And it sounds like you will be able to modify your system for next year!Just one note! Wow what a hub I started growing this summer only 3 plants thoe they are 6feet I'd say they now have Pritty pink flowers I harvested around 50 or so leaves hung them on nylon 1 month ago they are turning nice and golden I have them in my garage where I go for a quite smoke and stear at them only but wondering what they are going to be like I'm glad I came across this hub it has put my mind at ease a little and also given me some great ideas, Because of the heart problems i'm moving to Central Hawkes Bay to be with family. Hi there, You have done a fantastic job. If you feel that yours is too green(and limp) still, try putting some in an oven at a low heat (100c or less) for half an hour or more to dry it to a better colour. If you over-do it and it gets too brittle a fine mist from a cheap hothouse mister should fix things. A fine mist to dampen the leaves is all you need, they will soften almost immediately and you can then cut out the ribs. It's a bit late now to plant outdoors, but you can probably start your seedlings in the hothouse, or better still in little pots on a warm windowsill (Like in the kitchen) . We are happy campers even though we haven't grown it yet. Best If You Have Several Strains to Cure or Store At Once: Set of Four Wide-Mouth Quart-Size Ball Mason Jars Price: $24.85 Amazon Customer Reviews Otherwise, just bite the bullet and buy an extra box of matches. We are in your debt, Thanks again. I suggest that you Google "HubPages" and check them out. Hey thanks for all these follow up posts and pictures! 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! On the tobacco front. Dedicated home growers use old refrigerators with a heat source. The same number (12.5%) cure for between 6 and 8 days. to avoid harsh taste one step of curing process missing - fermentation. I simply chopped it (2mm) and mixed in some pure vanilla essence (or chopped vanilla beans) and a little citrus zest then compressed it into a jar. Our trained team of editors and researchers validate articles for accuracy and comprehensiveness. mayb to much nitrogen locked in the leaf what do you think, Reply You too can join the ranks of tobacco plant enthusiasts and with some luck and planning, your efforts may be rewarded with a homegrown cigar! (Haha.. A previous blog post by Chuck discussed the effects of aging tobacco, the impact the curing process has on aging blends, and the chemical changes that occur inside a tinned blend. -Week 1-2 smells like wet grass. Sun curing can be done by setting the leaves in the sun for a week until dry. After drying the leaves then adding flavour such as vodka and then slicing/cutting would I store the tobacco in a air tight container? there seems to be a new trend in vaping lately as more people are the cost of cigarettes beyond their means and are turning to vaping, i grow my own tobacco and process it myself and have experimented (Mucked around in my kitchen) with 0% nicotine menthol e-juice by cutting my tobacco in an old electric coffee grinder and adding the e-juice bit by bit to the mix until i achieve the strength i desire.. Growing nicotiana rustica here in ohio. When the leaves are in the Eski fermenting do you turn them or move them around. 50% of these commercial growers cure for between 7 and 14 days. Tobacco plants nearing maturity. Tobacco does grow like crazy once it gets going, about 3 months from seedling to 7 ft plant even in my temperate climate in Summer. Answer: Let them become almost dry but not brittle, take out the middle rib and any others that are large (who wants to smoke ribs?) It must work, his mates think the stuffs great. This process takes about 3-4 weeks.2) Fermentation: Sweating out ammonia, and a few other complicated chemical processes. This will always depend on how much you grow and how big your boiler is. Answer: Most of my friends who grow tobacco just dry it before smoking it, so no, don't bother. Fred Hanna has a method of quickly aging tobacco. I don't know where I've been Steve, but just come across you site. This is an excellent time to test whether you have dried your nugs properly. (It should reach full size without problems.). Now, any ideas on how I could take this to the next level & make it into clove cigarettes? Remember to save your seed for the next crop. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on July 30, 2014: Drying- Three months will do it, less if you give a bit of a boost with a slightly warm oven. Answer: It shouldn't make any difference. The end result looked like nice moist almost store bought tobacco. .I'd suggest that you just hang the leaves to dry without assistance in a shady airy spot and see how they go. 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. In addition, The contents are masterwork. I'm attempting to grow 3 varieties of tobacco: a Tennessee dark air cure, a Samsun Turkish and Perique. To smoke it! Once sealed, age for about two months at room temperature or slightly above. Youre actually a good webmaster. This will help preserve the tobacco after it dries, and may prolong the burning. Notice the orange ring in the image below. I even leave the bathroom door open. I turned out a first-class flake tobacco from some leaf that I'd left in a box in a corner of my garage for a year and forgotten about. Sprinkle seeds very lightly over the soil (but don't cover them with dirt). Each of these pods has a little central core covered with scores of tiny seeds. Tobacco isn't picky. Tobacco grows best in places that are dry and warm. wikiHow is where trusted research and expert knowledge come together. If it's too rainy or it gets too much water, the tobacco gets weak and thin. How broad it can be. Also how do you keep the humidity. Put tobacco in jar. This has several advantages: If you want to enhance the flavour of your smoke, dissolve a little honey in a couple teaspoons of alcohol (port, rum, vodka, or moonshine) and dribble it in as you cut your leaf. From your pictures, your plants were very immature, their growth stunted mostly due to the small pot size. Note: I'll continue this in feet and inches only, for the sake of our American cousins. 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. Havana tobacco seeds are good for making cigars, particularity cigar wrappers because of the broad leaves, flavor and smooth appearances once cured. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on May 16, 2014: Hi there Rob n Rose, sorry for the tardy reply. When they're about four inches high, and after the last of the frost, plant them out. Every council and government department has a proliferation of the swine at their lower levels trying to screw up the doers. I could not tho do that on a dozen or so plants. You could also try spraying with a mister (one of those cheap mist sprayers that you can get from garden supply shops) Just remember that you want the leaves to dry, not go mouldy. 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. This is a cheap and accessible possibility to achieve the conditions required for fermentation. Great sense of humor, and great information - good tips! I'll send this information to him. An attic or garage rafters are great, provided you still have headroom. Happy from Toronto, Canada on July 16, 2014: Great hub. i plant them in the ground so i achieve maximum height. Why am I growing tobacco? Can we buy seeds direct from you? Your blog by far has the most simplistic and helpful information on growing tobacco. I am thinking about trying this year for the first time. Tho it is now. to cut: take dried leaves cut out stems, dampen dried leaves, put in press to make solid block, cut and re-dry cut tobacco. 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. If youve moistened brittle leaves for storage, be sure to pat them down with a paper towel so there arent any water droplets on them. At which temperature fermentation stops? I joined the hub just to thank you.). -An extra week or two of fermentation beyond the 4th week wouldn't hurt. We use cookies to make wikiHow great. 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. 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. There are several websites dealing with curing chambers and the standard home made type is made of foam wall insulation and an oil heater. It improves with age so long as it does not dry out. Most strains, though, will be good enough to smoke after two-three weeks, but the longer you leave the buds to cure, the better - four to eight weeks may be the optimal time. And how long will this last in this storage method? Don't humidify kiln to prevent rusty lids. I have smoked for over thirty years and have been growing tobacco for two seasons. I'm sure they will be benefited from this web site. A friend hangs his tobacco for about three months, by which time it has both a nice colour and texture. Firstly, a warning: smoking can be bad for your health. Turn the marijuana every few hours, so that all parts are exposed to the sun. Plant them in reasonably rich, well-dug soil (with well-composted vegetable matter if you've got it). At this point, pick them. Trying to grow it here in the USA.if for no other reason to treat bee stings. Aging and curing tobacco helps the leaves get rid of their herby flavor and makes them taste more desirable. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on January 21, 2016: Hi Hops, beer and 'baccy go together mate, have a top New Year too. I did miss a stage in my above aromatic observationsbetween the wet grass and raisin stage there was a strong cereal smell..like toasted corn flakes, which probably lasted for the entire 2nd week. i hope this works because all my tobacco is in there.. iv got a brewing heat pad about 30 watts put a storage box on top will 2 lt of water. He can smoke to his lung's are content. 12.5% cure for between 3 weeks and 11 weeks. This process is all done quickly. Since yous have given me some ideas i will give you a fact. Store the seeds safely. :). I think I'm going to try to grow some to use for smudging and offerings (Spiritual purposes). Wrapping them in a bit of paper or square of toilet tissue and placing them in a little jar or pill container is fine. Once this is done I remove it from its leaf stems. I do not recommend that anyone follow this procedure, please use discretion with the project. First time grower. Some years ago I stumbled upon tobacco seeds (for the first time) in a Richters plant/seed catalogue out of Canada ( I live in the U.S). If they show signs of yellowing before this, pick them straight away. I'd suggest that you leave them for the time being but monitor them and if the spots increase noticeably remove the offenders. If you're limited in space, plant as many as you can. Multiply it by 52 to find what it costs you a year (over $2,500?). You'll learn by experiment to get the tobacco the way that you like it. That being said it is taxing to spray the leaves so often. This is typically the culprit. Answer: This is a new one on me as I didn't know that tobacco grew from leaf propagation. I hang dry my buds in a tent for at least 10 days, preferably longer with controlled humidity at around 60%. 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. Growing and harvesting is a perquisite to fermentation covered in other guides, available here . References. But the future looks a lot more brighter. Preparing the leaf is the same for both. Wonderful hub. Looking at this post reminds me of my previous roommate! Have you tried this method? Question: What do you think of using a humidifier to keep some moisture in the air while curing? Break the seedheads into it and rub the central core to get the seeds off. Tobacco starts from shockingly tiny seeds and grows a million fold into a 6-7 foot monster in just about 5 months. You could also string the leaves on a length of wire, or on a cord stretched between two nails use your imagination. Reactions: Oldfella, Charly, Knucklehead and 1 other person S Smileysmile66 Active Member Joined Apr 5, 2019 Messages 25 Points 3 Location Stockholm, Sweden Within a few hours the sun begins to bleach it. That's late summer here in the Southern Hemisphere. Answer: I remove the stems because they're woody and would produce lumpy tobacco. They'll turn dark brown and eventually start to split. 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! 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. Anyine got pointers on aging? and all so i listened to my mums idea of putting it between news paper which was silly thing to do, it stuck to the sheets of paper and when mouldy! I would think that using a spray bottle or just wiping the leaves with a sponge-full of the mix would also work OK. I used the barest pinch of seeds sprinkled into a six-pot seed tray and got over 100 plants! , is there a any missing thing about process ? How does humidity affect the rate of fermenting? You don't mention this stage, what are your thoughts on fermentation? If parts of the leaf remain green, it has dried too fast. Do you think theyll go ok in there until after the last frost of winter? Question: I'm new at this. Did this ever work to produce good cigars surf monkey ? Question: Why do my tobacco leaves never turn yellow and ripen? 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