Grow Your Own Cigars

A complete guide to growing tobacco at a scale suitable for home-growers. It's first chapter is a Quick Start summary of the basics of tobacco growing. The remainder of the book fleshes out all the details of growing harvesting and curing. Various finishing methods are explored including Cavendish Latakia plugs twists pressing methods and perique. Blend instructions and recipes are provided for cigarettes cigars pipe tobacco and smokeless tobacco. There are also a chapters on tobacco varieties and the whole leaf trade. 200 black and white images. Appendixes -Tobacco Glossary -Tobacco-Safe Plastics -Kiln / Flue-Cure Chamber Plans -Tobacco Pests -Fertilizers -Experimental Crossing -Resources Library of Congress Control Number: 2019917726