Posted by kyhayman on March 22, 2009 at 21:27:41 from (75.104.128.58):
In Reply to: Growing tobacco posted by Ultradog MN on March 22, 2009 at 21:05:55:
Yes to the following, it will grow north, you can grow your own, and you can grow it small scale. As to markets, if you sell it, it has to go to a tobacco company and they contract for it by type and area. Most of the tobacco raised that far north is cigar wrapper. Filler tobacco is typically a mix of burley and flue cured. Chewing tobacco is typically dark air cured and snuff is typically fire cured. But, I grew up raising burley so thats what I chew. I dont use any flavorings or sugar and like the milder taste and higher nicotine content of the burley.
An air cured tobacco is your best bet. Flue and fire cured take special curing and harvesting. With the air cured you simply cut it, spear the stalk on a stick, and hang it up to cure. Figure 2 pounds of cured leaf per stick with 6 plants per stick. Of that about 60 percent will be stems and 40 percent usable leaf.
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