Newbie to your site, saying hello

**DailyTobacconist** · 01-25-2012, 02:25 PM

Howdy Cigar Folk!

Thought I'd drop in and say hello. Been lurking around the 'gar-webs for a few years now, but just now joining in at this fine establishment.

Any other Oregon (or S. Wash) folk around?

**ashauler** · 01-25-2012, 02:46 PM

Welcome to the board. I see in your profile you list "horticulture"......do you grow tobacco?

**buzz** · 01-25-2012, 03:03 PM

Welcome from AZ. There are a couple guys here from Oregon... but they are crazy-strange.

-Buzz

**Paddy** · 01-25-2012, 04:38 PM

Welcome from MA.

**mrtr33** · 01-25-2012, 04:41 PM

Hi. Welcome from central Oregon. We are, without a doubt, the strangest.

Yeah, do you grow your own?

**DailyTobacconist** · 01-25-2012, 04:57 PM

Well, I do grow own food, flowers, and medicines, but tobacco is quite elusive to me at the moment. Being up past the 45th parallel makes growing tobacco nearly impossible from what I've been told. Plus, our wineries around my home use Botrytis on their grapes to raise the brix level for late-harvest batches and Ice Wines, which can and do infect leafy plants quite badly.

We are hoping for a more sunny local to move to in the near future, but Oregon is home for the moment. When I first moved here I was told, "if you ever get on the TriMax (public transit), and don't see a crazy person.....you ARE the crazy person". Still holds very true.

Thanks for the warm welcome ya'll!

**ashauler** · 01-25-2012, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by DailyTobacconist

Well, I do grow own food, flowers, and medicines, but tobacco is quite elusive to me at the moment. Being up past the 45th parallel makes growing tobacco nearly impossible from what I've been told. Plus, our wineries around my home use Botrytis on their grapes to raise the brix level for late-harvest batches and Ice Wines, which can and do infect leafy plants quite badly.

We are hoping for a more sunny local to move to in the near future, but Oregon is home for the moment. When I first moved here I was told, "if you ever get on the TriMax (public transit), and don't see a crazy person.....you ARE the crazy person". Still holds very true.

Thanks for the warm welcome ya'll!

Well, you probably know more than I do, but I'm afraid you've been given incorrect information. Tobacco can most certainly be grown in your location.

**DailyTobacconist** · 01-25-2012, 05:08 PM

Well, sounds like I have a new project on the horizon. ;)

We are planning a move to Ft. Collins, Colorado sometime later this year/beginning of next and will have much more land that we currently have available.

**ashauler** · 01-25-2012, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by DailyTobacconist

Well, sounds like I have a new project on the horizon. ;)

We are planning a move to Ft. Collins, Colorado sometime later this year/beginning of next and will have much more land that we currently have available.

Cool....but, ya know, you can grow tobacco in a 5 gallon bucket.

Anyway, welcome to the board.

**VancouverMark** · 01-25-2012, 05:16 PM

Welcome from just north of the 49th!

Mark

**mrtr33** · 01-25-2012, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by ashauler

Cool....but, ya know, you can grow tobacco in a 5 gallon bucket.

Anyway, welcome to the board.

I did. And we're on the east side (read windy) side of Bend. First try last summer, both plants were about 4 feet in height.

**JiveTurkey** · 01-25-2012, 10:05 PM

Welcome from Corvallis, OR. You must be in the Portland area?

**DailyTobacconist** · 01-25-2012, 10:56 PM

Yes, Beaverton to be exact.

**FightingFish** · 01-25-2012, 11:40 PM

Welcome.
On the topic of growing your own: I would be interested in how average rainfall affects tobacco growth. I'll have to spends some time on the ole' Google.

**DailyTobacconist** · 01-26-2012, 02:47 AM

I might have to start procuring some good tobacco seeds and get ready for the growing season. Anyone have recommendations?

**WinstonSpencer** · 01-26-2012, 07:58 AM

Welcome!

What kind of medicines do you grow?

**mrtr33** · 01-26-2012, 08:28 AM

Originally Posted by FightingFish

Welcome.
On the topic of growing your own: I would be interested in how average rainfall affects tobacco growth. I'll have to spends some time on the ole' Google.

The first two years I grew it, I was in Louisiana, where they average between 50 and 60 inches per year. I got some pretty big plants, and my growing season was kind of long (early April through Thanksgiving). You probably shouldn't let them grow that long, but I was more into it for decoration rather than cultivation & smoking, so it worked for me. But even last year, up here in the high desert area, where I don't think we had 3 inches of rain all summer (much shorter growing season here in central Oregon), they didn't grow as big, but I could have cared for them a lot better as well.

Originally Posted by DailyTobacconist

I might have to start procuring some good tobacco seeds and get ready for the growing season. Anyone have recommendations?

I'd recommend searching around in this forum. There's good information, resources, etc. to be found!

**ashauler** · 01-26-2012, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by FightingFish

Welcome.
On the topic of growing your own: I would be interested in how average rainfall affects tobacco growth. I'll have to spends some time on the ole' Google.

In addition to what mrtr33 said, low rainfall and stress to the plant (extreme heat, etc...) tend to increase the nicotine content of the harvested tobacco. Overly wet conditions, especially at the time of harvest, will increase the curing time and the susceptibility of the plant to various molds and diseases. You want the plant to have as little moisture in the leaves as possible when harvested.

**CptnBlues63** · 01-26-2012, 01:09 PM

Hello and welcome from Northern Alberta, Canada!

I was looking at your post about living in Beaverton and was thinking to myself, that sounds awful familiar and then it hit me. My step-daugher lives in Beaverton, OR and we were there last June. Well, we camped just west of Portland at LL "Stub" Stewart campground and they did too but we went into Beaverton the one day to load up on food.