But if anyone ever tells you to have a cigar....
(they start out like this) f0rgiv3n - 28-5-2009 at 07:18 AM
I like cigars :tumble: just a bit confused: is that a tobacco plant? and are you growing it?
probably dumb questions lolPHREERIDER - 28-5-2009 at 08:02 AM
looks like flew cured variety
burly maybe? definitely east varietyTaper123 - 28-5-2009 at 08:11 AM
Havana strain...
One day people were complaining about the high cost of tobacco, so I suggested they grow their own. They looked at me like I was nuts... so I
spent the two bucks for a pack of seeds. Funny thing is... I don't smoke tobacco :bouncing:f0rgiv3n - 28-5-2009 at 08:17 AM
:wow: right onPHREERIDER - 28-5-2009 at 09:45 AM
my father was a tobacco seed "specialist" one of the few certified seed growers back in the day. an ounce of seed around $200. which could seed 1/4
acre and plant about 40 acres. gold that sprang from the soil. made chaingang work feel like a holiday.
and look at me now ...how does one fill that kind of void?kitejumper - 28-5-2009 at 11:48 AM
come in here dear boy--have a cigar,youre gonna go far--youre gonna fly high,youre never gonna die--youre gonna make it if you try--they're gonna love
you..........ragden - 28-5-2009 at 11:51 AM
Good song. Great album.
Off-topic: Interesting footnote, do you know who actually sung that song? It was not Roger Waters, the normal singer for Pink Floyd, as he was sick at
the time of that recording... If you listen closely, you will notice that the voice is every so slightly different... kitejumper - 28-5-2009 at 03:35 PM
roy harper was recording an album about the same time as pink floyd and they asked him to do the vocals on have a cigar--david gilmour then returned
the favor,appearing on harpers next album "HQ".........Drewculous - 29-5-2009 at 06:45 AM
ive got some tobacco going as well, but the problem is, if you want to smoke it, it is virtually impossible. The tobacco has a crazy curing
ritual that the normal man cant match. Perfect conditions (humidity & temp)for like 3 years comes to mind. If you dont the plant is
extremely harsh. I have mine planted 'cuz i think the flowers are way cool. I just have to keep them away from my peppers... tobacco and
pepers dont mesh...
PHREERIDER - 29-5-2009 at 08:11 AM
moisture content on the stalk
removed when "ripe" a redneck qualified condition.
hang leaf stem up ...cured 6-10 weeks depending on what you want
air or flew cured is a slow control oxidation process
ahhh.. interacting with a plant is man's natureTaper123 - 29-5-2009 at 09:11 AM
The other strain I have growing is called "Mountain" . The information on the seed website said it was popular with the Navajo indians. It has a
very high nicotine content and can be used as a natural insecticide base. Makes a 3 foot tall hedge.
That... and it has cool green and yellow flowers. No idea if people growing them to smoke let them flower or pluck em before that, but from the
pictures I've seen, the flowers are well worth the effort to grow them.Taper123 - 29-5-2009 at 07:08 PM
Here's the mountain strain at six weeks after sprouting/// PHREERIDER - 29-5-2009 at 08:21 PM
put that thing in the ground!
after it flowers and drops
top it, let the seed pods dry out, and you got more.... F1
seed pods in the base of the flower
white/ yellow /green flowers in the NC varieties we developed.
some varieties are enormous leaves the size of king size pillows with the seed head 6-8 feet tall.
after a day of harvesting your arms would be black, covered with tar, sometimes the nicotine blood levels would be so high the newbies would vomit
from the day long buzz
day care for kids has changed since i was a childTaper123 - 30-5-2009 at 05:37 PM
Good to know. I've got some in the ground, and others in my hydro experiment.
Even worse.... after searching the web, the combination of beer and nicotine: Nicoshot
STUTTGART, Germany, Nautilus GmbH Laboratoriumsbedarf announced today the recent European launch of NicoShot?, the world's first smoking-cessation
beer containing a shot of natural nicotine, about what you would get in a couple of regular filtered cigarettes. NicoShot is brewed to the German
Purity Law of 1516 and contains 3 milligrams of naturally derived nicotine alkaloids, 63 calories and 4.5 carbohydrates, with 6.3% alcohol by volume
per 250 ml shot can. The cutting-edge nicotine beer is fire brewed separately and a standardized herbal extract of natural tobacco leaf (Nicotiana
tabacum L.) of the Solanaceae nightshade family is added at the end of the natural brewing process.Taper123 - 30-9-2009 at 06:16 AM
Now have a couple five to six foot plants hanging upside down in the screen'd porch. Everyone who has smoked any of it has said it is very mild...
Will have to plant some more next springPHREERIDER - 30-9-2009 at 06:39 AM
cool , high moisture content keeps it mild and nicotine high.
too dry not so good
a nicotine reduction step is to leave it on the stalk for curing but the moisture in the stalk makes predictable curing difficult & impractical
and hard to control out come.bigkid - 30-9-2009 at 08:21 AM
This thread reminds me of the old days and reading "High Times".furbowski - 30-9-2009 at 08:28 AM
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Originally posted by PHREERIDER
ahhh.. interacting with a plant is man's nature
Taper123 - 30-9-2009 at 08:56 AM
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Originally posted by bigkid
This thread reminds me of the old days and reading "High Times".
Lol... cept these were grown outside, in the open, under sunlight where the whole world could see them
I just find it funny when people say you can't grow your own tobacco or that it's illegal to do so. Up to 1/10th of an acre is allowed here in Texas.
Funny the things people do with your "cigarettes" when given away. One lady kept hers for a month, pulling it out on different people and saying she
had a rough day and needed something to relax...bigkid - 30-9-2009 at 09:19 AM
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Originally posted by Taper123
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Originally posted by bigkid
This thread reminds me of the old days and reading "High Times".
Lol... cept these were grown outside, in the open, under sunlight where the whole world could see them :-)
You would be surprised at the places that flower tops were grown, let alone the fields....WELDNGOD - 30-9-2009 at 10:02 AM
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Originally posted by bigkid
This thread reminds me of the old days and reading "High Times".
I was thinkin the same thing:roll:william_rx7 - 30-9-2009 at 01:02 PM
right on
