How to Grow Your Own Tobacco from Seed to Smoke

by Ray French

How to Grow Your Own Tobacco From Seed to Smoke covers everything you need to know to plant, harvest, and cure your own tobacco including troubleshooting for pests and diseases. How do I get seeds started? What is the perfect container for growing tobacco in? How do I harvest and dry the plants to smoke once they've matured?

There is no stone left unturned in this DIY book about growing and smoking your own tobacco. The interesting processes involved are thoroughly covered, and author Ray French doesn't leave anything out. There are directions for every stage of the process, including planting seeds to harvesting and drying the tobacco plant for smoke.

Author and horticulturist Ray French summarizes the history of growing tobacco and then explains how age-old growing practices have now become a part of the easy, sustainable, organic methods for the home gardener. Not only is the entire process of tobacco growing and smoking included, How to Grow Your Own Tobacco From Seed to Smoke includes the history of tobacco farming and harvesting. Ray also includes information on varieties and grades of tobacco, seed starting techniques, and suggestions for growing in the ground or in containers, all in this handy guide.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published February 10, 2011

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[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tobacco can be homegrown using organic methods for several uses. It is a unique plant for the home flower garden, the product can be consumed without chemical additives, and it can provide a trade crop for survivalists/preppers in the disasters they prepare for ever occur. The book covers growing and curing the product as well as a description of tobacco varieties and their uses.

[Sebastian · Rating 4 out of 5]

i will find out by the end of summer if this book was any useful...

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good basic guide, there are some more specifics about curing I would have liked to have. Overall, a good starting guide to sustainable tobacco growing at home.