Old Gasman
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I have 20 big buckets and 8 large flower pots and I'm going to give my chum 4 Virginia's for him to grow in his garden.
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Golden Virginia (despite its name) is a blend of flue cured bright leaf and burley. My guess is 55/60 bright and 40/45 burley. And a bunch of chemicals. If you can only air cure, a 50/50 blend could be a good starting point. Use more YTB than MD609 if you prefer a stronger “throat hit” or increase the percentage of MD if you intend to add some kind of flavoring (MD strains in general are use by cig industry for their ability to absorb flavorants very well),
If I were you, I’d start with 40 Va 20 YTB 20 MD and 20 Basma, but I always preferred Camels instead of Luckies or Marlboros.
pier
If I were you, I’d start with 40 Va 20 YTB 20 MD and 20 Basma, but I always preferred Camels instead of Luckies or Marlboros.
pier
My cigarette blend is
45% flue or sun cured Virginia
20% Burley
20% Maryland
5% dark air
10% oriental
(it's also my most frequently used pipe blend)
Since you don't have dark air you could split that 5% somewhere between the flue cure, maryland and burley or add all of it to one of the three. You will need to play with the percentages to find your own favorite blend, but perhaps my blend can give you a general idea in terms of how much to plant. I measure my blend by volume rather than by weight. Basma will have smaller leaves.
Old Gasman
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Thank you both very much, that's certainly given me food for thought. I hope I've not jinxed myself by counting my chickens before they're hatched.
santisimo
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Hello it depends on growing space and later curing leaves. In my case, 40-45 plants to obtain a minimum harvest to smoke. I love a lot the maryland 609 and virginia yellow is a must for pipe smoking. Basma like all orientals will add "magic" to your blends. If i was planting: 20 virginias 10 maryland 10 basma. Good luck with your season!
Old Gasman
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I'm always slightly envious when you chaps post photos of your back yards, for most of us Brits they look like fields, but, you have to make the best of what you've got. So here's some photos of my limited space grow in a bucket grow.
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Your garden looks lovely. A larger plot of land, like a larger house, can be both blessing and burden.
Bob
santisimo
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Nice plants and garden... you have to be proud of it!!
Old Gasman
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Muchas gracias. Oh I am proud of it, although I must admit that my wife is the gardener, I'm more of the labourer. In a few days the other grow bags will be in the greenhouse ready for the tomato plants and aubergines.
Oldfella
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lovely looking plants. You certainly are making the best use of the space available to you. I wish you all the very best for your grow and will be watching with interest.
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Old Gasman
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Another update, it's now about 3 weeks since I planted my seedlings out. Firstly here's some of my Basma,
Next my Yellow Twist Bud, these haven't grown as vigorously as the others
Now my Maryland 609
And the best till last, the Virginia. I bought these from EBay so unfortunately I don't know the variety,
What they need really is some good long warm sunny days but unfortunately we don't have many of those. Most days are like living underneath a giant inverted grey Tupperware bowl. But you never know, we may see the sun yet.
Next my Yellow Twist Bud, these haven't grown as vigorously as the others
Now my Maryland 609
And the best till last, the Virginia. I bought these from EBay so unfortunately I don't know the variety,
What they need really is some good long warm sunny days but unfortunately we don't have many of those. Most days are like living underneath a giant inverted grey Tupperware bowl. But you never know, we may see the sun yet.
santisimo
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What a nice plants!! Nice job
Oldfella
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Looking really nice
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Old Gasman
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I was just looking at my Basma plants and they are all starting to produce little side shoots or suckers. Should I treat then the same as my tomatoes and remove them all or are they best left alone?
Thanks chaps.
Thanks chaps.
That would be item #18 in our New Growers' FAQ. I sometimes treat my tomatoes the same as my tobacco, and remove the suckers.
Bob
Bob
Old Gasman
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You're right, I should have looked first. I'll wait till they get a little bit bigger then remove them, thanks a lot.
Oldfella
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You can also just rub them off with your thumb or finger. That way you're dealing with the problem as you find it.
Just a thought.
Oldfella
Old Gasman
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Rain rain and yet more rain although it doesn't seem to have bothered my plants as they're growing vigorously. One thing I have noticed though is that for some reason some of the leaves on my MD 609 want to lay upside down.
Old Gasman
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And there I was thinking it was only mine!
