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Bill who putters · 24-02-2010, 02:55 PM posted to rec.gardens

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(EVP MAN) wrote:

I've also thought about this. The tobacco I'll be growing is a big
beautiful plant with lush green leaves and beautiful flowers. I could
place a few at the end of my garden for decorative purposes and also as
a conservation piece. I don't think many folks here in the north east
ever even saw a tobacco plant let alone one in bloom. Tobacco seeds are
very tiny, about as fine as ground pepper so I'm told. Perhaps I could
then allow my plants to go to seed and then harvest just the seeds.
From my understanding, each pod contains about 100 seeds. That's a lot
of seeds from a few plants! The seeds could then be used as a barter
item in a future economy that seems to be getting worse with each
passing week month and year. There are a lot of tobacco users out there
who can't buy their tobacco products when they don't have jobs. Smoke
some, perhaps. Harvest seed to barter, perhaps. Seems to me that
this plant could have lot's of possibilities now and in the future.

Rich

The Amish in Lancaster county Pa. grew/grow lots of Tobacco.

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Bill

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