Seed Varieties for Cigarettes

[Briyo2289]

Hi all,

Im basically new to growing tobacco. I tried it once before and didnt make it all the way through the process.

Im buying seeds off of Victory Seeds. These are the varieties I have in my cart:
Gold burley
virginia bright leaf
Black Sea Samsun
Little Yellow
Ky 5
Cherry Red
Silver Dollar
Silk Leaf
Shirey


my goal is to have a nice variety to experiment with cigarette blends.

if you have any recommendations of things to add or varieties to remove from the list, Id love to hear it.

thanks

 

[deluxestogie]

Just the burley, Bright Leaf and Samsun will give you the ingredients for an American style cigarette. The Bright Leaf will need to be flue-cured or at least sun-cured, to come close to what we think of as "Virginia" tobacco.

I would suggest fewer varieties, rather than more varieties, for a first grow. You will learn so much from that first year of completing a grow, that it may influence your choices for the following season.

Bob

 

[slouch]

The Bright Leaf will need to be flue-cured or at least sun-cured, to come close to what we think of as "Virginia" tobacco.

I was wondering how well this would work as I am also growing cherry red which I believe is Bright Leaf correct me if I'm wrong. I am planning to sun cure with the Orientals I am going to grow. Hopefully the Florida heat is enough to get a decent result.

 

[Alpine]

Sun curing is the poor man’s flue cure. Bright leaf strains end up sweeter than if air cured, but not as sweet as truly flue cured. Personally, I sun cure all my tobacco except for burleys and rusticas.

pier