Vango Grow Log 2026

[Vangotobacco]

Well I am trying my hand out at growing some tobacco. I have 2 hoop houses that I’ll be growing them in. I have 1 row 40 foot x 3 foot and 30 foot x 3 foot so I’m hoping to have around 35 or so plants unless I can fit more in there! I have Connecticut shade and Connecticut broadleaf that I will be trying to grow.

So I got my seed today (yes I know late) but I am going to do my best! I have the soil pre wet and humidity dome ready. I sprinkled seed on top and misted afterwards to get a nice moist seed.

Lastly I put them outside today during the warmth and have them inside at night for now. I have some chicks going with a heat lamp so I have these seeds adjacent to them and the hood is sitting around 82-84 degrees which I have to think is a solid temperature for germination and growth.

Open to any ideas / help as I need a lot of it. I do have some pole barns for drying later on but I am
Nervous about humidity and mold etc. more to read and learn before I get there!

 

[The Haroo ln]

If you have a fan on moving the air about and the leaves/stalks (depending on how you harvest) spaced out when curing, the mold shouldn't be too much of an issue. Its the low humidity and high temps that you normally have to worry about as your leaves can dry green and be very unpleasant to smoke (unless you like candela wrapper). Have a root around the main forum page and read through different grow blogs and curing methods to expand your knowledge. Theres an absolutely humongous amount of knowledge on this forum, Its insane!

Good luck with your grow!

 

[Vangotobacco]

Little update - not sure if this is a first sprout or something that was in the potting mix but I noticed it just after 24 hours planted. Seems insanely quick to me but who knows. Only have 1 sprout I see so far

 

[Wombat_smokes]

My prilep sprouted after 24 hours. Fresh seed can sprout faster than 1 week.

 

[Vangotobacco]

Checked today and have many more sprouting up! They are coming up in about 4 days which is great. Hoping they grow fast so I can get them in the ground. It seems the Connecticut shade is germinating faster.

 

[Vangotobacco]

Well I’m getting all excited about the future of hopefully rolling some cigars and I need a place to roll them. I had a few extra pieces of wood so I’m putting them together and making a board. Still a ways to go but figured if I have something else to do until these plants are ready it’ll keep me from staring at them all day

 

[Vangotobacco]

Not sure if it is too soon but I pulled half into 3-4 inch pots for grow out. Have the other seedlings where they germinated. I have 27 broadleaf in pots and 21 shade in pots for growing out. The rest are in the grow outs. I have them outside in full sun morning to night and they are taking it well. They basically have been germinated and grown outdoors the whole time. Trying to reduce transplant stress.

Excited to see some more leaves etc.