I'll certainly digg it and individually suggest to my friends. Secondly, don't break the law. Commercially it used to have saltpeter (potassium nitrate) added to keep it going, although I don't know what's used now. 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. You can store the leaves in a humidor or even in a plastic bag. Just thought i'ld let you know the 'head start' theory appeared to work. A quick way to cure small quantities of marijuana is to loosely fill a plastic bag or glass jar, or place a layer between glass or plastic sheets, and expose the material to the sun. In fact, each capsule has dozens of seeds, so one picking of ready seed-heads is more than ample unless you have several acres you want to plant out. How does humidity affect the rate of fermenting? Great sense of humour and a very helpfull artical.Thank you. Let them dry out on the plant. Having got that off my chairy little hest, let's get down to the nitty-gritty. 4 years ago. As you know i don't smoke anymore, but gotta thank John Keye for the taxes, and the opportunity for extra income ( wink wink ), just follow the advice given here Jen, you cant go wrong, I gathered some seeds from a garden not knowing it was tobacco.They have grown amazingly.Thanks to your practical info I'm setting about drying the leaves .Might find a use for my grandads pipes in a rack yet .Thanks. The seeds will pass through while most of the rubbish will stay behind. After they've gotten established, you can water less often. Hanging Tobacco Leaves for Drying 1 Dry tobacco in the fall for the best results. I suggest that you then roll up the leaves and slice thinly with a very sharp knife. I will be 76 next month and live in the UK. 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. Break the seedheads into it and rub the central core to get the seeds off. Question: Im having a hard time keeping my tobacco burning, could it just need more time? In any case I will be subscribing for your rss feed and I am hoping you write again very soon! they were small, but still over 6' high. This is typically the culprit. whether it's fit to drink is another matter! 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. Its been about 6-8 weeks of drying. Mine are not as tall as yours - max about 4 foot. Good job documenting your work! You do need LARGE pots, it grows a huge root ball. I grow over 100 + plants - mainly in pots but some in the ground. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on September 11, 2014: Great stuff John, (We're in for a long summer, my banana plant set its first bunch a month ago, although the stalks are still all brown with dead and wind battered leaves; and the raspberry canes are budding) Please keep us posted on how you're going. I hang dry my buds in a tent for at least 10 days, preferably longer with controlled humidity at around 60%. You know what to look for.) Thanks for the nice comments. The primary tobacco curing methods consist of air curing, sun curing, fire curing, and flue curing. To cure my tobacco i air dry it in my shed. I have smoked for over thirty years and have been growing tobacco for two seasons. Was going to make a wooden box but this was easier as I had the bits. They stopped growing until spring, but the leaves stayed healthyno wilting or browningand around the end of September, they took off again. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on September 09, 2014: kiwi_john aka the old fart on September 09, 2014: well planting season is upon us; i've got a shitload of seeds (no not from the dunny) so fingers toes and eyes all crossed for a bumper crop.I'VE GOT ALL THE GOOD STUFF : SEED GERMINAING MIX.MINI GREENHOUSE.NO EXPENSE SPARED TO SAVE A $. I joined the hub just to thank you.). Question: Why do my tobacco leaves never turn yellow and ripen? Will have to look into this further but this has certainly been of great help to start-off. I've gone 2 weeks to 6 months. What you describe looks like a quick way to cure, nothing wrong with that. 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 have a bag of locally grown and cured tobacco leaves suitable for smoking in a pipe but would like to make my own tobacco oil for candles and perfume. 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. Sun curing can be done by setting the leaves in the sun for a week until dry. 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. Tobacco leaves are ready for smoking or storage when theyre brown and pliable, but not too brittle. Thanks again for this information. and spray it finely on the dried leaves with a garden mister. Make sure kiln has good air circulation and that jars aren't touching walls to prevent condensation in jars. I live in Kansas and they are growing like crazy. Tobacco plants nearing maturity. In my past experience as well as experiences in this fermenter, insulating foam is for the most part stable and inert; It won't off-gas unless it is melting. This is an excellent time to test whether you have dried your nugs properly. That being said, so can drinking, singing off-key, eating too much (or not enough) meat, and so on. Answer: You can make alcohol from any vegetable matter. Question: Is planting tobacco summer (start of January) ok? If you want plant them elsewhere, they'll grow for a later crop. Keep their soil moist but not soggy when they're young. Frankly, if you're regularly ingesting nicotine, traces of ammonia, if they exist, should be the least of your concerns,- and homegrown tobacco is a lot less dangerous than the commercial stuff. When is the best time to plant? Have fun, good luck, and thanks for dropping in. Ricci Feat Waaka from Tauranga, New Zealand on June 07, 2014: Hi can you please give me some advice on how to grow tobacco under lights,such as how many plants to a 1000 watt or 600 grow light in what size room,am really keen to give it a go. Question I did have a hard time sleeping at night with the chamber light bulb on. When they're about four inches high, and after the last of the frost, plant them out. Question: I am a cigar smoker and I often put my stubs in my wife's flower bed. Little green capsules about 1/4 in long will be left behind. As for the number of plants to be self-sufficient in Baccy for my pipe? 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. 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. Store the tobacco in a room between 60 to 95 F (16 to 35 C) to cure it. Answer: I've never bothered fermenting, and nor have any of my friends. Stems retain moisture and may increase the chance of mold in storage. Free Shipping on orders over $95! Im thinking about purchasing and would like to hear some opinions. 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. 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. Well, short of dynamiting them, running them over with a ten-ton digger, searing them with a flamethrower, or soaking the stuff in weed-killer, tobacco pretty much looks after itself. Almost magically, theyll regain their pliability with a little moisture. Do you think theyll go ok in there until after the last frost of winter? 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. Thanks for sharing! You can make a perfectly acceptable product by drying the leaves adequately, slicing them thinly, rolling them in cigarette paper, and setting them alight, so put that in your pipe and smoke it! Fermentation also stabilizes the leaf so that it doesn't decompose further in storage. It says it can be used for fermentation. Using a solution of honey or something sweet may help also. If parts of the leaf remain green, it has dried too fast. 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". Putting them in an oven at VERY low heat for an hour or so will also dry them ready to cut and smoke but I can't guarantee that they'll yellow as much as slow drying. No oil heaters required! I think I'm going to try to grow some to use for smudging and offerings (Spiritual purposes). this is a couple of hours later.. its a little sweaty box now, Reply He then cuts it and uses it straight away. I smoke about 50grm/week -say 1 3/4 oz/week. Great sense of humor, and great information - good tips! The dried leaves should have a slightly sweet smell from the curing process. Remember to save your seed for the next crop. I planted a few seedlings in February one year as an experiment. Thoughts ? Preparing the leaf is the same for both. This article is not about health issues; it's about growing tobacco and curing it. I've been toying with the idea of growing my own tobacco for a year now and just found your site by looking for how to cure tobacco. Question: My tobacco leaves have been hanging for around 3 months, the tips seem to keep going brittle so I have misted them with water as they have become brittle again, is this method ok? When using plastic bag style do you move them around and how often do you water with the plastic bag style. Haven't noticed. The same number (12.5%) cure for between 6 and 8 days. Cheers, Hi John, Nicotiana Sylvestris, Kimgs catalogue number SKU 0950, $3.75 a packet (it's listed as a flower, which of course it is), Brilliant hub most helpful I've seen on the net thus far. I threw a hand at it but it didnt come out the way I hoped. I have dried and cut one leaf for a try. Soon, you'll notice that tobacco is quite an attractive ornamental with small, pretty, pink flowers. Question: Im in the Wairarapa and just got some seedlings from the local garden centre. 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. Wonderful hub. In addition, The contents are masterwork. on Step 6. If it's too rainy or it gets too much water, the tobacco gets weak and thin. 12.5% cure for between 5 and 10 days. If it's warmer, that's even better. For those of you more comfortable with metrics, 1 ft = 30 cm. I'd also suggest that you let the plants flower and save the seed, you'll get enough to plant half of Kansas and be very popular with your smoking friends! Well what an 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. (I've been away playing Cap'n Ahabs with an old boat in New Plymouth harbour). Your details are useful.". I'm attempting to grow 3 varieties of tobacco: a Tennessee dark air cure, a Samsun Turkish and Perique. When the leaves are in the Eski fermenting do you turn them or move them around. I assume that you want to either roll a cigarette or use a pipe. On the tobacco front. Reactions: Oldfella, Charly, Knucklehead and 1 other person S Smileysmile66 Active Member Joined Apr 5, 2019 Messages 25 Points 3 Location Stockholm, Sweden That being said it is taxing to spray the leaves so often. So none of the tobacco was touching the water. The light was plugged into a ground fault interrupter outlet so that if it overloaded, I would have a small means of safety at very least. dry in shade, this process avoids crumbling product also. My pleasure.. (still looking forward to your distillation blog ;). , is there a any missing thing about process ? Question: Dont you have to ferment or sweat the leaves after drying tabacco, to remove excess ammonia? Answer: If it works for you, keep doing it. I have 4 that I cycle between curing jars to monitor humidity in the jars. The end result looked like nice moist almost store bought tobacco. on Introduction. Im experiencing some small security troubles with my latest weblog and Id like to locate something more safeguarded. If you're in NZ get growing folks , and good luck. on Introduction. The product was a gentler and more aromatic smoke when it landed in Europe than when it left the "New World". You may not legally sell it, trade it, or give it away. Best of luck with your research. mayb to much nitrogen locked in the leaf what do you think, Reply The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on July 17, 2018: Try misting the dried leaves with a mixture of oil of cloves (from the chemist) and water. Mine is 40ltr any old water boiler come tea earn will do. When you cure [organic] Cannabis buds, youre breaking down compounds in the resin into new compounds. I got 6 x 1 oz jars sealed up yesterday. For some, growing tobacco is an absolute obsessionand its easy to see why! I'm curious to uncover out what blog system youre employing? You'll read a lot of unmitigated drivel about the difficulty of curing tobacco. 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. 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. The ageing and compression are important as fermentation by anaerobic bacteria eliminates the harsher burning elements. Let the flowers bloom and die off. Question: I bought some homegrown tobacco but it has a dark greenish look to it. To smoke it! 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