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I was driving around in a small Jember village and came across something I just had to share with you guys. I think if you would try to grow tobacco this way it wouldn't even work. But apparently, it can be done. What exactly you ask? Grow tobacco out of a wall! And not just a single plant! See...

Hi Members, I've thought of a way to join in with the regular northern hemisphere grow blog season. I get really excited seeing everyone starting their seeds and working up towards the same goals. I can grow all year 'round in Indonesia, which is nice, but it is difficult to see a beginning and...

Hi All, This thread is dedicated to my trip to Sumba from December 20th until December 30th in 2016. One of my best friends from high school came to Indonesia and we picked Sumba as the island we wanted to explore together. Sumba is remote, there is hardly any tourism, highly valued by...

Hi all, As some of you may know, we do not only grow tobacco but have planted several fruit seeds of which some have grown quite big already. As it is now the rainy season and the humidity is extremely high we do not need to water them so often. Therefore, I am not checking them every day but...

I would like to dedicate a thread to Javanese sun cured varieties. I plan on collecting as many of these varieties while I am here on East Java. I will make them available to other forum members. In 2012 Bob dedicated a thread to Indonesian Tobacco in the Cigar Tobaccos section of this forum...

Hello All, The idea of this thread is somewhat similar to that of the Besuki thread I posted earlier in the Cigar Forum. I want to introduce another Indonesian variety to the forum and distribute seeds. A note of precaution however, I am less familiar with Kasturi than I am with Besuki. That...

Hi friends I am from Indonesia. I like and interesting about tobacco especially homemade tobacco processing. Thanks.

Hi everyone, Besuki has been a discussion point in a number threads on this forum, such as Bezuki vs Habano 2K, as well as Indonesian Tobacco - a discussion. It has also been talked about in grow logs, for instance in those of Deluxestogie, Smokin Harley, and knucklehead mentioned stashing up...

Hi all, After having renamed the Amerongen tobacco into Amersfoort, it would be nice to keep a grow blog. As explained earlier, some of our friends and family members have a few Amersfoort tobacco plants in their garden in the Netherlands. We gave these plants away as we were moving back to...

Hi everyone at Fair Trade Tobacco, I am new to the forum. I have been browsing around here a bit for the last few weeks. Fair Trade Tobacco is a huge network and knowledge base. I am very enthusiastic, especially about the grow logs. I do not have a lot of growing experience myself yet, but I...

Discussion of Indonesian Tobacco Towering fields of shade-grown TBN tobacco. (Perantara) Why Indonesia? First of all, we should recognize that the former Dutch colony of Indonesia has a distinguished history of tobacco growing that dates back hundreds of years. Early Dutch traders were...