Newbie to your site, saying hello

[mrtr33]

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.

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!