Newbie to your site, saying hello

**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.