Posted on 05/19/2014 7:20:11 PM PDT by MichCapCon
This was container gardening with a drip system on a timer.
Some of Those plants got up to 7ft. I picked the lower leaves as they turned
yellow because I smoke ultra light. The Tomatoes didn't mind the company either.
I used garlic to fend off the moths from laying their eggs under the leaves.
Pesky buggers.
I generally leave the 3 or 4 best plants un-topped so they go to seed to save for the next year.
/johnny
How much time do you both spend on taking care of the tobacco plants?
Do you manage to grow enough to have tobacco all year long?
What about storage of all that tobaaco?
I am really interested in this. Well done and congrats. I use a hand cranking cigarette machine myself but even the strong tobacco is a little expensive ( I do live in Boston though ). What I buy is similar in strength to Drum tobacco. Really a nice strong smoke.
Others I have tried just seem a little limp.
Thanks for the insight!
Curing tobacco takes time and effort. I have more time than cash.
I'll be growing enough tobacco this year for more than a year's worth. I smoke about 1 lb of tobacco a month.
I'm single, so curing and storing the tobacco isn't a problem. When the tobacco is curing, though, you'll need to duck while walking through most of the house. ;)
/johnny
Give this man the “So Obvious Only A Libtard Would Take So Long To Realize The Truth” award for 2014.
What?! They get REWARDED for having lower tax rates? Horrors!!
There are some good books out there if you're interested.
Here's the guide I used, successfully.
So do anti smoking campaigns. They act surprised that the funds won't roll in forever.
When I was a teenager I dipped snuff. Copenhagen was 27 cents a can. I was 25 when I was buying cigs on base for 25 cents a pack. That was in the 80s.
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. The demonstrators, some disguised as American Indians, destroyed an entire shipment of tea, which had been sent by the East India Company, in defiance of the Tea Act of May 10, 1773.
They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor, ruining the tea. The British government responded harshly and the episode escalated into the American Revolution.
The Tea Party became an iconic event of American history, and other political protests such as the Tea Party movement after 2010 explicitly refer to it.
Ive used Powdered Snuff time and again in the past..but much prefer smoking cigarettes.
I always thought the Sons of Liberty were not disguised as Indians but rather dressed as Indians as the Indian was the symbol of America.
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