Season 2023 cavedane Grow blog.

[cavedane]

Why ...can anybody tel me why ..you end up with so many different seeds .
This yer I have smoked Virginia gold -harrow velvet -and golden burley mixed like 25-25-50.
This yer im growing .Izmir ozbas .bafra.xanthi basma.havana.afrika red.golden burley, and have ordered big gem and prilep.
Hope fore som good blends
The temp. is 80 f in my greenhouse ..so I have to do a lot of potting this weekend ..but thats ok ..give peace in my mind .

 

[deluxestogie]

Why ...can anybody tel me why ..you end up with so many different seeds

There are over 3000 named varieties of Nicotiana tabacum, and many named varieties of N. rustica. Had Mendelian genetics been discovered two centuries earlier, I suspect that there would be far fewer tobacco varieties today, with more dramatic distinctions among them. As it is, we get to enjoy our subtle preferences (often less dependent on the variety than on our growing conditions, and our subsequent curing, fermentation/kilning and aging practices).

With the exception of commercial seed production, where numerous varieties are just part of the business, home-growers seem to fall into two camps. The most common is to purchase a small number of specifically recommended varieties, and perhaps vary that from year to year. Then there are those home-growers who grow increasing numbers of different varieties each year, to explore their characteristics. This latter group has a tendency in subsequent years to eventually settle on a much smaller number of varieties that they particularly like.

For me, the burden of maintaining accurate documentation of simultaneously growing dozens of varieties each year became oppressive. My craziest year was a grow of 43 different varieties (a decade ago). I have pretty much settled on about a dozen varieties that I frequently grow, but fewer than 8 or 9 varieties in any given season.

Bob

 

[cavedane]

WOW ..im lucky then ..I hope I find a few good varieties with good taste . But I might save and grow some plants for the seeds . In Denmark very few grows tobacco.
So in a few years ( Im 65 ) .I stop working and get plenty of time fore this new hobby. Until then i am glad to follow you people and learn some of the importent fackt.

 

[cavedane]

Well...Im done ..crossing my fingers no frost now .My nabos wife already told me my lines are a mes.

So now i just have to wait fore the mail.

 

[SlamFire]

Why ...can anybody tel me why ..you end up with so many different seeds .
This yer I have smoked Virginia gold -harrow velvet -and golden burley mixed like 25-25-50.
This yer im growing .Izmir ozbas .bafra.xanthi basma.havana.afrika red.golden burley, and have ordered big gem and prilep.
Hope fore som good blends
The temp. is 80 f in my greenhouse ..so I have to do a lot of potting this weekend ..but thats ok ..give peace in my mind .

Growing tobacco is fun - and you start to get curious about the aroma and taste of other varieties... I grew 4 last year, and I'm up to 10 right now... Depending on what makes it to harvest time, and whether I win the lottery, next year's list might be smaller or larger!

 

[cavedane]

The spring has past ..cold windy and dry.. lots of sun 1/june ..summer began.. lots of sun.. still very dry and nights stil cold (40f) but now the forecast looks like we get rain and temp. 55 at night and 80 at daytime ..I love it

 

[cavedane]

I have been playing with some seeds and fotos ...I think they looks happy

 

[cavedane]

Still no water from above . windy and very dry ..have to water with my hose but it cost . In my greenhouse i have some seedplants they are almost ready to bag. this is xanthy basma.
I lookt the other way and they almust dryed out ...shame on me

 

[deluxestogie]

That is fine looking burley.

Bob

 

[cavedane]

Now ..when the time comes to curing , will it have any effekt first drying the leaves and then expose them for sun ..or do they have to dry out in the sun.????
My plan is to dry them then shred them og expose the tobacco for the sun ..but does it work out ..or is it a bad idea

 

[deluxestogie]

The curing process requires that the tobacco leaf not be allowed to dry until the leaf has colored to yellow or brown. If it dries green, it is ruined.

In Indonesia, in the rajangang process, the grower first shreds fresh, green leaf, then spreads it in sunlight to cure:

Attempt at making sun-cured rajangan

The process was briefly described to me by Tutu. In Indonesia, they apparently shred certain tobacco before sun curing them. This article sparked my interest even more: https://medium.com/@pylorns/indonesian-pipe-tobacco-71630487a33d Then I found this photo of the process I picked the...

fairtradetobacco.com

Bob

 

[cavedane]

this what the idea was about

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hg_MgECBUU
But I cant shred it in my machine when they are green ..I have to yellov them and dry them first ..but im not sure it works.

 

[cavedane]

Summer has come ...Nice...can anybody make a raindance ..?? its verrrrrry dry. 80 degrees f.

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

We have had tstorms and rain for the last 4 days. Plenty of wind too! My knee high tobacco did fine, chest high sweet corn not so much! Lol

 

[cavedane]

Things goes fast now ..it grow and grow . the turky has startet making flowers .and finely a cloud came by ..but only 5mm water.

 

[cavedane]

Today I pickt some weed ...felt like a ton...and I found some mud lugs ..they are now under a blancket in my greenhouse yellowing .
How do you tell if the turkis are ripe ..I think I can top them now ..right ???

 

[deluxestogie]

How do you tell if the turkis are ripe

I would wait until you see a slight yellowing at the tips of the lower leaves. Most Oriental varieties are usually never topped.

Bob

 

[cavedane]

Today I pickt some weed ...felt like a ton...and I found some mud lugs ..they are now under a blancket in my greenhouse yellowing .
How do you tell if the turkis are ripe ..I think I can top them now ..right ???

Its going fast

 

[cavedane]

First time I grow turkeys...they are getting to big i think ...some has fallen in the wind ..the leaves are dark green and no sign of ripenes. Nekst time I will use containers .
Golden Burley doing just fine ..almost ready fore topping. I think it will be a good harvest.
I saved a afrika red in my greenhouse as seedplant ..now 7 feet high and still no signs of seedpods.

 

[Knucklehead]

Great looking crop of tobacco!