Looking for advice on varieties / Pipe tobacco

[Piper Lusitanicus]

Hi,
I'm a pipe smoker and I'm going to grow for the first time this year. What varieties do you recommend to produce decent homemade pipe tobacco?

 

[Knucklehead]

What blends do you currently enjoy and what is in them?
You can make your own Cavendish and Perique from the varieties that you will be growing to open up your blending opportunities even further.

 

[Piper Lusitanicus]

What blends do you currently enjoy and what is in them?
You can make your own Cavendish and Perique from the varieties that you will be growing to open up your blending opportunities even further.

I`m a big fan of English Blends with oriental tobacco like Latakya.
And yes! I`m looking to make my own Cavendish.

 

[deluxestogie]

Flue-cured Virginia is a common component in English pipe blends. For your own tobacco, you will need to plan on building a flue-curing chamber, since air-cured Virginia is simply not the same.

• a variety of Virginia (to flue-cure)
• a variety of burley (to air-cure)
• an Oriental variety, such as Prilep 66-9/7 (to sun-cure)

Making your own Latakia (from an Oriental variety) is a daunting challenge. So I would suggest just purchasing Cyprian Latakia for now.
You can easily make your own perique (use some of the air-cured burley). You can make Cavendish of any variety, with the nicotine strength depending on the variety used.

Bob