Growing Tobacco Indoors

[ladysnus]

I have a grow tent and metal halide lighting system. This would be an easy solution to growing tobacco plants year round and without much worry of pests.
I've grown other types of plants in coco with results like that of hydroponic.
I'm just throwing this idea up to help others interested in growing their own tobacco. Maybe you guys can help me too.

[NorSnuser]

Re: Growing Tobacco Indoors

I have a grow tent and metal halide lighting system. This would be an easy solution to growing tobacco plants year round and without much worry of pests.
I've grown other types of plants in coco with results like that of hydroponic.
I'm just throwing this idea up to help others interested in growing their own tobacco. Maybe you guys can help me too.

I've thought about this and I'm sure it's possible. But tobacco is a tall plant and needs a lot of light penetration so it would be extremely difficult in most indoor contexts to grow a significant amount. You could probably only reasonably grow a few underdeveloped plants and would need a high ceiling (even if you topped as early as possible) depending on the variety.

It is easy to grow outside almost anywhere. If you can grow tomatoes you can grow tobacco. Pests are an issue depending on your geographical location, variety grown, and other factors. Most failures are due to growing the wrong variety for your geographical area and being uneducated as to how to top and sucker, cut, hang and cure it properly. Tall plants also need to be staked in some cases to prevent wind damage.

I'd just grow it outside unless there is a compelling reason to grow indoors. However, your light setup would be great for starting tobacco seedlings and getting them to at least 6" before transplanting them outside.

[snupy]

Search the coffinails forums. Someone who posts there did it and posted photos of it as well. The biggest draw back is you can only squeeze so many tobacco plants, which get quite large, in one room.

[RedMacGregor]

tobacco plants grow easily in 5 gallon buckets... I'd go that route if I didn't have a nice garden to use.

[justintempler]

Nicotina Rustica are the only species I know that are small enough to grow indoors.

The Virginia and Kentucky varieties just take up too much room unless you've got a spare room or enclosed porch to spare.

[sheilalynn]

tobacco plants grow easily in 5 gallon buckets... I'd go that route if I didn't have a nice garden to use.

I was wondering if they'd be able to be grown in something that size. Like I mentioned in the "pact act" thread, I did buy seeds this winter and did plan on playing around a little with growing some tobacco myself just to see if I could.

I do know one plant grows pretty big, so any estimates on how many plants it would take to supply yourself snus for a year if you used a couple of cans a week?

[justintempler]

sheilalynn,

Maybe this will help.

http://www.seedman.com/Tobacco.htm

We receive tons of questions from first time growers about tobacco growing, but probably the most often received question is:
How much tobacco will a single plant produce, and how much tobacco do I need to make a carton of cigarettes?
Well, tobacco yield will vary among the different varieties, but generally a tobacco plant will produce about 3-4 ounces of dry, cured tobacco. When figuring your tobacco needs, we would advise you calculate 2 ounces per plant to have a little margin of error.....

1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams

100 grams of raw tobacco gave me 288 grams of homemade snus

[Roo]

1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams

100 grams of raw tobacco gave me 288 grams of homemade snus

Templer, I know you've spent a lot of time researching but I didn't know that you saw the process through. How did your snus turn out?

[sheilalynn]

Thanks Justin...I bookmarked that site since I know I'll be needing all the info I can get on this :wink:

[justintempler]

Templer, I know you've spent a lot of time researching but I didn't know that you saw the process through. How did your snus turn out?

I was happy with it. 8)

Check out the finished a can thread...
http://www.snuson.com/viewtopic.php?t=5482&start=420

[Roo]

Wow nice work justin! Some pics would be cool if you get a chance. I'd love to get a sense of the grind and moisture from a picture. Sorry if I missed this, but some discussion of the curing/grinding/flavoring process would be so much appreciated if you have the time. I don't currently have the real estate nor the know-how to execute anything like this on my own, but I do have plenty of curiosity and admiration.

[tom502]

Is there any legal considerations when growing your own tobacco? I know it's illegal to make whiskey.

[ladysnus]

Is there any legal considerations when growing your own tobacco? I know it's illegal to make whiskey.

Tom this site is great reading. Check out the comments at the bottom. Really funny and so true :wink:
http://www.rusticgirls.com/gardening...g-tobacco.html

[desirexe]

I have been experimenting with hydroponics for a few months. I'm too cheap to go all out and buy a system so after reading a few books, I made my own. There is an air pump attached to circulate water and Earth Juice fertilizer around. The float tray used to be a kickboard. I unstitched the fabric and cut holes into it. The light is a relatively cheap aquarium uva/b light. It puts out barely any heat, which I have found my plants like. As you can see, I lined the bucket with aluminum foil to reflect light around. It's not the best system, but I am happy to report that plants are actually growing! The medium I used is coco fibers and 'fake' hydroton balls. Both items were found at PetSmart. The entire system with EVERYTHING; seeds, fertilizer, light, bucket, etc...was under $50. Anyway, enough rambling, here's a pic (the tall plant is Lion's Tale and the rest are baby tobacco plants, the empty net cup will soon house another tobacco plant which I have started in the windowsill):

[ladysnus]

Since growing tobacco is like growing cannabis AND tomatoes
this site has been a wealth of great information
cannabis.com
how to's on building just about any kind of system are in there.

Great job DesX