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Can I throw out a completely, totally crazy thought? I wonder what the feasibilty is of a juicemaker growing their own tobacco in a climate-controlled greenhouse in an effort to provide 24/7/365 consistency in their tobacco extracts. I mean, how much area is required for plantings to produce enough extract to last a year? Just sayin'.

Actually, I think a lot. However, it would be awesome and give a whole new meaning to the acronym DIY. It could be done, but I'd imagine that juices would be pricey and not necessarily always available.
 

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Actually, I think a lot. However, it would be awesome and give a whole new meaning to the acronym DIY. It could be done, but I'd imagine that juices would be pricey and not necessarily always available.

It would be interesting to know. Perhaps do it only for your signature juice. In manufactuirng parlance, we would call it "vertical integration". The purpose of which is to save money and/or improve quality (which are inextricably linked) provided you either have or can obtain a core competency. A juicemaker who also has a green thumb (and some real estate) would be a prime candidate.
 

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Yeah, I figured I'd leave the A+ to the sig. I have got have some limits...I think?

The beauty of that is that when someone doesn't know what you mean by A+, all they have to do is look down. That leads me to a thought... In the blank white space that's left over, you could include a Mann dictionary (a Manncyclopedia, if you will?)! :)
 

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It would be interesting to know. Perhaps do it only for your signature juice. In manufactuirng parlance, we would call it "vertical integration". The purpose of which is to save money and/or improve quality (which are inextricably linked) provided you either have or can obtain a core competency. A juicemaker who also has a green thumb (and some real estate) would be a prime candidate.

That's a really fascinating idea. This would probably be unlikely to happen, at least in the foreseeable future, but hypothetically a juice vendor who grew their own tobacco could breed it to enhance certain characteristics in the plant that would lend themselves to extraction for e-liquid, since the requirements for juice are undoubtedly different than the requirements for combustible tobacco.
 

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It would be interesting to know. Perhaps do it only for your signature juice. In manufactuirng parlance, we would call it "vertical integration". The purpose of which is to save money and/or improve quality (which are inextricably linked) provided you either have or can obtain a core competency. A juicemaker who also has a green thumb (and some real estate) would be a prime candidate.

That looks like a perfect and viable option (for some).

p.s. "Inextricably" is one of my favorite words! ;)
 

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The beauty of that is that when someone doesn't know what you mean by A+, all they have to do is look down. That leads me to a thought... In the blank white space that's left over, you could include a Mann dictionary (a Manncyclopedia, if you will?)! :)

Nice. A vaping code. There is a vaping dictionary somewhere -- I used to use it often.
 

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That's a really fascinating idea. This would probably be unlikely to happen, at least in the foreseeable future, but hypothetically a juice vendor who grew their own tobacco could breed it to enhance certain characteristics in the plant that would lend themselves to extraction for e-liquid, since the requirements for juice are undoubtedly different than the requirements for combustible tobacco.

Bingo.....

Perhaps a barrier to entry would be the long learning curve. Who wants to spend a season growing an experimental tobacco and then have the juice suck? But they do have a starting point. They know what types of tobacco have worked for them in the past. So it's not like they are tip toeing to the end of the limb.
 

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I know nothing about the tobacco business, but does growing the stuff require a government licence of some kind? Since tobacco (finished products) are so tightly regulated, I'd think that tobacco crops are too. Can anyone just plant it in their backyard?
 

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That's a really fascinating idea. This would probably be unlikely to happen, at least in the foreseeable future, but hypothetically a juice vendor who grew their own tobacco could breed it to enhance certain characteristics in the plant that would lend themselves to extraction for e-liquid, since the requirements for juice are undoubtedly different than the requirements for combustible tobacco.

Knowing the differences that make a combustible juice versus a liquid juice is fascinating in itself and marks the boundry of my knowledge on the topic.
 

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I know nothing about the tobacco business, but does growing the stuff require a government licence of some kind? Since tobacco (finished products) are so tightly regulated, I'd think that tobacco crops are too. Can anyone just plant it in their backyard?

Beats me, but my guess is where there is activity, there is a government agent there ready, willing, and able to tax it and regulate it. Sorry, just the libertarian coming out in me. :D
 

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Beats me, but my guess is where there is activity, there is a government agent there ready, willing, and able to tax it and regulate it. Sorry, just the libertarian coming out in me. :D

The libertarian in me never goes back in ;) And in this city of public servants, academics and journalists, that makes me very weird.
 

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Or France! :p

Of course, if I remember correctly, we had a revolution on this continent once because of over-taxation . . . :unsure:

Yeah, this dude to the left got fed up with it all and kicked some Brit ..... All that sacrifice by 'His Excellency' and we're right back where we started (or worse).
 

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1619: The Virginia Colony exported the very first hogsheads of tobacco back to England, and received her very first shiploads of English women (and of slaves :().

Tobacco and liberty are in my blood and my bones -- it's a Virginia thing! :p

Sic Semper Tyrannis

Tobacco put us on the map. Cotton made us thrive.
 
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