Growing tobacco at home is not more difficult than any other culture. The main difficulty is post-harvest treatment, so that it becomes fragrant. But even this is quite feasible. So, if you smoke , you can start cultivating tobacco - this will save you money and get high-quality products.
If you seriously intend to grow this plant at home, then you are probably interested in the question, how many in the world of varieties of tobacco. Throughout the world today cultivated more than 100 varieties. And the beginning they put only two: "Virginia" and rural tobacco. "Virginia" became the basis of many quality varieties of modernity. Rustic is still used for low-quality cigarettes.
Flavors of tobacco
In addition to the already mentioned high-quality Virginia variety, today there are a few especially saturated aromatic varieties. For example, "Berli". The color of this tobacco is brown with a matte shade. More dry and dense in comparison with "Virginia" due to the lower sugar content. In cigarettes, it is supplemented with various sweeteners. Grown in the USA, Mexico and Malaya.
Another spicy sort of smoking tobacco is Latakia. It is actively used to create English smoking mixtures. Her fragrance always leads in all compositions. Plantations of this quality Latakia for today remained only in Syria and Cyprus.
The best varieties of tobacco for growing in the room
Preferably, the tobacco grades are selected in accordance with
- "Trapezond Kubanets";
- "Trapezond 162".
In the central regions varieties grow better:
- "Cigar 17";
- "Bryansky 91".
For the Central Black Earth region, choose "Trapezond 15".