Well I have my first batch of home grown tobacco ready to smoke! I gotta say, commercial cigarette tobacco is sub par compared to what I have grown. The taste, the aroma, and most of all the satisfaction I get from my tobacy is so worth the while. I'm no connoisseur but I wont be buying commercial tobacco anymore, theres no need! I got everything I could ask for from my own garden and no noxious chemicals added
Awesome! I have been growing tobacco in my windowsill for years and it seems to perpetually flower and make seeds, so I've collected thousands of those, and the sticky leaves have to have their oily tars windexed off the glass regularly, but its such a fine home herb I am surprised it is not more common. I have given leaves, seeds, plants, to others an none of them (all smokers) are willing to continue the practice. People will willingly pay $X/pack of cigarettes or 2X for the fair-trade, organic, pesticide-free version... but none seemed to have no appreciation for the hands-on process. Takes a unique person to hunt/ranch their own meat, plant their own potatoes. I also try to get them started home-brewing, as paying the taxes on sugar is minimal to the further alcohol and tobacco taxes enforced. As it's common here to do for yourself, and I could see having a tobacco patch, putting up the leaves for cure, and VERY easily be living off the land with your hand rolled cheroot or cigarillo poking out of your mouth like a modern-day character out of The Good, The Bad, and ... You. :sombrero:
Some types of tobacco are better suited for smoking, some for chewing/snuff. Also climate and soil play a role in what variety you decide to grow. Be sure to ask your extension agent for advise or neighbors who grow their own. I have seen lots of small patches in eastern Kentucky, where the tradition of growing your own is still strong. Not a smoker myself, but I have enjoyed plug in times past. You are so much better off with organic!
