proberly down to the paper.. the best way i found was hung up in a garrage. Thank you very much ---just so hard to get the seeds in SA Government screws all of us here ---BUT I can, and do grow my own weed and get very good crops too! For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Please help me Old Firm! Answer: I've never struck that problem, and it hasn't been mentioned before, so it's probably not an issue. Virginia tobacco, the stuff of commerce, is one of the hardiest plants you'll ever grow. Question: Im in the Wairarapa and just got some seedlings from the local garden centre. Generally, what works on tomatoes should work on tobacco. Also I wanted to add that the post is great and very easy to follow ..I am in Aus and have been growing now for a while and am getting some extremely good results but I am still waiting to have my first taste..I think the hardest part for me is going to be the cutting as I like a very fine cut and if anyone can suggest something that is not to expensive I will be very happy, anyway thanks for reading and hope to hear from some of you out there even in Qld..Cheers. If it's just for the fun of growing the stuff and possibly to use the leaves to make a bug spray, a couple of plants will do fine. And how long will this last in this storage method? Thanks again for this information. After all, cigarette butts soaked in a bucket of water was an old way of making insect spray that my parents and grandparents used. Reactions: Oldfella, Charly, Knucklehead and 1 other person S Smileysmile66 Active Member Joined Apr 5, 2019 Messages 25 Points 3 Location Stockholm, Sweden 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". Before starting here's a small note of discretion: Typically tobacco growing hobbyist raise and cure these plants for the pure enjoyment of taking care of this fast growing monster! At this point, pick them. **Tobacco sowing season is NOW! During two years in Vanuatu where home-grown tobacco is available in the markets (cured and twisted into braids) I discovered I could make a "brew" just as good as my favourite pipe tobacco "Amphora". The same rules apply: pinch out or otherwise remove them. This article could not be written any better! Been reading your posts looking to find ways to make what i grow less harsh to smoke. x3' high lined with 1 1/2" styrofoam 3 100w heaters in bottom controlled by cookerstat,fed in moist air from a humidifier.Humidity 80% temp 120/130.Cured leaf for 4 weeks. Reckon next year I will have to double my crop, I may be a bit shy this year. Harvesting: Fully grown leaves (and no, It's not me!). What you will need:-Air cured Tobacco leaves, Seeds with growing instructions are available here : Havana tobacco seeds are good for making cigars, particularity cigar wrappers because of the broad leaves, flavor and smooth appearances once cured. The host saw me wandering around puffing on my pipe and he kindly gave me a tobacco plant in a pot. Easy to follow and a good laugh along the way. See what your first try is like, you can always tart it up as you go along. You'll have lots of them. Very refreshing to be able to find the simple info you want without having read heaps of seriously boring rubbish at the same time!! Time is said to cure all things, and tobacco is near the top of the list. I then dip the jar, short of the lid, back into the boiling water using the tongs. This article was co-authored by wikiHow Staff. Sprinkle seeds very lightly over the soil (but don't cover them with dirt). These are the same plants as in the previous photo, eleven days later (25Jan09). 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. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on March 17, 2016: Our Gestapo thugs will shoot and kill a man for pointing a gun at a police dog, shoot a fleeing thief in the back and beat his dying body with baton tourches and find themselves not at fault, then run around kissing a drug pusher who shot at and wounded 4 police, presumably because of "political correctness" - and a 'relly who's a local senior cop. It must work, his mates think the stuffs great. Information I will be collecting: Do you have any advice on how to grow these for cigars? Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Adrian Rankin-Maclean on August 10, 2020: Very informative article I tried many years ago to grow tobacco, plants grew fine but mucked up the curing process, I want to flavour the stuff for pipe smoking, I have a very large jar of glycerine in the garage could I use that with port and brandy, spray the leaf, let dry, then press and mature but for how long - best guess for a guide pls, also I want to give some hand rolling tobacco to my colleagues at Christmas, I'm harvesting and curing now,(August) once dried I'm putting it in a plastic air tight box, will that be long enough time for it to mellow/mature. Great victory by the AllBlacks! HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. Question: Once the tobacco is cured and cut, how do you store so it doesnt dry out like tobacco you buy? [1] 2 Pick leaves that are a pale-yellow for drying. I'll certainly digg it and individually suggest to my friends. This was our first year planting and. Yuk, you can buy them from https://ausseeds.com/, Please email us a complete pamphlet about the steps from planting to harvesting tobacco and how to dry and make cigarettes. You can store the leaves in a humidor or even in a plastic bag. This seems to be the right amount of heat! I think I'll give this a go - nothing to lose, all my hair is already goneand I might learn a thing or two! Youll need to keep the humidity relatively high to keep the leaves from drying too quickly. Im thinking about purchasing and would like to hear some opinions. Answer: You can spray the leaves with a mister using rum, port, dissolved honey or whatever takes your fancy to both flavour the tobacco and help it burn. They are about 20 inches now. You will also have healthier, more mature/thicker leaves that will respond better to air curing and fermentationa little more meat to chew so-to-speak. Store the seeds safely. And I always unplugged the light when leaving the house. At which temperature fermentation stops? The rest are green and some of the bottom leaves that don't get much light are a yellowish color. You'll learn by experiment to get the tobacco the way that you like it. Feed a thin tomato stake (or something similar) through these slits so that when you hold the stick horizontally, the leaves hang down about an inch apart. I got tired of fighting past the damn things to get to my garden shed and pulled them out last May, still healthy and hardy, with a root system the size of a football. This is the kind of info ive been searching for. Put a fine sieve in the top of a clean, dry bowl, or on a sheet of paper. Pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff are fire cured. It's only a few. Question: What strain of tobacco do you grow? Ive a venture that I am just now running on, and Ive been on the look out for such information. Turned out that he was given the plant by his pal who had been Chief Blender with British American Tobacco (BAT) so the guy knew what he was doing. These plants are less than three months older than seedlings. There are 9 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. 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. It may not display this or other websites correctly. The grow fast so don't start them too early, time it for the optimum outdoor transplant date. Thanks a lot, Yes i have read your article and gave very good things ty but one question is pesticides can i use them on the plant's and will i get sick from it. I think I'm going to try to grow some to use for smudging and offerings (Spiritual purposes). .I'd suggest that you just hang the leaves to dry without assistance in a shady airy spot and see how they go. Let them dry out on the plant. Your details are useful.". Like some others I came upon your article whilst looking for info on curing tobacco. 4 years ago In the next batch I think I will see if placing the leaves in a large plastic bag will work better. On the plus side: Home grown tobacco contains far less chemicals and no additives when compared to the stuff the tobacco industry produces. At the worst, the plants will stop growing over Winter and come away again in Spring, and be a bit stunted, but the leaves will still be useable and you'll get plenty of seed for next season. I also ground some into a powder snuff, I added a cotton ball dipped in scented oil for a week or so to add flavor and scent then removed the cotton ball later. From a broader perspective, there are a few variables that influence how tobacco ages. Hey thanks for all these follow up posts and pictures! Using a solution of honey or something sweet may help also. By using this service, some information may be shared with YouTube. Answer: It's fine, (If you want to speed drying put some leaves in a VERY low oven for an hour or more until they are dry enough to suit). They stopped growing until spring, but the leaves stayed healthyno wilting or browningand around the end of September, they took off again. Having my first try at it and given I'm in the far north east of Scotland I'm having quite good results so far, that said been an unusually good Sumer. i will try outside next year just abit worrie about things eatting them .. the slugs around here seem to have a nicotine addiction. If you're jarring tobacco, make sure the jars you're using create a seal. A lot of tobaccos's taste sweetens with salt - folks will mix maybe a 1/4 teaspon of salt in 8-10 ounces of distilled water, lay the tobacco out on a tray, mist it with the salty solution, allow to dry and then put it in the curing jars. After they've gotten established, you can water less often. If you're in NZ get growing folks , and good luck. It was a good shot at it though! Put seed-growing mix or a mixture of fine soil and sand in a shallow container. To cure my tobacco i air dry it in my shed. Well heres hoping! always use distilled water in the boiler. Find a shelter where youll have some control over the humidity by opening or closing doors, windows, or vents. whoever they may be. 1 & a half tablespoons liqueur or spirit syrup (Bin Inn). It is only recently that I have heard any mention of ammonia occurring in the drying process, and I personally doubt whether it has much effect on the finished product. Tobacco curing is sometimes referred to as color curing because as the tobacco undergoes the process, the color of the leaf will invariably change because its chlorophyll content is being altered, gradually becoming more yellow to brown in color. As good a way as any Rhett, nothings written in stone - adapt, innovate, do it on the cheap; that's what it's all about. But really, there are no unpleasant smells to be vented. and is it any good? The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on June 07, 2014: Sorry mate, I can't help you there, I've no experience at this rather covert way of growing bacci'. I'd suggest that you leave them for the time being but monitor them and if the spots increase noticeably remove the offenders. Also, can we use wine to spray the leaves whilst curing as opposed to water? Question Email Us | (888)366-0345 Account Login Create Account. Around the time that flower heads start to form and the plants are fully grown, the bottom leaves will be ready to pick. What I can find worryingly little information on is how long you need to ferment it for, depending on what you want to do with it. Hang the leaves somewhere dry and warm, like a garage or attic. Anyhow, I ordered from them and began growing. Treat it as you would tomatoes. Keep an eye on your. What you describe looks like a quick way to cure, nothing wrong with that. The biggest difference is that the plastic box did too good of a job sealing in the moisture, and perhaps there was too much to begin with. If you live in a place that's warm enough to grow cabbage, tobacco will thrive. Break the seedheads into it and rub the central core to get the seeds off. It is cured/air dried in a carport. Also, I know they like sun but as were in the wrong season Ive put them in large pots in the greenhouse. You could also string the leaves on a length of wire, or on a cord stretched between two nails use your imagination. on Step 5, when air curing has happened with my plants there are vast diffrents in colour between the diffrent leafs some are dark brown - light brown but some are a very dark green.. they are cured they just seem to hold there colour..? I suggest that you then roll up the leaves and slice thinly with a very sharp knife. Below that, warmth and moisture is a mold issue. Don't humidify kiln to prevent rusty lids. We are happy campers even though we haven't grown it yet. Is there anything I can do? A factory barn with hundreds of thousands of hands fermenting, wellthat would be a whole different level of aroma.Q: Surf Monkey Coconut, your insurance agent called me looking for you. If it's warmer, that's even better. If you want to cure and smoke it, put in at least a dozen plants if possible. Answer: I don't know, it's been many years since I was in Australia, but I would guess a tobacco plant would take around three months or less to grow there. Answer: Home grown tobacco doesn't naturally stay burning. Within two to three months of picking a healthy green leaf, it would dry to a complete dark brown, and if even touched it would crumble into a million shards. I have found your article and follow everything as you recommended but in the end, I am disappointed. 3 years ago. The seed will have adapted to your environment. Do you think theyll go ok in there until after the last frost of winter? Thoughts ? Mary Wickison from USA on March 23, 2014: After years of nagging (I mean politely requesting) my husband to stop, now I find your page. Our trained team of editors and researchers validate articles for accuracy and comprehensiveness. Hang the tobacco where the humidity is consistently around 65 percent. Answer: I remove the stems because they're woody and would produce lumpy tobacco. -Week 4 the tobacco chamber should have the sweet smell of a walk in humidor. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on November 12, 2015: I love this website - its so usefull and helpfull. . Fire curing produces a tobacco low in sugar and high in nicotine. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on March 06, 2015: I chucked some seeds in the fridge last year; planted them in portable greenhouse in september and have a bumper crop drying in my garage now. That being said, lets get started! Do you ferment leaves for smoking tobacco? This is typically the culprit. Fermentation is the limiting factor for hobbyist!3) Finally aging which we are all familiar with, which includes factory storage and storage in a humidor. 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