Hello fellow FTT forum members. It appears that my last post was a few years ago. Therefore, allow me to reintroduce myself. I'm a pipe and occasional cigar smoker. I have several seasons of garden level tobacco growing under my belt. Eying the big glass jar of seed strains, I have rekindled my interest in growing tobacco again. It's several months away from spring here. I am seriously considering planting some again. Cheers!
I'm baaaack: @docpierce
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WillQuantrill
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Which varieties do you have in seed?
Well, I'm thinking of planting the following: Samsun Maden and Silver River. Maybe a couple of bright plants like Cherry Red or Frog Eye. Although my Seed is from 2020, so I may have to obtain some new seed.
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Try taking ten seeds and spreading them out on a wet paper towel in a sealed (labeled!) container (petri dish is what I used, when doing this at my last job: hydroponic basil farming), put the container on a seed starting mat, and give them 2 weeks. The number of seeds that sprout will give you a good idea on the viability of the seed.
Germination tests are easy, and will let you figure out if you should buy seed before planting time.
On the other hand, reading the NWT seeds list to get an order together is the equivalent of going through the toy catalog before Christmas for adult tobacco growers….
Germination tests are easy, and will let you figure out if you should buy seed before planting time.
On the other hand, reading the NWT seeds list to get an order together is the equivalent of going through the toy catalog before Christmas for adult tobacco growers….