Howdy all

[Eagle]

Greatings fellow growers.Been raising tobacco in the foot hills of WV for 4 years.I got tired of the constant tax increase on cig tobacco so I started raising my own an had good luck so far.

 

[deluxestogie]

Welcome to the forum. How big a crop are you planning?

Bob

 

[jailhouse]

greatings eagle welcome to the forum. feel free to ask any questions everyone is very helpfull on here.

 

[Eagle]

I learned my lesson my first year,I raised 1940 plants, way to many! I grow just for my own use. so now I have scaled way back to one row [25 plants]for each variety, hoping for 5 varieties this year.

 

[deluxestogie]

Eagle,
If you edit your profile, you can add your location, so that it appears in each of your posts. That will give a context to your comments, and assist other members in answering any questions.

125 plants is a good number, still a lot of work. Best of luck with it.

Bob

 

[indianjoe]

Welcome Eagle. What five varieties are you growing this year?

 

[Daniel]

Welcome Eagle, I grew 132 plants last year, I plan to grow almost 1800 this year. I realize the work this will cause and hope to only have to do it once. It is meant to give me a one time three year buffer on my tobacco supply. supply for 4 smokers that is. We will see how it goes. I have the starting and growing stuff figured out. it is going to be the curing and storage part that will be a real challenge for me.

 

[BarG]

Eagle, welcome you to FTT, 4 yrs. under your thumb is more than I have.

I hope your making them work for there smoke Daniel. Especialy driving to manage that much personal use. Good luck getting the lead out when it comes to [help]. 1 carton a week time 4 x going price x 52 equal they should be bustin it right along with you.