacco.com/ourstory

 

[Knucklehead]

I appreciate the link. Very interesting story. You have to love a name like Happy Wigglesworth. lol. I'm outside with my tablet right now and it doesn't do videos but I'm looking forward to watching them later.

Also interesting was their use of "Krest" in one of the blends. Described as flue cured tobacco stems known for their high sugar content. Hmmm...

EDIT: Just saw the videos. Good stuff.

 

[Indianamac]

Glad you liked it Knuck. I'm not a cagarette guy but the videos relate to what we all are doing here.

 

[istanbulin]

Seeding tray is really interesting, a little different than Larry's.

 

[BigBonner]

They use the same tray I use .

KY Best is about 35 miles from where I live .

They buy tobacco from any source they can. A lot is imported . They don't grow all of it themselves .
Their neighbors don't like the owner at all . He won't buy tobacco from them and he is rich from making cigarettes .
He buys up all the land and his neighbors don't have a chance to purchase any new crop land . They say if its for sale he will buy it and not think about a neighbor needing land .

 

[Indianamac]

Same happens around here with the corn/soy bean fields. Wealthy farmers suck it all up! Atleast we're still eaten I guess!

 

[istanbulin]

They use the same tray I use .

I mentioned "seeding" tray not "seedling" tray. The one which has little holes for putting seeds into soil of the seedling/float trays. Yours was different, you were putting seeds one by one with hand with a narrow tray which has a single row of seed holes. May be you have another one, I don't know. I know/saw what you shared here before.

 

[BigBonner]

My whole tray seeder is different than the one on the video .Theirs uses a vacuum .
My seeder , you roll the pelleted seed around by tilting the tray until one pelleted seed fall into each hole , then roll all the unused seeds to the holding end . Then the top is slid to one end matching the holes in the plexiglass holes on the bottom glass and the seeds fall through the holes on to the float tray . I like mine way better than the vacuum style seeder . These can not be used for raw seeds .

My one hole at a time seeder is for raw seeds . Scooting one seed at a time into each hole .

Here is a picture of my seeder .

 

[istanbulin]

And this is what you shared before, I guess.

 

[BigBonner]

And this is what you shared before, I guess.

 

[istanbulin]

Thanks for the detailed info, Larry.

 

[holyRYO]

They buy tobacco from any source they can. A lot is imported . They don't grow all of it themselves .
Their neighbors don't like the owner at all . He won't buy tobacco from them and he is rich from making cigarettes .

While watching the video, kept asking myself why I have not tried that brand. KY this, KY that, sounded good. Then to find out he uses imported tobacco, that should be false advertising. Don't doubt it's not loaded with fillers. Who needs another crappy RYO/Pipe tobacco? New ones spring up every day, it seems. Thanks for the heads up.

Always wonder who supplies all that crappy imported tobacco? I swear the dozens of brands all use the same stuff, just different batches, mixes, and different sauces... same result.

 

[DirkReids]

Thanks Indianamac for sharing out website link.. Yes the site has got very nice exciting videos.. I have never visited the site before..