NOTICE! - Check with your local USDA and US Treasury Dept. (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) so you can comply with any rules or regulations regarding the cultivation, production, or manufacture of tobacco or tobacco products before planting any tobacco seeds you purchase from us. Your seed order constitutes that you have read this notice and understand that you are responsible for any rules or regulations regarding tobacco cultivation, production or manufacture.

CANCER & HEALTH EFFECTS NOTICE - By purchasing any of these seeds, the buyer knows that tobacco causes cancer and other health problems, and that the buyer will be entirely responsible when ingesting any of this product, or offering this product to others, and the seed seller will not be liable for any cancer or other health problems resulting from the use of this product. Your seed order constitutes that you have read this notice and understand that you are responsible for any cancer or other health problems resulting from the use of this product. Seeds not sold to anyone under 21 years old.

HOW TO ORDER
Information for all customers: Use our Tobacco order blank. Otherwise you can write your order on an 8-1/2" x 11" sheet of paper, clearly printing your name and address in the upper left-hand corner.

USA CUSTOMERS--
Send payment with all orders. Payment can be made in the form of a check, money order, or cash. U.S. postage stamps may be sent in the place of coins. We can accept credit card or phone orders, for orders over $25, with Discover, Mastercard or Visa. We usually cannot ship tobacco seeds outside of the USA, check with your country's department of agriculture before ordering.

CALIFORNIA CUSTOMERS---
Please add 7-1/4% sales tax if you live outside San Mateo County, or 8-1/4% if you live within San Mateo County.

POSTAGE & PACKING CHARGES:
U.S.A., MEXICO, AND CANADA CUSTOMERS,
please include the following amounts to cover postage and packing:
Packets: Add $2 for the first packet, and 10¢ for each additional packet.
Books or Pamphlets: Prices include postage.

SEEDS-----
TOBACCO (Nicotiana)
Mostly annual herbs from the Americas which have been used for thousands of years in Indian shamanistic ceremonies. Now, by lowering the nicotine content through curing, it has become the most powerfully addictive substance in the world.

Easily grown, start seeds like tomatoes in pots and transplant seedlings out spacing 1-2 ft. apart. Plants need rich, well fertilized soil in full sun. Start seeds as you would tomatoes, planting 10-15 seeds in a 3-4" plastic pot in potting soil, planting no more than 1/8" deep, and keep in pots shade. Seeds will germinate in 2-3 weeks and let grow until they are large enough to transplant:

Tobacco seedling, life-sized, big enough to transplant into its own individual pot.

Carefully separate seedlings and repot each individual plant into their own individual 3"-4" pots and let grow until they are 3-4" tall. Plant out when night-time temps. are above 50º F, and feed with liquid fertilizer every 2-3 weeks during the growing season. Nicotine content is raised by letting plant flower, or leaves with lower nicotine content can be produced by cutting off the flowerstalk.

WARNING: Uncured tobacco can be very strong and even dangerous, so smoke with caution until you become familiar with its power. Tobacco is known to cause cancer, birth defects and other health problems.

----California Native (Quadrivalis) The most popular species grown by Western Indian tribes, especially in California, considered a milder smoke that the Common tobacco. Because this is a wild plants, seeds take at least a month to germinate. Extremely rare. PKT. $2.50

----Common (Tabacum) Annual herb 3-6 ft., with leaves to one to two feet long and rose-colored flowers. Leaves and flowering tops contain nicotine. Before 1492, tobacco was known only in the Americas. Since that time, its use has spread to all peoples of the world and is now the most widely-grown non-food plant. Our seedstock is Tobacco-virus-free. PKT. $2, One Ounce $25, One Pound $250.

----Sacred (N. rustica) Annual to 2 ft. with yellow flowers, native to North America where it has been widely used by the Native peoples. The most powerful form of tobacco with a harsh flavor until the leaves are fermented, a process of curing and aging taking 6 months to 4 years that gives it a more pleasant taste. PKT. $2.50

Updated April 16, 2007