Another new guy!

[Tomriker]

hello everyone, my name is Chris. I live in Oregon in the central Willamette valley, new to the idea of growing my own tobacco and rolling my own cigars. I am a 6th generation farmer on the same piece of ground and from the little I've read into it so far I think I can probably handle growing the baccoo... the hard part im finding is choosing a variety to grow! maybe y'all can help me choose? I would preferably like something that can be used as filler/binder/wrapper to start with till Im confident enough to dive deeper into this operation. already plan on building a dryer that i've found plans for online, should be simple enough, also have plenty of sheds/barns i can hang my tobacco in to cure for a year or longer, depending how patient i can be. Until then Im planning on buying a few pounds of leaves and give this whole wrapping thing a shot! I'm looking forward to meeting y'all and hopefully making some friends and learning a few things along the way!

-chris

 

[leverhead]

Welcome! You're in the right place.

 

[darren1979]

Welcome Chris, your off to a good start without even planting a seed and thats finding this site. As for choosing a variety to grow im affraid thats gonna be trial and error, the guys will try and steer you in the right direction but it all comes down to taste.

Maybe pop over to wholeleaftobacco.com and order the cigar sample or a few pounds of other leaf and see what you like, im sure you wont be disappointed.

Darren

 

[johnlee1933]

Welcome to FTT Chris. I visited the Willamette (Yeah, Yeah I Know that's Will-AM-it) Valley years ago. Nice climate. It rained a lot when I was there. Is that common? If so you will need to take care to prevent mold when you are color curing. If you haven't already done it the FAQ's at the top of the page are a great place to start. -·- John

 

[Tomriker]

Welcome to FTT Chris. I visited the Willamette (Yeah, Yeah I Know that's Will-AM-it) Valley years ago. Nice climate. It rained a lot when I was there. Is that common? If so you will need to take care to prevent mold when you are color curing. If you haven't already done it the FAQ's at the top of the page are a great place to start. -·- John

way to learn how to pronounce it, it's funny hearing some peoples butchered attempts at it... it does rain.. and rain.. and rain... BUT from June through late September it's pleasant upper 70s-low 90s with very little rain. but the rest of the time it's raining more than its not... I will for sure check out the FAQs and see what I can find out.

 

[indianjoe]

Welcome Chris,
just look around you are bound to find lots of info and if you have any questions, just ask.

 

[Knucklehead]

Welcome to the forum. Glad to have you.

 

[BarG]

I've been real happy with my first cigar tobacco grow.
Pa Red........................Wrapper, filler, binder very large ,wide wrapper and binder
Fl. Sumatra.................. " " " medium size wrappers and binders
Ct. Broadleaf............... " " " very large elastic wrappers and binders
Burly..........................Mostly filler but can be used as wrapper and binder
...........The tops from all of the above are great to add a nice kick to your cigar.........
Guatemalen................ Filler
Huehuetenango...........Filler
Mont Calme Brun.........Filler
Yellow Twist Bud.........Filler
Perique......................Excellent filler
Havana 41................. A large Wrapper, filler, binder A nice mellow flavor
Havana 425............... A large Wrapper .binder, filler..I go easy on this one as filler, it can overpower the taste,
I'll be adding a dozen more new cigar varietys to try for 2013.

This is how I have been using them, But it's fun to experiment.

After patiently learning how to kiln my cigar and cigarette leaf , I have truly been able to enjoy all 18 varietys I grew last year.

I have to revise my impression of the h-425. A few holey wrapper binder leaves in a Besuki wrapper is great! I have been so busy testing my own grow I have neglected smoking my Bezuki From WLT. It makes a Great tasting wrapper.