That's a great project you've got going on there. I live in NC so i imagine the climate has to be perfect for some nice tobacco growing. Down the road when i own a house with some property I'd love to give this a try!
Haha...Same way I feel about Pot. Don't care to smoke it but love to grow it! (No I don't have any!!!) :nono:
I've only rolled a handful of test cigars so far. Decent, smokable, passable, but nothing outstanding. I think all the leaf needs more aging and I definitely need to learn how to blend in order to put a really good cigar together. I want to amass a lot of different strains, let it all age properly, and then set my mind to some serious blending efforts. For now I'm content to grow it, ferment it, and store/age it. I am growing several new strains this year which I hope will have some distinct and excellent cigar flavors. A lot of the leaf I grew the past two years is, I think, really suited to wrapper leaf. Thus while it looks great, it may not be ideal for filler. At least one of the strains I'm growing this year looks really oily and is real sticky. I'm hoping that one will turn out to be a good strong flavorful cigar tobacco.
I bet it does smell good. I may have to try to grow some just for a aroma. Sure would beat potpourri. My wife and I went to the Graycliff factory and the smell of that place was wonderful!... But I can tell you the garage smells DIVINE. The aroma cannot be contained by plastic bags.
