Grow Blog by @3437

[3437]

I've been going a few varieties for a while,Kentucky,Vbright leaf,Shirazi,Xanthi type,cherry red,maryland & a type I don't know what it is.

All the plants are grown indoor in water culture.About 5 years ago,I tried to grow it outside & they all died from ozone pollution and maybe some bacterial disease (the stem had a purple/black line running down it).On top of that,it hailed (in mid july) and ruined most of the good leaves.So all that put me off doing it out side again.
I can't grow that many but I can grow it continuously all year.

Half of the bright leafs last crop was air cured but mostly sun cured along with the greek & persian one.When I say sun cured,I used the grow lights,so I should say light cured.The others were air cured.
They were all fully cured and left in a cardboard box waiting to go in a chamber for ageing.



The 2nd pic,does anyone know what variety it is?.It has a very long leaf stem/mid rib and the living leaf is dark green.The 3rd pic is the bright leaf.

 

[skychaser]

Looks like a white stemmed Burley type to me. As to which strain, it is nearly impossible to tell even for someone who has grown many of them for many years. Is is stronger than your Virginian and have a good nic hit to it? Then it's probably a Burley. Nice looking plants though, what ever it is.

I curious. Why do you think ozone killed your outdoor plants? Much more likely it was a disease problem.

 

[3437]

Looks like a white stemmed Burley type to me. As to which strain, it is nearly impossible to tell even for someone who has grown many of them for many years. Is is stronger than your Virginian and have a good nic hit to it? Then it's probably a Burley. Nice looking plants though, what ever it is.

I curious. Why do you think ozone killed your outdoor plants? Much more likely it was a disease problem.

It has a powerful buzz,can feel it running down my arms & legs and slightly rolling forward .After smoking it,the pipe or ashtray has a burnt cigar aroma about it.

I could not find anywhere on the internet what could be wrong with them thinking it was a disease or deficiency.I also asked in garden centres,nobody knew.Until someone said what it was,then I had a look on the internet.Every year I grow at least one plant outside,and they always die from it.
It starts off with big white cloudy spots,then it spread by getting bigger and joining to other spots & the dead part turns to a copper and sometimes red colour,then the whole leaf dies.Sometimes it looks like bleaching,gone completely white.
Right now the spearmint is dying from it & a hedge.I can't grow lemon balm either.The problem really starts around mid june.

 

[deluxestogie]

The leaves of that dark green plant have a long petiole. So it's not likely burley. What color is the blossom?

Bob

 

[3437]

The leaves of that dark green plant have a long petiole. So it's not likely burley. What color is the blossom?

Bob

Pink with a hint of red,the pink is darker than the vbright leaf flower.

 

[deluxestogie]

Then definitely not N. rustica. Could be an Oriental in the Samsun family. But indoor-grown makes identification even more difficult than just outdoor pot-grown.

Bob

 

[3437]

But indoor-grown makes identification even more difficult than just outdoor pot-grown.

Bob

Why do you say that?

 

[deluxestogie]

The conditions are not the same. There are over 3000 named varieties of tobacco. Sometimes, the identification comes down to distinguishing subtle differences in leaf auricles, or a slight recurve of the leaf margin, or the leaf-stalk angle. Without sun and wind and rain and solar-directed circumnutation, they grow differently.

Bob

 

[3437]

A couple more pics of the unknown strain;

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

A couple more pics of the unknown strain;

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I have to side on what the experts above said, but I must confess, with these photos, I see why one might think it looks like rustica.

 

[3437]

I have to side on what the experts above said, but I must confess, with these photos, I see why one might think it looks like rustica.

I have a theory,maybe whoever grew the plant for the seeds didn't cover the flowers & got crossed with others?.

 

[deluxestogie]

That describes many of the tobacco seed sellers on Ebay.

Bob

 

[3437]

That describes many of the tobacco seed sellers on Ebay.

Bob

It was given to me as a burley type.When skychaser mentioned white stemmed burley,I thought it's probably correct,but I've never seen a burley type look like that.