7 Smokable Plants You Can Grow That Aren’t Marijuana

modernfarmer.com/ ^ | July 18, 2018 | By Brian Barth

[Red Badger]

We have a local springtime NATIVE American festival here, and they always have a shaman burning sage to chase away evil spirits.......and tourists..........

[OldNewYork]

You’ve asked the right question. If these are used to quit tobacco successfully, then they might have overall benefit to a person’s health, but it’s questionable whether inhaling burning smoke of any kind is a good idea for those not already smoking and wanting to quit.

[Big Red Badger]

My thoughts Exactly.

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger. I believe this is the first crossover gardening-to-GGG topic, ever! Good one for the weekly digest ping, as well.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Thank you, gave up my pipe years ago and still miss it. Maybe I could find something that isn’t harmful to smoke in it. But it is still SMOKE ... and even “secondary” smoke can kill ‘ya, Right? /s Always tickles me about the Smoking Nazis that were mostly do-gooder liberals that now legalize pot by the bushels. ... oh but it’s not tobacco, it’s pot and it’s different. (I’m a chemist, trust me, smoke is smoke).

[Texan5]

There were 2 large Mullein plants on this property when I came here-I mow around them and any other native plants-now there are 7 huge Mullein plants that I harvest leaves from...

Here, if you have livestock, horses, etc you ruthlessly rip out any Datura you find so your assets on the hoof don’t eat it...

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I think I’ll stick with Garlic, but I’d consider growing Burley Tobacco.

In Wisconsin, you can sell the leaves but they have to still be on the stalk when you sell them. They’re considered an Agricultural Product, then.

BUT if you take the leaves OFF the stalk, they become that ‘evil tobaccy’ and that’s against the law to sell.

Go figure!

I think Wisconsin is going to see a big spike in people growing Industrial Hemp in the near future. That’s legal to grow now...and our useless, One Term Wonder current Governor is just JONESIN’ to get pot made legal here in Wisconsin, too. *Rolleyes*

I’ll link your post to our next Weekly Garden Thread. ;)

[Garth Tater]

I can't believe they listed all those plants and left out Salvia Divinorum. A smooth, gentle smoke followed by a trip straight to the moon.

Illinois Bundleweed has some interesting effects also, but to my mind it takes too much processing to make it worthwhile.

[Ellendra]

Some of those have medicinal properties when smoked. I’ve actually been thinking of making incense for medicinal use. A mix of mullein and coltsfoot would be good during flu season.