If I think the tobacco is drying to quickly I give it a light misting with the distilled water. For those of you more comfortable with metrics, 1 ft = 30 cm. A good recommended fill blend for a home grown cigar is 30% Havana leaf and 70% Virginia leaf with a Havana wrapper.-Cheap, light weight foam cooler: if you ever wondered what to do with that leaky foam coolerhere it is!-Corded clamp light reflector light fixture, (avail. It's half a keg with a bin lid and a light globe for heat. In fact, with a little bit of bartering, you might even make your money back. One dampens and presses the leaves for a few days (in a shallow tray with a board and a weight on top) then rolls up the leaves like a newspaper roll, and slices thin rings off it which are then cut cross-ways for cigarette tobacco. Your question and reply precedes this answer. When the leaves are in the Eski fermenting do you turn them or move them around. By using our site, you agree to our. Subtract the one-time cost of the seed ($2.50 buys about 1,000 seeds at the shop down the road from me) and the price of the couple of cups of seed-raising mix and fertiliser you may have purchased. Hang the tobacco where the humidity is consistently around 65 percent. Isn't it possible to sterilize the pile of tobacco and stop all the fermentation by having temperature too high? During the fermentation, there are several aromatic stages: 5 Steps to properly drying & curing cannabis Drying Weed (Steps 1-2) Marijuana strain trimming Step 1: Trimming your buds To dry your buds, you first need to trim them. Temps above 122F (50C) inhibit the vegetative growth of mold. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on March 20, 2014: I wrote a month or what back that I had started harvesting and drying down here in North Canty, and being the impatient bugger that I am, have started smoking it now, and am pleasantly surprised with the result. only grown one plant this year. What we are shooting for in this phase is 70% RH maximum. on Step 6. Question: Thank you for the article. Thank you for any other informative site. Some are undoubtedly better, but I don't think many would be easier or cheaper than the method I've described, and I know what I've written about works because I've done it. A neighbour hangs his leaves in a carport to dry, then presses them in a shallow wooden box with a bit of plank on top and a weight (gallon drum full of water) rolls up the end product and slices thin with a sharp knife. Trying my hand at growing these babies indoors.wish me luck :). Do I have to ferment the leaves at all? Don't humidify kiln to prevent rusty lids. I have the space/patience/whole leaf to be able to grow enough each season for a couple of years, and am happy to just store it away for a few years before reaching for it. some plastic corks to keep the purple basket out of the water - filled the purple basket with the tobacco and put quite a thick bit of plastic over the top the plastic has been stretched and taped in place.. it has all been cleaned because this sort of condition breeds mold. or should i ferment tobacco leaves for good taste?, thanks a lot. Fire-cured tobacco is hung in large barns where fires of hardwoods are kept on continuous or intermittent low smoulder and takes between three days and ten weeks, depending on the process and the tobacco. I've gone 2 weeks to 6 months. Does the Brod and Taylor bread proofing cabinet work good for cureing tobacco? The following is a helpful "Q and A" following this project. There is great potential for a wonderfully cured crop at the end of the growing season, however this hobby shouldn't be taken as a way to save on your tobacco spending money as there is a lot of time and labor invested with a lot of potential for crop failure due many factors: both while growing then the potential of mold during the curing process! Do not tighten at this point. Remember that smoking tobacco probably would not have caught on if it weren't for the process of cramming it into barrels and sending it on a sea voyage in sailing ships - which is how the above process was discovered. Answer: Spray it with a fine mist of water (or water and alcohol - port, vodka, rum; or water and something sweet) You can get a cheap mister in most garden supply shops and a lot of discount places. **Tobacco sowing season is NOW! My first year, they did not grow very large but each year after (using the prior years seeds) they grew larger and larger. Question: I was wondering if I can take some larger leaves from my plants before they turn a paler green as I have planted my plants to close together. I'm not a smoker any more since the heart problems but i do love the feeling of putting one over the Gvt. Or is it better to harvest the whole plant once it has flowered? Answer: Yes, The way I know of is to spray the rum/wine/honey solution or whatever on the dry or near dry leaves with a garden mister. I still have the 1 oz of Light Fire Cure in the press. (Haha.. This would be those with the traditional mason jar design. The best temperatures for growing tobacco is 68 to 86 F (20 to 30 C). Mine is 40ltr any old water boiler come tea earn will do. I suppose most guys go 1 to 2 months, but my philosophy is, if it's not on fire in my pipe, why bother taking it out of the kiln. Little green capsules about 1/4 in long will be left behind. I am currently smoking the 2018 crop which was over 5.5Kg. Our politicians will waste tens of millions on a futile flag referendum (and then probably twist the results - the head of the CIA visited last week) then they tax the Hell out of smokers - over 90% of the retail cost of tobacco returns to the government in some form of taxation (a conservative estimation) but smokers are denied the medical treatment of others as they "caused their own problems". Keep their soil moist but not soggy when they're young. I really enjoyed your little tobacco story guideAwesome. , is there a any missing thing about process ? In this fermenter, these conditions are achieved by a light bulb heat source, directed by a reflector dish towards the pile of air cured tobacco under it. Hang the leaves somewhere dry and warm, like a garage or attic. Answer: You could try packing small lots at a time in vacuum-sealed plastic bags. You'll get better results by leaving those tins be until it's time to smoke the contents. The most obvious answer, but not necessarily the right one, is trying different seeds. Do you think theyll go ok in there until after the last frost of winter? Hi how is everyone in this tuff times hope all is ok ive started growing tobacco plant and im wondering do i have to use a cooler fan if curing leaves in a attic, thanks good info no frills- i've got 40 seeds in seedling mix indoors 7 germinated so far. Thanks for the nice comments. Im growing in ohio, where the difference betwixt winter and summer is almost nonexistent. You are using an out of date browser. Secondly, don't break the law. Answer: As people in the UK and the USA have been using my article for over ten years now I can see no reason to prevent you. To counteract this situation, I have replace the bulb with a lower wattage, 32 watt and put the light on a timer, set to go on for 30 mins then off for 45. Your details are useful.". So, fermentation, do it if you want to, you may like the flavour better, you may not, I don't think that it matters a damn' for health and safety. The host saw me wandering around puffing on my pipe and he kindly gave me a tobacco plant in a pot. , i bought 1 kg virginia tobacco leaves, its sun cured, but its really smells bad !! the temp is 60-65oF humidity 60-65% for the cure i wouldn't go down passed 50oF or above 75 the high temp will evaporate trichomes and low temps will make the heads brittle and fall off easily. Pinch them out as well. Haven't noticed. Anyway that is soo cool. This is a cheap and accessible possibility to achieve the conditions required for fermentation. The dried leaves will be slightly sticky, and theyll have the feeling of very thin leather. If they show signs of yellowing before this, pick them straight away. Wrapping them in a bit of paper or square of toilet tissue and placing them in a little jar or pill container is fine. Any suggestions? Thank you for posting this. Just let the plants grow as shown in my hub, don't fuss over them as they're hardy, just make sure that they have at least a 2 ft spacing from each other or other plants, they'll transplant OK at this size if you have to, but better if you don't as it checks their growth, not a great worry. I suggest that you air-dry some leaves and then compare. Is that safe to smoke? See what your first try is like, you can always tart it up as you go along. You could try misting the almost dry leaves with alcohol, like rum or vodka. Monitor the leaves periodically to make sure they dont turn moldy, and remove any leaves that do. When you cure [organic] Cannabis buds, youre breaking down compounds in the resin into new compounds. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on September 13, 2014: The bowler hat brigade - too stupid to "do" so spend their lives telling us "not to do". So plenty in hand. I smoke about 50grm/week -say 1 3/4 oz/week. Does my curing chamber look like it will work? mayb to much nitrogen locked in the leaf what do you think, Reply Remove the leaves and tear them off of the stems before storing or using your tobacco. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on October 21, 2015: Hi Guys (and Gals) sorry that I've been AWOL for a while. Wonderful hub. (These have some glorious botanical name that doesn't matter a bit. The end result looked like nice moist almost store bought tobacco. The tobacco is best if the leaf stems are still slightly most when you remove from the stems. WISH ME LUCK FOLKS THE GOVT DAMN SURE DOESN'T ASTHEY WATCH THERE TAX DOLLARS EVAPORATE. To cure my tobacco i air dry it in my shed. remember you are not growing veges, yellow leaves make a more mellow product. It's fine to jar bulk tobacco; it will resume fermentation. When the plant is mature, harvest the leaves as normal and check google on making cigars, - I haven't made them but I know that there are some good sites with common sense instructions around. We use cookies to make wikiHow great. Our temps range between 70 and 100 degrees in the summer. It's only a few. Answer: It would probably enhance the product but I don't bother and nor do most of the locals that I know. This article is not about health issues; it's about growing tobacco and curing it. Mine are not as tall as yours - max about 4 foot. Smokingpipes is your one stop shop for Tobacco Jars Pipe Accessories and all your tobacco smoking needs. The primary tobacco curing methods consist of air curing, sun curing, fire curing, and flue curing. I think I'll give this a go - nothing to lose, all my hair is already goneand I might learn a thing or two! This process is all done quickly. It says it can be used for fermentation. Question: I bought some homegrown tobacco but it has a dark greenish look to it. If you dry your tobacco in your home, be sure to mind the temperature and humidity to avoid drying the leaves too quickly. If you hit 71% or greater, you will have to take the bud out to dry more. You may need to use a humidifier if your leaves are drying too quickly. Answer: Most of my friends who grow tobacco just dry it before smoking it, so no, don't bother. What you will need:-Air cured Tobacco leaves, Seeds with growing instructions are available here : im in manchester uk.. i have tried drying in about 4 diffrent places now over 2 years .. i dried that lot in the loft so there was temp fluctuation. Question: I am a cigar smoker and I often put my stubs in my wife's flower bed. Question: Is it worth continuing to harvest the leaves after the tobacco plant has flowered? There are several websites dealing with curing chambers and the standard home made type is made of foam wall insulation and an oil heater. Step 1: Trim and prepare your buds If you choose drying weed as individual buds already trimmed and stripped from their branches, then you can move on to the next step. - "Keep it simple, and if it works don't fix it!" and still have some tobacco from afew years ago. it was cold and had good air flow. By signing up you are agreeing to receive emails according to our privacy policy. I grow over 100 + plants - mainly in pots but some in the ground. I borrowed from the butchering industry and got a bunch of J fish hooks, strung them on some fishing line and use that for drying. How does humidity affect the rate of fermenting? I live in Kansas and they are growing like crazy. Sadly Kings no longer sell tobacco seed, however if you're in NZ Wicked Habits do ( expensive ) or Trade Me often does. keep swapping around until all golden brown (they will be damp but silky). Generally, what works on tomatoes should work on tobacco. Is there a trick to keeping tobacco alight? -Week 4 the tobacco chamber should have the sweet smell of a walk in humidor. Question: Is a tobacco crop ok around frost? This seems a good place to take you by the hand and walk you through some basic arithmetic if you haven't already done so yourself. If you want plant them elsewhere, they'll grow for a later crop. wikiHow's Content Management Team carefully monitors the work from our editorial staff to ensure that each article is backed by trusted research and meets our high quality standards. Yes I agree that there was too much moisture. That being said, lets get started! The results were unbelievable, menthol is one the hardest flavours to crack, no more menthol crysrals and chemistry sets, the e-juice is mostly vegetable glycerine, with no nicotine, and can be added to suit the strength desirable, you can add it to your own liking, strong, medium, weak, doing it this way means the menthol strength hasn't already been decided for you and you don't have to hunt around for a commercial brand to suit your particular tastes. When the plants reach maturity, they'll set flower heads at the top. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on February 15, 2015: Hi Crom, I'm sorry that I can't help you here; it may be a bad cure but without seeing and smelling it I just can't say. I've had some specific varieties that were not particularly good until 18 months, In theory, could I just chuck my jars in say the hot water cupboard? 4 years ago I wanted to just bury my nose in the leaves during the raisin stage, but for purposes sterility, i resisted!Q: I wouldn't imagine such a small batch would give off an overwhelming smell of ammonia.A: Very true! Hi there, You have done a fantastic job. Some say that it should be left hanging for two years, though I've found that two or three months is quite enough. Mr. This process takes about 3-4 weeks.2) Fermentation: Sweating out ammonia, and a few other complicated chemical processes. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. Question: Would you mind if I adapted your excellent work here for use in the UK? But the future looks a lot more brighter. As each plant grows, you'll see small tobacco plants (suckers or basal shoots) starting to grow as side-shoots from the main stalk at the base of the leaves, the same as with tomatoes and that other stuff some people smoke. Sit back, drink your moonshine (I'm writing an article on distilling), and watch them grow. After drying my iwn tobacco I put a little bourbon on it in a deep pot and roasted in oven at 50 degrees with a lid on. Thanks again for this information. You'll read a lot of unmitigated drivel about the difficulty of curing tobacco. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on March 15, 2014: [img]http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm292/biguran/s[/img], GOT it, Prilep 66, oriental fom macedonia, and i love it, has a taste like diped in honey, TY Mr. TOF :), im getting some cured orientals prilep 66, will try and let you know. Im growing in mini greenhouses in a south facing window. 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