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I just found this interesting forum looking for Coffin Nails. I couldn't find them. I did however buy a pack of Virginia tobacco seeds 3 years ago from Coffin nails.com They cost me about $25 bucks and I was horrified at how few seeds I received. I followed the directions carefully and the darn things did grow!We planted them in the garden and they did quite well. We never did cure any to smoke, but we did get many, many seeds. The next year(2005)I planted more but nothing. I had left the seeds in the pods in the green house over the winter and I figured I'd ruined them. This year I said what the heck and sprinkled a pod or 2 of seeds onto a moist tray of seed starting mix, covered with 2 sheets of newspaper and the a sheet of plastic to keep the moisture in. In about a week and a half I took a peek and they were sprouting! I took off the coverings and I now have about a million little seedlings growing I'll them go a while and then transplant into more individual cell trays like how you would purchase plants from somewhere.
Anyway, I was looking for Coffin Nails because I can't find my instructions for curing the tobacco, I'm sure I could go to the Library. We live in Northeast Ohio and the seeds we have should be VERY hardy. If anyone has an idea how I could sell the many extra seeds, it would be good to hear. Thanks for the info on the rolling machines etc..I'll be checking into that. Good luck with your project!
P.S. I quit smoking for 13 years, didn't like it when smokes went to $1.50 a pack! Well, I'm back! The PRESSURE!

YIKES! I just last week ordered 100 Black Sea Samsun seeds from The Tobacco Seed Company They're really good, but they ship from England. It takes almost a month to get them. They also have pretty detailed instructions.

My luck has been a bit worse than yours. Two of my biggest plants died promptly after transplanting them outdoors into the native soil of my backyard. I'm now keeping the next biggest plant outdoors in a pot filled with moist potting soil. It did well in the hot sun today, but it's only been outdoors for about 36 hours.

I highly recommend this book:

It's got tobacco history, different methods of the process, and tons of other information.

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