Any leaf

[FmGrowit]

Ha! If your spelling gets too bad, I'll just fix it

No need to sell off too much of anything. A pound or two of filler and a pound of wrapper would last for a month or more if you smoke 3 cigars a day.

If you need a little help, I will be offering sampler packs where you can get a couple pounds of filler and wrapper for about $35.

 

[Randy]

speaking of that new law..is that why you cant buy pipe tobacco already baged..for awhile I was buying home and online.now those sites
quit selling it.me wife have RYO cigs for years.

 

[FmGrowit]

That must be a Tennessee law, pipe tobacco is still available in Ohio.

 

[Randy]

NOW thats what im taking about..great tobacco=great cigars/low price!!lol

 

[Randy]

That must be a Tennessee law, pipe tobacco is still available in Ohio.

you can still buy local..not online no more

 

[Randy]

Forget about wife and cigs..IM talking my ffav Cigars.[hope she dont see this

 

[Steve2md]

If the midrib is intact, it's considered "unprocessed" right? What if you used your pipe casing on whole leaf and sold it that way? still not technically pipe tobacco, right? or does the casing make it no longer a "produce" product? just curious.

 

[Randy]

If the midrib is intact, it's considered "unprocessed" right? What if you used your pipe casing on whole leaf and sold it that way? still not technically pipe tobacco, right? or does the casing make it no longer a "produce" product? just curious.

hello steve were you asking me?

 

[Steve2md]

I was asking Don. He referenced pipe tobacco shipping regs and it piqued my curiosity.

 

[FmGrowit]

Yes, any change in the physical characteristic of tobacco other than removing the largest part of the mid-rib is considered "manufacturing". Casing and even fermenting tobacco requires a federal license.

I was actually considering toasting whole leaf Burley to assist in the processing into cigarettes, but I haven't received a definitive answer from anyone other than it "probably" would be considered manufacturing.

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Probably not worth it man, I'm sure they'd probably love to smack you down and make an example of you.

 

[deluxestogie]

Don,
Do you have a sense of the minimum quantity of a leaf variety that a domestic cigar manufacturer might consider for a custom batch of cigars?

Bob

 

[Steve2md]

Ok thanks! Just thinking out loud there

 

[FmGrowit]

Don,
Do you have a sense of the minimum quantity of a leaf variety that a domestic cigar manufacturer might consider for a custom batch of cigars?

Bob

The better boutique shops would offer a limited edition run using as little as 10 lbs of wrapper and probably about 20 lbs of filler, but not necessarily both at the same time.

When I had the Indonesian wrapper, one of my clients used as little as 5 lbs of wrapper with his fillers.

I've been wanting to create my own filler for this purpose, but the events leading to the demise of my crop this year have put those plans on hold for another year.

With as much information as we have on this site, I don't see any reason someone couldn't make a decent buck on a short crop. Wholesale prices are as low as $6 lb. for filler and up to $30 lb. for wrapper. A realistic wholesale price for filler would be somewhere in the $7- $12 range and $18 for wrapper

Of course, any member could use my whole leaf site to sell their leaf for a little more money. All I'd ask is for a small percentage upon the sale of their leaf.

 

[Randy]

Hey FmGrowit;
Lets that say someone on this site grew his own tobacco,rolled a nice cigar,then wanted to sell it here to other members,how would that process work..would you have to just amke sure both seller and buyer paid taxes..or would you have to get some sort of tobacco re-sell licsense or sort?..I know theres no tax on whole leaf and such..but what happens when you go the next step..like rolled cigars..Im thinking
you would have to open your own buisness like and all that goes with that..just a thought I had

Randy

ps I know this a site for growing your own tobacco and stuff;Im not trying to start wholesale selling of cigars
to many sites already out there,I was thing a few between members here.

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Yeah you gotta set up a license with the tax rigamarole