You are quite welcome Dave!
professor marvel. what type of native tobacco do you grow?
My Good NativeShootist,
We planted 3 kinds-
golden burly
https://sustainableseedco.com/products/tobacco-seeds-golden-burley-tobacco-seeds?variant=3171491905576 Mandan Tobacco, or "rustica tobacco"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotiana_quadrivalvisand Aztec Tobacco, aka "strong tobacco"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotiana_rusticaseeds can be gotten mailorder or from the Museum of The Fur Trade in Chardron, Nebraska.
Since then, we have gotten some seeds from our Hopi friends but haven't planted any yet.
I had been trying to see if I can replicate the "Cree Twist", that was available in Hudson Bay trading posts
but no luck so far.
we are now in a more rural area, and anything I plant gets eaten as soon as it comes up,
rabits, lizards, ravens, ground squirells, packrats, grey field mice, you name it. Chickenwire and hardware cloth
don't seem to work... So I welcome the bull snakes when they show up!
I tried building a small greenhouse but some real small mice, lizards, and cutworms got in.
(I'll have to try some of that "spray foam in a can" to seal it off better. And more concrete around the base.)
And the Cabbage and Lettuce bolted. And the cutworms got ALL the peppers.
I only managed to salvage some tomatoes out of that experiment.
This year I am boxing in the porch to make a sealed 4 season porch with windows and trying "container planting"
( glorified name for kitty litter buckets )
I figure I can start some of the Mandan, Aztec and Hopi tobacco in there and see what we get.
If I can keep the critters out my next step is to try a little hydroponic setup - basically plastic sewer pipe on a rack with holes for the plants .
It takes some fooling about to set up, but once done one gets more plants in less space and it's said to be much easier to maintain.
Also get veggies in the winter. Walk right out onto the 4 Season porch and pick a few.
hope this helps
prof marvel