Hello, Pieter! My Dad bought that truck when I was a small boy. And good eye, it is a 1952 F3 , originally with a regular bed . The flathead was stuck when he bought it so my Dad took the engine out of a 1968 Impala we grew up with and transplanted in the Ford. That’s the only real modification: 350 ci, 4 speed Muncie “rockcrusher”, stake bed. I’m glad to see other people have been giving it a go on growing some plants, or at least thinking about it. I’m sure I’ll have many mistakes I can warn you about before you make them. The plants took up less room than I thought! I’d be glad to hear/see your experiment with them. I 'll help any way I can.
BTW, Pieter, Hope you get feeling better soon!
_Yes, I thought about eating the worm because when you squeeze him alot of juice comes out-can almost be positive it’s 100% NICOTINE_Sell it as snus!
_Sell it as snus!_Just what the snus world needs a portion that moves around when it wants to. I have decided I’m going to grow a few tobacco plants next year. Just to see if I can. I do pretty well with the garden vegis and most non flowering plants.
LOL, When you check under the Whatcha Chewin thread and see folks posting “Worm”, I guess that means Nicotine Rush has begun to carry the little critters!
Locally the natives dry and fry Mopanie worms - you can check it out at Wikipedia. Apparently it tastes quite good and it is healthy food as well. So why can’t we dry and grind those little buggers? Could make a good snuff. Edit: I’ve just checked wikipedia now. Do yourself a favour and check it out!!!
I think this is what Pieter was trying to link Mopanie Worm
Thank you John, that’s it!
This is all reminding me of some Pink Floyd song where the ‘worms got in his brains’… can’t remember the name now?
Waiting for the Worm, perhaps?
Aye, sounds about right! Seems as though I’ve lost more brain cells than I last calculated…
@ Bart. Wow those are some great looking plants! I’d be proud to show them off too. If you want to try some Virginia and some N. Rustica, I have fresh seeds from last season. All you need do is ask.
That would be great ,Stitch! My season is about done with here in Ohio. After first talking to you, I realize that you are FAR more knowledgable in the tobacco realm than this rookie. I hope you continue to post about your possible snuff production and the problems/success that you encounter. My wife sells roses and other flowers she grows at some local farm markets here in town and I can always feel this sense of people looking for a natural ,quality product, not mass produced really, and they don’t think twice about paying for it. The day of cigs has slowly been coming to a close. Seeing as history always repeats itself, I may witness the Holy Second Coming of Snuff in my life time!!! Wonderful!!
I’ve planted my seeds on the 3rd and…it’s germinating already!!
That’s great, Pieter! You live in a mild growing zone don’t you? So you can grow anytime you want? You may be a natural at it. ( Those seeds are pretty dang tiny aren’t they?) Hoping that seeing something sprout and grow will make you get feeling better. Sometimes it works that way, my friend.
I think that as long as there is no freeze (or you plant early enough before the freeze), you can grow year round? I’ll be planting my seeds this week, and I just ordered more. I may wait for those to arrive, not sure what to plant and how much of it to plant.
@ Bart, I’m at the coast, most southerly point of Africa. It’s spring and everything is blooming. Winter rains. I have the plants indoors in seedling troughs. Soon as the plants are strong enough, I will bed it out. @Chris, we are in a high rainfall area, so I doubt whether the plants would like that. Rain normally starts falling in April and by that time, I should have harvested allready!! Dreams are good friends.
Hi Roderick, yes they are around already. Everytime we have a shipwreck, or some crude oil is spilled by the big tankers, the poor animals suffer a lot. Volunteers catch and clean them by hand. Quite a job.
The tobacco plants are amazing. They are still VERY small, hardly visible. I took tweezers and pulled up one. The root is well developed and about 8 times longer than the visible part. And this is after 6 days only.
Excellent, Pieter! I never did hear how many seeds you’ve got? (Actually, you may not know right now-the dang things are so small!!) How is the soil where you live? I know nothing about Southern Africa…