Plant identification

[Bex]

I bought tobacco seeds off the internet some years ago - Burley and Virginia, and planted them together. Being a gardener, I collected my own seeds and have been using those seeds for the next few generations. I am assuming that what I have is Virginia, but would just like confirmation. Hopefully someone can tell from the photo.
By the way, this plant is from the summer of 2013. My greenhouse is tiny, and some of the plants were very small by November - I just left them. They wintered well (did not grow, but did not die) and when the weather became warmer this year, they began to grow. This is one of those plants.

 

[deluxestogie]

Bex,
Stunted, potted tobacco often does not reveal anything typical about the leaf shape, or other identifiable characteristics, so such plants cannot usually be classified to a specific variety.

Secondly, if you grew burley and a Virginia together, and did not bag the blossom heads of the plant(s) from which you saved seed, then you likely have an intermediate variety at this point. Photos of several fully grown, outdoor instances would be helpful in seeing what you ended up with.

Bob

 

[FmGrowit]

It looks like a Flurley to me.

 

[Knucklehead]

Photo of bagged seed heads to prevent cross pollination. This is the GRIN grow out and several different varieties are being grown. If you don't prevent crossing, there's no telling what you end up with. You could even have someone's cigar varieties from three miles away crossed with your Burley and Virginia crossed varieties. Bees travel a long way.

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Flue cured and burley, cross in some turk and it might yield cigarettes

 

[Bex]

I suppose if it is smokable and not terribly mild, this is my goal. The plants were grown in a greenhouse - no bees, so cross pollination might be unlikely - I actually took one small plant inside and potted it - it flowered 3 times in the 2 years I allowed it to grow, and I gathered the seeds from that one also. Fortunately (or not) no one else around here grows tobacco - maybe cross pollinating with cabbage?? I see from scouring the forum that there are very specific varieties of each of these types of tobacco - however I am not such a tobacco afficianado - I just want somethat that - in a perfect world - is a standalone product. I will start a thread with my 'adventure' in this - and do thank Bob for his can cozy, which may actually make this endeavor viable!!

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Yeah we go a little overboard with strain purity but it's understandable given recent history. If you are just going for a smoke that you personally like you are doing just fine. You aren't trying to sell the seed so the only person you have to please is yourself.