2014 Tobacco Garden

[USHOG]

Update 2014 tobacco garden was a great success. I have more tobacco than I could smoke in 10 years but it was fun. I have been playing with new pipe blends lately as the wife enjoys her pipe and I have come to enjoy a heavy latakia blend. My cigar tobacco is great but I have run out of wrappers and binders so guess what I am growing this year a lot of wrapper and binder.

I sent out 3 samples to people here on the forum to try out we will see what they think over the next few weeks

2015 seeds are going great and the garden is finished ready for planting. I am growing 720 plants with 29 varieties. Going to be fun blending next year

 

[SailorAg]

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading this thread. I hope to be able to try out growing some tobacco for myself someday. My aunt and uncle have quite a piece of land near Cisco, TX that I could plant on.

 

[USHOG]

Let me know and I can get some seeds out to ya.

Joe

 

[luckysaturn13]

Im going to try to grow about 15 plants this year to try to roll my own cigars. I'm going to grow a few Connecticut bl 's for wrappers. But I'm not sure what to use for filler and binder. I like more of a medium body cigar. What would you recommend? Also do you have any good links for how to process, ferment and roll? Thanks again

 

[Smoqman]

I'm thinking FIELD TRIP to Joe's!

 

[USHOG]

I am here most days you are welcome to come visit.
I would look at http://wholeleaftobacco.com/Cigar-Tobaccos_c10.htm to find information or buy cigar filler
As for a place to learn www.fairtradetobacco.com has a ton of great information on growing and processing tobacco.

 

[luckysaturn13]

much appreciated! thank you

 

[USHOG]

Any time

here is this years candidates.

 

[luckysaturn13]

now that is just beautiful!

 

[TraderCigarCo.]

This is absolutely incredible....

 

[Zigarro]

Great lookin garden! What part of Texas are you in? No way I could grow tobak up here in N. Texas!

 

[mguti]

@USHOG I see you live in Iola, I wouldn't mind coming and checking your garden and lending a hand. I've been wanting to learn to roll my own cigars and try to plant a few tobaccoo plants. I live in Huntsville.

 

[Tom1984]

Wow, that is incredible. Thanks for taking the time to post.

 

[USHOG]

Let me know and I can send you some seeds

 

[USHOG]

And you are all welcome to come by as long as you like dogs

 

[javelin377]

And you are all welcome to come by as long as you like dogs

Who doesn't like dogs?

 

[USHOG]

You would be surprised at how many people are terrified of dogs and with 10 loose dogs I just have learned to let everyone know

 

[Whtwtrman79]

You would be surprised at how many people are terrified of dogs and with 10 loose dogs I just have learned to let everyone know

I bet nobody just wanders up to your house unnoticed

 

[USHOG]

Not many people step out of their trucks without me present. Most people don't understand that just because my Dogos look like 125 pound pit bulls that they are mean. Actually most of them would just tackle you and lick you to death. I am on a block of 15 houses spread over 2000 acres. I am the only house in the last 15 years that has not been robbed. I really don't think it is the dogs more than I work at home and shoot guns everyday. Yesterday I unloaded 4 drums of ammo from my saga 12. That has to help somewhat plus it is fun

 

[Smoqman]

Not many people step out of their trucks without me present. Most people don't understand that just because my Dogos look like 125 pound pit bulls that they are mean. Actually most of them would just tackle you and lick you to death. I am on a block of 15 houses spread over 2000 acres. I am the only house in the last 15 years that has not been robbed. I really don't think it is the dogs more than I work at home and shoot guns everyday. Yesterday I unloaded 4 drums of ammo from my saga 12. That has to help somewhat plus it is fun

Hahaha!! Awesome!