Greetings!

[Johnny II]

Hi, I´m Johnny from Portugal. Just realize the HTGT.com forum is closed, so here i am.

 

[deluxestogie]

Welcome to the forum. Tell us a bit about yourself.

Bob

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Johnny II]

I start to grow tobacco 6 years ago (virg. gold, oriental samsoun and burley). I stopped for 2 years due to lack of land. I found a new spot so i'm back again. I re-start last season with burley only. I plan for the next year to grow virginia, oriental and burley. I´m looking for other virginia variety because i found the virginia gold to mild. Any ideas?
Thank you!

 

[CobGuy]

Welcome to FTT!

~Darin

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

I´m looking for other virginia variety because i found the virginia gold to mild. Any ideas?
Thank you!

I must mention that I have not grown any of these.
http://nwtseeds.com/DelGold.htm
http://nwtseeds.com/Jaffna.htm
http://nwtseeds.com/Lizard_Tail_Orinoco.htm
http://nwtseeds.com/Orinoco.htm

 

[Alpine]

Welcome to FTT

pier

 

[Charly]

Welcome.
I don't have a lot of experience with bright leaf but if you want something with more taste, you can try Cherry Red 401.
It was the first bright leaf I grew, and it is quite tasty (I grew some others, most were milder but I am still waiting for the others to go to kiln before trying them).

 

[Johnny II]

Thanks Charly. Never heard about this variety before.

 

[MarcL]

Welcome to Fair Trade Tobacco.

 

[greenmonster714]

Welcome to ftt.

 

[Hasse SWE]

Welcome Johnny nice to see a member from Portugal.

 

[Hasse SWE]

I am a oral-snuffer and not a smoker but the strongest tasted Burley I have grow is Burley-jupiter. It's like a "normally" oriental tobacco in Nickotine (lower than mutch other Burley variants). But have a very intensive Burley taste.

 

[Johnny II]

Thank you all.

 

[Johnny II]

By the way, i´m a hand rolling tobacco smoker and i don´t use kilns. I try to keep it simple and natural.

 

[Alpine]

I’m a hand roller too. And I too find that air curing so called “viriginia” tobacco is a tad too mild/light. But “dark Virginia” are far more tasty. Goose Creek Red is a good example, you may try to grow it. I grew Shirey a couple years ago, but only two plants that grew stunted because of poor location. I’ll give it another chance this year and report back. IIRC ChinaVodoo grew GCR last year and was happy with it.
Take a look at Northwood seeds, there are 3 or 4 dark Virginia and some “old” bright leaf that might be worth trying.

pier

 

[Johnny II]

Hmmm, thanks Alpine! I'm planning this season yellow twist bud for an easy air cure I believe.