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I’ve been reading about how nicotine is mostly produced in the roots of Nicotiana and then transported up into the leaves. There are also documented cases of grafting tomato and other Solanaceae onto tobacco, and the scion ends up with measurable nicotine.
This got me wondering: has anyone experimented with grafting more aromatic or traditionally smoked nightshades (especially Cestrum nocturnum / lady of the night, or other fragrant Nicotiana species) onto regular tobacco roots?
The idea would be to keep the high nicotine from the rootstock while hopefully getting a smoother or more pleasant-smelling leaf from the scion.
Has anyone actually tried this? Did the graft take? And if you cured/smoked any of the resulting leaf, how did it turn out compared to normal tobacco?
Curious about both successes and failures. Any tips on technique for these kinds of softwood grafts would also be appreciated.
Thanks!