hakamo0o Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Hello there, Last summer (your winter) I went to Lebanon, the country is wonderful and they really appreciate good tobacco especially the Cuban I went to the southern part of Lebanon and I've found that they plant tobacco there, large green fields of tobacco. Of course there they don't make cigars so they Sun cure it and smoke it mainly in hookahs. I got my self a dried flower from the field and it contained at least 800 seeds. When I came home I planted them (last September) it was 35 degrees Celsius back then and it started to sprout. I'll try to grow some of these using 20-20-20 Fertilizer and some other using all organic compost (I made it) and see which will produce better size-color and taste. As you can see in these photos below that I will be a while before I roll my first stick but I will enjoy the entire journey Here they are 2 weeks old and here after a couple of months here are the transplanted alone ones (4 months old), after transplanting them and waiting a week now they are growing by the day and a close up, real size is 5-6 cm (2 inches) so what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatFastard Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Pretty frickin cool!! Good work and awesome pics. Keep us posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazolaman Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Yeah man,how cool is that! I'd love to see the progress on that as it grows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxbusa Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 I'd love to cover my back yard, but the climate and soil here just isnt suited for good cultivation, best wishes in your endeavors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docbp87 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Very very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeafLover Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I'd love to cover my back yard, but the climate and soil here just isnt suited for good cultivation, best wishes in your endeavors Don't they have community plots in Rosemead, Alhambra, El Monte or is it Montebello where they allow people to grow plants? Wanna go into business? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakamo0o Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Thanks guys, I'll keep updating the thread at every milestone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habanos2000 Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Great project, I look forward to hearing how it turns out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackohalloran Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 They look great u have to keep us up to date with the progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thechenman Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Fantastic project, and what a great experiment. Please keep us posted on your progress and results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiley Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Really interesting! Thanks for posting this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGlass Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thanks for the pics. I heard once that Tobacco plants are a great natural insect repellent - any noticeable improvements at your place with mosquitoes and flies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakamo0o Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thanks for the pics.I heard once that Tobacco plants are a great natural insect repellent - any noticeable improvements at your place with mosquitoes and flies? They are not really a repellent, the nicotine in them is a pesticide but other than that flies and mosquitoes are all over the place!! You can leach-out the nicotine with a solvent and then spray it to kill any pest on other plants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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