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Why Make Your Own?

Tobacco plants are depleting the soil of nutrients much faster than most other plants. Therefore, cost-effective phosphate fertilizers are used in the tobacco farming industry. However, phosphate fertilizers contain a natural occurring radioactive radon, which the leaves pick up. When smoking, this radon is then getting into the lungs. Radio activity never leaves the body. It builds up and it causes cancer. Phosphates are a killer! When you smoke 1 1/2 packs of cigarettes daily for one year, you will get about the same amount of rationation as from 300 chest x-rays. Check it out for yourself on the Internet. Do not use any phosphate fertilizers when growing tobacco, vegetables or fruits! Governments should be held accountable for not implementing laws to regulate the usage of phosphate fertilizers. Click here to read more about phosphates.

Is This Legal?

Growing Nicotiana Tabacum (the common North American tobacco) for your own use is fully permitted in most areas of the world. We do not know of any area in North America, where this is not the case. Like with making your own wine or beer, you will also not be allowed to sell it. Restrictions are often placed on the amount of plants which you are allowed to grow and or on the size of your field. However, this amount is in any case sufficient to make enough smokes for more than a year.

Be Careful When Starting To Grow Tobacco!

Please know that Nicotiana Rustica, also known as Ceremonial, Shaman's, Aztec, Native or Wild tobacco etc. can have an up to 20 times higher nicotine contend. Smoking it pure can lead to dizziness, sweating, a faster heart rate and a sick feeling. Nicotine at extreme high levels becomes hallucinogenic and can also have fatal consequences. Those plants are banned in some European countries. We do not sell Nicotiana Rustica. If your body is not used to a high amount of nicotine, then use only Nicotiana Tabacum, which is the common North American smoking tobacco.

Interesting Facts

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Germinating Tips

1. Do not cover the seeds with soil. They need daylight to germinate. Place the containers near a window or provide light from an All-Spectrum electrical source.

2. Always keep the soil moist but not wet. The seeds will die if they dry out. You may need to check the soil for moisture several times during the day, until the seeds have germinated. Do not use distilled water!

3. A good temperature to germinate the seeds is about 75 - 80 degrees F.

4. Germination can begin already after three days. Longer (up to 14 days) under imperfect conditions.

5. Tobacco seeds do not contain any nutrients for the seedling to grow. They depend strongly on the soil. You need to use fresh, good soil. No pure peat moss! A good soil to germinate and to grow your plants is tomato planting soil or composted cow manure.

6. Store the seeds in a freezer to keep them viable for many decades. Acclimatize them to room temperature for two weeks before seeding.

7. If you want your plants to develop more seeds, then planting some catnip herbs nearby is advisable. Hardly any other plant draws as many bees and other insects for pollination into your garden. You will be surprised how well this works! Most packages come with some free catnip seeds.