Hopi Tobacco, it's a new one for me this year. I don't smoke but it has good medical value and supposedly keeps the pests away. I started some in a mix of compost and our native soil but I'm going to also try starting some in just our native soil since we live in Hopi territory.

Medicinally it is good for parasites and to use as a poultice on bug bites and stings for relief as well as an anti-inflammatory.

If it works as a pest repellent then I'll be planting it around our garden every year regardless of if I need to replenish my apothecary.

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Tobacco in general is great for bee and wasp stings. My dad chewed red man and as a kid I knew to run to him when I got stung, and as an adult I started keeping it in my vehicle for the same reasons, even before I started chewing. I know loose leaf, dip, and cigarette tobacco work just fine. I’d assume cigar would work though pretty expensive lol and also pipe tobacco. I haven’t tried snuff or snus so not sure if their processes takes away that ability but I’d doubt it quite honestly.

Good to know! I grew up without anyone who smoked/ used tobacco around me so tobacco was completely foreign to me. Thanks

My dad grew up growing tobacco, mostly burley if I remember correct. Pretty sure my family had been doing it for at least 3 generations. Then govt got involved and started paying my grandfather to not grow it. I never grew it myself, but I been wanting to get me a little patch just to play with, mostly, and to see how it does in a permaculture mindset.

Do it! Restore the family tradition! And I'm pretty excited about it from a permaculture perspective! And I'm super excited about it from a herbalist perspective.

That angle is a part of my desire to do it, but also to maybe save myself some money on chew lol and to better control what’s in the chew I’m chewing

That's a good move, saving money and controlling what goes into your body!

Please share updates on this as it goes.. we're trying out a couple types of tobacco this year too.

Will do!