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Bob
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Welcome. Thank you for joining us.
I believe most cigarette smokers use a blend of Virginia flue cure, Burley, and Oriental. My personal blend uses five.
45% Virginia flue cure (personal favorites Reams 158, Cherry Red, GL 939) (I sun cure my Virginias and Orientals)
20% Burley (TN 90 or TN86)
20% Maryland (MD 609)
5% dark air (VA 355)
10% Oriental (Prilep or Izmir Ozbas)
You can find the seed at www.northwoodseeds.com, owned by a member here named Skychaser.
I believe most cigarette smokers use a blend of Virginia flue cure, Burley, and Oriental. My personal blend uses five.
45% Virginia flue cure (personal favorites Reams 158, Cherry Red, GL 939) (I sun cure my Virginias and Orientals)
20% Burley (TN 90 or TN86)
20% Maryland (MD 609)
5% dark air (VA 355)
10% Oriental (Prilep or Izmir Ozbas)
You can find the seed at www.northwoodseeds.com, owned by a member here named Skychaser.
Alpine
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Welcome to FTT
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Amberbeth84
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Welcome!
MarcL
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Welcome to Fair Trade Tobacco.
@Knucklehead makes an excellent point. Sun-curing Virginia tobacco varieties will be closer to what you expect from a Virginia than air-curing. Orientals should also be sun-cured, whereas burley, Maryland and dark air-cured varieties do better when air-cured.
Bob
Oldfella
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Welcome from me in NZ, I grow a variety of tobacco's but my main crop is Vaginia Gold. I just hang them out on a line in the full sun and have found that it is a pleasant smoke as soon as its dry. 
Ageing or kilning only improves it. It's a great all-rounder for beginners, it enables you to get smoking sooner. Knuckleheads blend sounds good I might give it a go.
Cheers Oldfella
Ageing or kilning only improves it. It's a great all-rounder for beginners, it enables you to get smoking sooner. Knuckleheads blend sounds good I might give it a go.Cheers Oldfella
ChinaVoodoo
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Welcome to the forum. Unfortunately I think it's too late to start a crop unless if there's farmers near you who have seedlings you could buy. Maybe start with whole leaf from WLT - The banner at the top of this page.
ChinaVoodoo
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According to this website there's one tobacco farmer in Nova Scotia. Surprisingly, there's two in Alberta. I had no idea.
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