Tobacco Plant Seeds From Around the World

Welcome Home Tobacco Growers! You will find everything you need on this site to grow, harvest, process, flavor and produce your own home grown, additive free, tax free tobacco products at home.
We are the only company that offers everything you need from seeds to flavoring to grow and process tobacco at home.
Here you will find:
Tobacco Seeds, over 40 varieties of tobacco seeds from around the world.

A Complete Tobacco Book on Growing and Processing Tobacco at Home written by the owner of seedman.com

Free Wooden Kiln Instructions and How-to-Photos that show you step-by-step how to build your own wooden kiln at home, components can be purchased from this site as well.

Cigarette rolling and smoking accessories.

Tobacco Flavorings.We now offer commercial tobacco flavorings in small quantities for home tobacco growers .

Our Home Tobacco Cutting Machine that we import from Sweden for cutting and shredding home tobacco.

Our Home Tobacco Videos teach the average gardener how to successfully produce tobacco at home.


See our review in RYO Magazine.

It's all here, ready for you to start growing your own tobacco products now!


Tobacco Seeds, Books, Videos, Flavors, Cutting Machines and accessories for the Home Tobacco Grower


BOOK TA80: Growing and Processing Tobacco at Home
A Guide for Gardeners

By Jim Johnson
210 Pages, Paperback, Plastic Coil Binding
Black and White Photos and Line Drawings
ISBN #0-9722794-0-7


With prices and health concerns regarding commercial types of tobacco products skyrocketing, a new generation is discovering that growing and processing their own tax free tobacco, free of dangerous chemical additives, is a very simple and straightforward process!

Tobacco is a very easy plant to grow and requires only 65-70 frost free nights to mature once transplanted outside. It is grown in every state, even Alaska. It is legal to grow and process your own tobacco at home.

Anyone with a small garden plot can grow tobacco and processing the tobacco is a simple straightforward process that the average gardener will have no problem with. Even after buying papers, filters and flavoring, you can make your own cigarettes that are superior to any commercial brand for about $5.00 a carton!

The book Growing and Processing Tobacco at Home was written with the gardener in mind. It contains all of the information included in our earlier guides, The SBE Home Tobacco Kit and Tobacco: Easier Than you Thought by Alan Daly , plus over a 100 pages of new information.

It covers all aspects of raising and processing tobacco at home. It details how to plant the seeds, care for the plants, identify and cure tobacco pests and diseases, how to harvest the plants, how to air cure, complete instructions and drawings on building your own kiln, how to flavor your tobacco, how to make cigars, cigarettes, chewing tobacco and snuff along with loads of other useful information.
This is a one-of-a-kind book that anyone interested in growing their own tobacco should read.
BOOK TA80: Growing and Processing Tobacco at Home $24.95

TA81: The New Home Tobacco Kit
This new Tobacco Home Starter Kit offers the above book Growing and Processing Tobacco at Home, plus 10 packs of carefully selected seeds for the beginning tobacco grower. You will receive 1 pack each of:
Madole
Small Stalk Black Mammoth
TN90 Burley
Havana142
Havana608
Lizard Tail Turtlefoot
Mountain
Kentucky 8959
Walker's Broadleaf
VA509.
This is a $46.95 retail value, yours for only $36.95 when purchased as a kit.
TA81: The New Home Tobacco Kit $36.95

TA82 The Home Tobacco Kit/Videos Combo
The best value of all, we've combined the book Growing and Processing Tobacco at Home, plus 10 packs of carefully selected seeds for the beginning tobacco grower, and our 3 best selling Tobacco Videos: ( Go to
Tobacco Videos for complete description ) Tobacco: Getting Started with Alan Daly, The Art and Science of Making Cigars Made Simple with FrankRuiz and Alan Daly's Curing and Processing Tobacco at Home.
A $99.80 value, only $69.95 when purchase as a kit!
TA82 The Home Tobacco Kit/Video Combo $69.95

New! TA83 The Home Tobacco Kit/DVD Combo
Features our new Tobacco DVD, we've combined the book Growing and Processing Tobacco at Home, plus 10 packs of carefully selected seeds for the beginning tobacco grower, and our 3 best selling Tobacco Videos: ( Go to Tobacco Videos for complete description ) Tobacco: Getting Started with Alan Daly, The Art and Science of Making Cigars Made Simple with FrankRuiz and Alan Daly's Curing and Processing Tobacco at Home, all 3 videos are on one DVD.
A $94.80 value, only $64.95 when purchase as a kit!
TA82 The Home Tobacco Kit/DVD Combo $64.95

SBE'S TOBACCO SEEDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

Probably no other plant is used as much for so little to be known about it as is the noble tobacco plant. While everyone is familiar with the smoking and chewing products derived from this plant, few people realize its many other uses. It has medicinal values, makes an extremely valuable ornamental plant and flower garden specimen and is used to make one of nature's finest biodegradable, all natural pesticides.

We offer the following selections of Nicotiana:


Note: Don't forget to use Jim's Seedling Starter Plant Food for new tobacco seedlings and Jim’s Step 1 and Step 2 Tobacco Plant Food   for the healthiest, most productive tobacco plants possible!

Note: Each pack of seeds will produce at least 25 healthy plants, often, many more than this.

New! TA58 Connecticut Shade Leaf.
We have obtained seeds from one of the oldest tobacco growers in the The Connecticut Valley, which is a major source of some of the world's finest wrapper leaves. This golden colored wrapper tobacco is highly regarded and praised by many cigar makers and connoisseurs. Connecticut Shade originated from a strain of Cuban seed, is shade-grown under huge tents of gauze cloth ( or greenhouse shade netting ) to protect the delicate leaf. It is thin, deeply veined and used to wrap around famous brands cigars such as Macanudo, Davidoff, Montecristo, Ashton and Fonseca, among many others.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

Chewing Tobacco Selections
We highly recommend the 3 following selections for chewing tobacco. Each variety produces a dark, thin leafed tobacco with excellent flavor. Each has it's own unique flavor.

TA110 Greenwood Dark
Medium, smooth leaf, cures to a dark brown with fine chewing tobacco flavor. High yields.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA111 Little Crittenden
An old Kentucky heirloom for making old fashioned chewing tobacco. Good yield and cures well.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA112 Narrow Leaf Madole
An old Kentucky favorite used by many growers for it's thin, dark leaves. Also a good cigar wrapper as well as chewing tobacco. Good yield and cures well.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA55 Black Sea Samsun Turkish
This Turkish tobacco is among the best Turkish money can buy. Originating in the Samsun region of Turkey, along the Black Sea, this tobacco is renowned for its unique rich flavour. This plant has smaller leaves than other strains, but a very distinctive aroma. An excellent turkish blend or unique by itself.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA101 Golden Seal Special Burley
An up right variety with more leaves than most varieties. Is taller than most varieties on the market. Cures a golden color. Good cigarette selection, one of the heaviest producers.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 40-50 seeds

TA102 Lizard Tail Orinoco
This is one of the burley cigarette varieties that has long been grown in Virginia. The leaves are closely spaced on the stalk and are of medium size. Leaf body is heavy.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds



A note from one of our customers:

"I placed an order for tobacco seeds and the book on this previous Saturday. On Wednesday, the package was sitting in my mailbox!!
Thank you for the speedy service!!" Randall

TA103 Goose Creek Red
This is a one sucker burley variety that cures up a wonderful red color. A good smoking tobacco that works well for blending cigars and cigarettes.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA104 Walker's Broadleaf
This is an older variety that was originated in Virginia. The leaves are closely spaced on the stalk and are wider than most varieties. Provides a large bounty of tobacco in a small space.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA107 Brown Leaf
This variety originated in Kentucky. It has relatively large leaves of medium body that cures out a deep, rich brown color.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA108 Lizard Tail Turtlefoot
A dark tobacco of good quality. This cross produces more weight than most varieties being grown at present. It has a little larger leaf than Orinoco.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA109 Shirey
This is a variety used by many growers to produce a good yield of high quality dark tobacco.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA116 Tennessee Red Leaf
A fast growing, high yeilding tobacco with with large leaves that cure to a red color, excellent cigarette and pipe blend.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA02 Jasmine Tobacco ( Sweet scented alata )
A very sweet scented flowering tobacco with pure white trumpet shaped flowers 3-4" long and 1-1/2" wide. Very free flowering. Fall sown seedlings make great pot plants for growing during the winter. A beautiful addition to any flower garden. It is very popular in Brazil and is fast gaining popularity in the U.S.
  $2.20 per pack per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA03 Monte Calme Yellow
A favorite European variety that features wide, thin leaves that preferred for Cigarettes and Cigar Wrappers. Grows to about 6 ft. tall, producing a large crop. Mild flavor.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA04 Mountain Tobacco ( Attenuata )
A graceful and ornamental species with white inch long flowers flushed pink outside. It is a night blooming annual that grows to 4-5 ft. with pointed leaves. A very popular tobacco with the Navajo Indians. It is an all purpose plant. I recommend using it as an ornamental, filler and pesticide base.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA05 Orinoco
A tall tobacco with thick textured, crinkly leaves that produces a rich brown pipe tobacco that is a favorite of pipe smokers worldwide. Also makes a good blending tobacco for cigars and cigarettes.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA06 Tree Tobacco ( Glauca )
A graceful tree that grows to 20 ft. with bright trumpet-shaped yellow flowers and striking glaucous-blue foliage. From Argentina. It makes a wonderful tub plant. Can be grown outdoors in warm climates and makes a striking garden specimen. It is highly valued for its chewing, smoking and medicinal uses. It is said to have only trace nicotine. Hardy to 15 degrees. It will flower when very young.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA07 Hungarian "Szamosi" Dark Tobacco
A very popular Hungarian tobacco with full rich flavor. The lower 5-6 leaves are used for cigars or pipe tobacco and the upper leaves are used for medium flavored cigarettes or for pipe tobacco. The huge leaves can be up to 24-30" long and 16" wide. A heavy producer.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds

  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA08 Chilean Tobacco ( Langsdorffi )
A distinctive annual plant that hail from Chile and has odd green 1 1/2" nodding flowers. An interesting species that grows to about 4 ft. The flavor of this tobacco is slightly different than others, and it makes a good blending tobacco.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA57 Isleta Pueblo
From the pueblo south of Albuquerque, NM. Plants grow to 4 1/2 feet. Good blending tobacco for pipes, cigars, and chewing.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA115 Punche
From northern New Mexico, it was used by early Spanish settlers until the 1930's. Good blending tobacco for pipes, cigars, and chewing.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA10 Indian Tobacco ( Rustica )
A half hardy annual that grows to about 3 ft. and is cultivated worldwide for smoking and nicotine production. Has many yellow flowers that remain open during the day. It is so potent that it has been used as an arrow poison in Mexico. Can be raised as far north as Maine.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA12 Argentina Tobacco ( Sylvestris )
A vigorous perennial growing to 5 ft. with large 20" basal leaves and sweet scented drooping white flowers. Try growing this tobacco for mixing purposes. Its slightly different flavor will blend well with cigarette tobaccos. A very attractive plant that should be planted in every flower garden..
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA14 Common Smoking Tobacco ( Tabacum Burley )
This is a standard Burley that is grown in several states. It produces a very good tobacco for cigarettes. Grows to 6 ft. with red flowers. One of the most widely grown cultivated tobaccos. Has limited disease resistance.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA16 Burley Tobacco ( Tabacum burley var. compact )
A fine commercial strain that is used for its hardiness and smooth flavor. A must for cigarette making. This plant grows fast and is a high yield producer. I recommend leaving up to 14 leaves on this plant when pruning.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA18 Iranian Tobacco
A nice strain of tobacco from the Middle East that is different than others. It is said to make a good filler and pipe tobacco. Grows 4-6 ft. with foot long dark leaves. .
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA24 Madole
A fine commercial variety that is fast growing and hardy. I recommend growing this one if you smoke cigars.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA28 Small Stalk Black Mammoth
This is a deep dark tobacco that gives good weight and supports itself very well. This is a tobacco prized by specialty growers because it provides a great wrapper tobacco or a premium snuff tobacco when ripe. A good tobacco for beginners learning to roll their own cigars or for first time snuff makers.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA30 Tennessee Burley #TN90
This is a standard Tennessee Burley that produces good yield, high quality tobacco that is favored for cigarettes. This plant has multiple disease resistance. A vigorous plant that is easy to grow.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA32 Havana #142
An excellent Havana tobacco that produces a quick harvest in about 65 days. This is a good tobacco for both chewing and cigars. This is an especially good tobacco for the North and is easily raised as far North as Wisconsin.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA34 Havana #608
Said to be the best Havana for home use. Produces a quick crop in about 65 days, and is good for cigars or chewing. This plant gives a high yield and is also recommended for growing in the North. First time growers should definitely try this one!
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA39 Havana 501
A large leaf type Havana well suited for chewing. Grows better than other varieties in poor soil. A large plant reaching 6-7 ft. with leaves spaced far apart. Seed Stock grown in Wisconsin.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA41 Havana 503B
One of the most popular cigar varieties for home growers. Will grow 6-7 ft. tall. Cured leaves have a reddish to light brown color. Cured leaves have a silky texture like long rye that makes a good covering for cigars. Has a pleasant, mild aroma and taste much preferred for cigars. Also can be smoked in pipes or chewed.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA202 Virginia Gold
A very light gold leaf when curing, it makes an excellent smoking tobacco. Grows to 5 ft. tall with a heavy yield.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA36 Rose
A very beautiful and ornamental tobacco plant that produces loads of rosy, trumpet shaped flowers. This plant is a definite must for all flower gardens. The tobacco can be smoked or mix with other blends for a unique flavor.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA204 Midewivan Sacred
A native form of N. rustica that is used by Native American Indians in ceremonies and for smoking purposes. A rather strong tobacco compared to commercial types. A fast grower and decorative plant.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

Commercial Hybrid Cigarette Tobaccos

Now you can grow the same tobacco as the commercial farmers raise for the giant cigarette companies. Each variety below imparts it' own distinctive flavor for cigarette blends.

TA42 Kentucky 8959 ( Hybrid )
Developed by the University of Kentucky and released in 1993. A commercial brand of burley tobacco grown by tobacco farmers for the cigarette and chewing tobacco industry. Has it's own unique flavor and traits. It is a high yielding variety with wide leaves. Resistant to tobacco etch virus and tobacco vein mottling.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA44 NC 2 ( Hybrid )
A fine burley developed by North Carolina State University. A commercial brand of burley tobacco grown by tobacco farmers for the cigarette and chewing tobacco industry. Has it's own unique flavor and traits.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA46 VA 509 ( Hybrid )
A large burley good for cigarette blends. Good disease resistance and heavy yielder. Adds it's own character to blend flavor.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA51 NC BH129 ( Hybrid )
A high yielding burley with uniform growth and widely adaptable to many different areas. A good commercial strain.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA52 KY 17 ( Hybrid )
Another good commercial burley blend with good disease resistance. Does not tolerate dry weather as well as other varieties, but this shouldn't be a problem in garden settings. Excellent flavor.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA54 MS 21 X KY 14 ( Hybrid )
A widely grown commercial crop with high yields and good flavor for cigarettes and cigar filler.
  $2.20 per pack 40-50 seeds
  $18.50 per pack 1,000 seeds

TA56 Variegated Tobacco ( Tabacum variegatum )
A very rare and unique tobacco with a showy cream splash on the leaves, and pink flowers. To 5 feet. Select only variegated seedlings-comes over 60% true from seed. Stunning and unusual. Everyone who loves tobacco growing should have some of these for show and tell.
  $4.50 per pack 25-40 seeds
  $24.50 per pack 500 seeds



New! Jim's Plant Growth Stimulator for Tobacco Plants.
Jim has developed this product through years of testing on his farms. This natural, environmentally safe solution will produce amazing results, producing vigorous plants and larger, thicker leaves. We highly recommend you do you own trial test ( i.e. spray one plant with solution, next to a plant not sprayed with solution over the length of a growing season ) to fully appreciate how effective this product is.
This is a two part water soluble product that should be mixed 14.75cc of each part ( we provide measuring spoon with solution ) to one gallon of water and sprayed onto the foliage of the gourd plants. It contains Food Grade H202, ( produced by nature ) Gibberellic Acid ( a natural plant growth hormone ), B1 and other plant vitamins, plant hormones, ( made from natural sources ) micronutrients including Boron (B), Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), Molybdenum (Mo), Sulfur (S) and Zinc (Zn) plus a natural detergent based "sticker" that makes the product stick to the leaves until absorbed by the plant.
This mix will make 16 gallons of solution.
  JPAG08 Plant Growth Stimulator for Tobacco Plants $14.95




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PLANTING AND RAISING

Raising tobacco is very easy. The seeds you received should be started inside in flats. In northern states, start the seeds 4-6 weeks before the last frost. Tobacco can be ready to harvest for curing about 60 days after transplanting, therefore it can be raised in almost any state. If raising more than one variety of tobacco, use separate flats. A mixture of peat humus and potting soil should be used. Potting soil only can be used if you select a high grade of commercial potting soil. Place the mixture into the flats, soak the soil with water and allow the excess water to drain off. The next day, sprinkle the tobacco seeds onto the surface of the damp soil. Do not cover the seeds as they need light for germination. Tobacco seeds are very tiny, so be careful to spread the seeds evenly. Keep the soil damp being careful not to wash the seeds around when you water. You will begin to notice sprouts in about two weeks. Transplant outside after all danger of frost is past.

If you have a moderate growing season and can start the seeds outside, try to sow the seeds where leaves or wood has been burned. The plants will thrive in these spots. Tobacco requires a lot of nitrogen and potash which is supplied by wood ashes. The ashes from charcoal grills are also beneficial. I recommend applying a good brand of garden fertilizer to the area where the plants will be grown. Working in rotted manure is very good for the plants. Never raise tobacco plants in the same spot in the garden for over a few years at a time as tobacco plants will totally deplete the nutrients in the soil.

You should space the tobacco plants about 2 ft. apart in rows 3 ft. apart when practical. The plants are large enough to transplant when the largest leaves are 2" or larger. Always transplant outside in late evening or when it is cloudy and overcast. Water plants thoroughly after transplanting and water daily each day until plants have become established. When growing in tubs, limit the number of plants grown. Tobacco plants need to be exposed to full sun while growing.

Tobacco roots grow quickly and often close to the surface. Be careful around plants when hoeing or cultivating around them. Try not to disturb the soil anymore than necessary. As the plant begins growing, remove all suckers as they will sap the plants growth.

Tobacco plants suffer from several diseases and are attacked by several leaf chewers. I recommend using sevin dust to control insects. Be cautious not to use any form of systemic insecticide that will penetrate the leaf. Remember, you may be chewing or smoking this plant and you do not want to be ingesting chemical residues. For a truly natural pesticide, purchase an ounce of tobacco dust from us and make your own supply by mixing one teaspoon tobacco dust, one teaspoon of black pepper and 1/2 teaspoon liquid soap to one gallon of water.



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