farm question

[James Hill]

With the advent of all the new taxes on tobacco and coffee in Florida, I'm looking at growing my own tobacco, how much ground would it take to grow about 18lbs of tobacco, will suffer with the coffee increase, it wsasnt that drastic.

 

[Anonymous-0]

If'N YOU have a small plot approx. 10x10x10.

YOU can grow enough tobacco to serve a family of 4 for a year. INDIAN STUFF. In FLORIDA, I would cater to the SEMINOL brand of product.

Up here, our ground is a little different. The AMISH are "DUTCH MASTERS" when it comes to natural product!

Hope this helps.....John,PA

By the way.....becareful of the "TOBACCO WORM".

We defend our product (DUTCHMAN) organically!

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[JMOR]

10x10x10, huh? Tobacco must have some kind of roots!

 

[Hoymate]

Hey JPA. Thought you had to be S of the Mason Dixon to grow tobackie. Could I grow some up here in cherry and apple country? We have lots of Dutch here too ya know. Ya?

 

[Anonymous-0]

I always understood that as long as it is for own use, you can grow tobacco. Don't sell none, though. Has to do with some kind of laws for taxes.

I personally never grew tobacco. But, I can grow all of the lettuce I wants to, along with CORN SILK.

I was always afraid the rtabbits might get sick on tobacco leaves.

I had an older brother who tried growing a tobacco plant a long time ago. He had no luck because the plant people where he got the "starter" must have had a WORM in the plant!

So, moral to the story.......check with BURPEE, I guess!

John , PA

 

[Dunk]

(quoted from post at 17:54:34 04/19/09) 10x10x10, huh? Tobacco must have some kind of roots!

Actually it does...

[color=blue:3211b105c4]The roots of tobacco grow quickly and the root structure is quite large with thousands of small hair like feeder roots that grow close to the soil surface. Care should be taken when cultivating as not to till or hoe too deep and damage the roots. [/color:3211b105c4]

http://www.newhopeseed.com/tobacco/seed_culture.htm

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In my teenage years I made a visit to a large kentucky tobacco farm, it was my first wifes kin folks.

There were lots of large barns hainging full of it.

I brought a "hand" home with me.

I don't think I ever got all of it smoked, and I smoked on it for years, rolling cigs.

I have been a smoker since I was 14 years old, and even being a smoker, a cig of that would make me kinda woosey.

 

[Hearthstone]

One of the community gardens in Cleveland OH always has a gentleman growing a 10 X 20 patch of tobacco. He claims it keeps him in cigars. I suspect the most difficult part would be finding a good seed source - at least around here. They are started indoors several weeks before putting in the garden. That would be late May for us.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Type in tobacco seed.11 million plus hits.