Dear forum members, I'm new here and hope my post is in the right place. I grew nicotina rustica in pots last summer, some did well and some did poorly. The leaves soon began to weaken again. She grew on the windowsill. Perhaps I did something wrong? Dried and ground the leaves to use it as snuff, but it was just weak junk. I try to imitate neffa ifrikia just like the belgian snuff variant. Only neffa ifrikia is also very weak! I had bought the seeds of time at Amazon germany. Arranged them this year in Morocco, because I am used to the Moroccan snuff. The tobacco that grow in Morocco if you sniff it pure you can pass out because of the strength. Was a family member of mine who started smoking the pure leaves, he immediately passed out and didn't get out of bed for 2 weeks! Would love to hear tips from people who grow nicotina rustica. What can I do better? What am I doing wrong? It may be due to the seeds from Germany. This year I will grow the seeds from Morocco.
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Alpine
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Welcome to FTT.
I doubt that the “weakness” of your rusticas is due to the specific strain you grew (by the way, have you an idea of what strain it was?). There are, of course, large differences in taste, growth habit, number and size of the leaves between the various named rustica cultivars, but the nicotine content is usually on the high side for all rusticas.
More probably, the lack of taste and nic is due to the fact that the plants were in pots, indoor.
This year, if at all possible, grow your plants in full ground in a sunny spot of your garden. If you cannot grow in full ground, use 15/20 liter pots (one for each plant), choose a good quality soil mix and leave the pots outside in full sun, on a balcony for example.
Use your Moroccan seeds if you want, or take a look at www.northwoodseeds.com they have a good selection of both yellow and brown rusticas, as well as some traditional First Nations strains.
pier
I doubt that the “weakness” of your rusticas is due to the specific strain you grew (by the way, have you an idea of what strain it was?). There are, of course, large differences in taste, growth habit, number and size of the leaves between the various named rustica cultivars, but the nicotine content is usually on the high side for all rusticas.
More probably, the lack of taste and nic is due to the fact that the plants were in pots, indoor.
This year, if at all possible, grow your plants in full ground in a sunny spot of your garden. If you cannot grow in full ground, use 15/20 liter pots (one for each plant), choose a good quality soil mix and leave the pots outside in full sun, on a balcony for example.
Use your Moroccan seeds if you want, or take a look at www.northwoodseeds.com they have a good selection of both yellow and brown rusticas, as well as some traditional First Nations strains.
pier
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Welcome. Thank you for joining us.
thank you for your good explanation. I used the nicotinia rustica wild aztec tabacco. At first I thought Nicotinia rustica only knew one species, learned something today! now it also strikes me that 2 types are sold at amazon in germany. i will use the moroccan seeds this year and hope for successful planting. indeed I also suspected that they were in pots and grew indoors by the window, I indeed also noticed that plants remained small when they were in a small pot and large ones were in somewhat larger pots. I have arranged a small garden through the municipality, not enough, but I am looking to perhaps buy an agricultural plot if it is affordable. in Morocco they unfortunately could not explain to me which breed they have. It is strange that the seeds from Germany were characteristic to place the plants in half shade. but as far as I heard from relatives in Morocco, they just have to be in full sun to get them strong. Thanks for your help!
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Alpine
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Your Moroccan seeds are maybe either karabaglar: http://nwtseeds.com/Karabaglar.htm
or Hasenkeyf:
Or, for an even larger selection (and useful informations about each strain):
tobacco.professorhome.ru
pier
or Hasenkeyf:
Or, for an even larger selection (and useful informations about each strain):
Каталог махорки - Стр. 1 | Сорта табака и махорки - Polygon55
Каталог сортов махорки. Коллекция семян polygon55. На сезон 2024 года представлено 108 сортов махорки. Страница 1
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