alt Hacker NewsYo. I successfully did outdoor aeroponics with insane temperatures in the root chamber (near 40°C/100°F). My secret? I grew 'Virginia Gold' tobacco.
> Farmers discovered that bright leaf tobacco needs thin, starved soil, and those who could not grow other crops found that they could grow tobacco. Formerly unproductive farms reached 20–35 times their previous worth. By 1855, six Piedmont counties adjoining Virginia led Virginia's tobacco market
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_tobacco
This is one beast of a plant. My plants stayed alive when I stopped spraying water in September and only died because of frost in late December. They were about 40 cm high due to the small volume of the root chamber.
Anyway it's a great choice for an outdoor aeroponics setup.
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What did you do with the crop?
Do you smoke it?
Sell it?
Except the tobacco part. Is this consumer grade or is it meant for industrial uses (organic pesticides etc).
For some reason I had it in mind that growing tobacco was illegal in the UK, so your post prompted me to check and lo! Apparently it's entirely legal, for personal use.
So now I have a new project - I've always wanted to smoke 'pure' tobacco, like the ancients.
I'm twenty years too old to have an illegal harvest at home :)
Next stop, need to check how to cure the leaves.
Thanks!