Overthinking it

[Plinsc]

It’s what I do.
I read this in FAQ :
If more than one variety of tobacco is grown within a range of 1/2 mile, the varieties may cross-pollinate. This usually occurs from insect borne pollen. Wind pollination seems to be minimal. Happily, tobacco is self-fertile. In order to save seed of a pure strain, for yourself or for sharing with others, you should bag the bud head before the first blossom opens.


Does this mean bagging the seed heads prevents cross pollination?

 

[Plinsc]

And I found my answer in another thread!

They will surely give you excellent germination. But of what? Were the blossom heads bagged to prevent cross-pollination. Any other tobacco varieties growing with ½ mile of the burley?

My personal opinion is that tobacco growing requires way too much work for me to lavish any effort on mystery seed.

Now that you know the routine for collecting and sieving the seed, you'll be ready to bag some varieties for seed collection next season.

Bob

Thanks Bob!

 

[deluxestogie]

Yup. Check our Index of Key Forum Threads, in the section, Bagging Tobacco Blossom Heads.

For cleaning seed using sieves:

Best Practices: seed saving

I thought I was following good seed saving practices, but clearly was not. I germinated 12 varieties some of which sprouted most did not. Mine. Can we get a discussion from harvesting to storage? I hang the stalk to dry, crush the pods and sift the seeds, bag and store in the basement...

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Bob