Acceptable overnight temps growing tobacco in cooler climates?

[ChinaVoodoo]

Hypothetically, since sugar decreases freezing point, flue cured tobacco would have more frost resistance.

If tobacco was ever bred for frost resistance, I feel like we would know. It's a trillion dollar business.

 

[MountainWard]

I have managed to find Bitlis, Izmir Ozbas and Kumanovo at Northwest Tobacco Seed. Boy the price of seed has sure come down over the years as well the variety has gone available has gone gone off the charts since I last bought tobacco seed. It has been about 17 years since I last bought seed though so I suppose quite a bit of change is to be expected.

I can pick packages of 300 to 500 seeds each at $3.50 each from this place. Shipping should be relatively quick as it is here in the Pacific Northwest. I am thinking of these three varieties to start out with, they all have a short growing season. Any thoughts or others to look at? At $3.50 a package basically a penny a seed one can afford to be a bit frivolous on the variety.

 

[johnny108]

Tobacco Seed List

The owner is on this site as Skychaser.
His selection is the best, and the seeds are top quality.
I usually get germination in 3-5 days.
Reading the seed list is like going through a toy catalog at Christmas as a kid.
You just email him what you want, with your delivery address, and he emails you back the total with a PayPal invoice. I get my seeds in 10 days (I’m in Germany).

I’m going to try Vallejano in containers this year- looks pretty fast (and strong). Rusticas are the more cold tolerant, and they can be pretty strong, but the yields are never great. (Plus, some people just don’t like the flavor )

 

[furryfreek]

As with all plants there must be some varieties of tobacco that do better in cooler climates than others, does anyone know of any strains of tobacco that are more cold tolerant?

P.S

lol... I keep doing Google searches on things like this question and it always leads me back to a post on this site.. I am definitely on the right forum to get answers on growing tobacco.. I found a post on Black Mammoth for dark color tobacco good for chewing tobacco with a short growing season.

Yellow Pryor (50-55 days to bloom but leaves don't ripen exceptionally early) tolerates low average temperatures better than most, even as seedlings. It always seems to lag behind everything else to begin with — I thought I had a whole litter of runts the first time I grew it — but they fill right out after a month or so in the ground. Cures like a champ too, though it can be a bit mold-prone.
I can also vouch for YTB (60-65 days.) It's not as cold tolerant as Yellow Pryor, at least when young, but is otherwise hardy and quite forgiving on the curing front.