this is a couple of hours later.. its a little sweaty box now, Reply I smoke about 50grm/week -say 1 3/4 oz/week. I hope that you learned what you wanted from this article. Looking at this post reminds me of my previous roommate! Im growing in ohio, where the difference betwixt winter and summer is almost nonexistent. Temps above 122F (50C) inhibit the vegetative growth of mold. Moreover, The contents are masterpiece. The primary tobacco curing methods consist of air curing, sun curing, fire curing, and flue curing. this methored did not work the tobacco turned to compost in a few weeks.. to much humidity.. the way i would change it is having the inside tray highter and only puting a cloth over the top so air can escape.. i only put a small hole in the top and this was not enough. At this point, pick them. Last Updated: January 20, 2021 You can store the leaves in a humidor or even in a plastic bag. An air-conditioned home would probably be too dry for air-curing tobacco. Leaves that dry too fast may remain green. 3 years ago. 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. There's no smell of nicotine looks and the taste is like dried grass. Fred Hanna has a method of quickly aging tobacco. Put jar in kiln. mayb to much nitrogen locked in the leaf what do you think, Reply Email Us | (888)366-0345 Account Login Create Account. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on April 04, 2014: Thanks for your comments, I use HubPages, as per heading; free to use, just join up. It's not exactly very warm here. Curing can last anywhere from two weeks minimum, to up to six months for some strains. Thanks. I spent many years at sea in the MN, as Captain since 1975, so cost wasn't an issue then. proberly down to the paper.. the best way i found was hung up in a garrage. Answer: I remove the stems because they're woody and would produce lumpy tobacco. The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers to this website may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Hang the tobacco where the humidity is consistently around 65 percent. It depends on what you want the tobacco for. - "Keep it simple, and if it works don't fix it!" on Step 6, Do you ferment all leaves that you want to use as in the cigar or just the outer leaf of the cigar. Note: I'll continue this in feet and inches only, for the sake of our American cousins. It's fine to jar bulk tobacco; it will resume fermentation. Is that a constant 50c or would it be averaged over a 3day or so cycle? Then he fed the leaves through a grinder. (Probably a lot better off as fewer additives to the final product and they're a damn' sight richer). 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. 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. Some say that it should be left hanging for two years, though I've found that two or three months is quite enough. this pic is just a couple of late bloomers that iv put in a pot outside if you notice on the dried leaf there is type of mould when cured outside have you had this proble befor or has this happened because its still attached to the plant?has not been a good year for growing this year but the other plants were about 5ft with broard leafs what was left after the slugs, Reply If you live elsewhere, check your local legislation to ensure that you're operating within the law. Question: How long are you supposed to cure tobacco for? We would have been umming and ahhhing until the cows came home. Buuut, it is still good to note the same surgeon general warning that "smoking is bad for your health", etc. This article has been viewed 141,782 times. I cured a bit with bourbon in the oven and got a nice pipe smoke. 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. I assume that you want to either roll a cigarette or use a pipe. 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. 3 years ago Notice the orange ring in the image below. an accidental discovery in my kitchen when a friend came around for a cupper with his new e-ciggy has lead to a major discovery for my tobacco processing methods when i added a few drops of his vape juice to my tobacco. This is a brilliant step-by-step on how to get to the end product I'm looking for so thanks so much mate! From your pictures, your plants were very immature, their growth stunted mostly due to the small pot size. [4] Flue [ edit] 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. If it's too rainy or it gets too much water, the tobacco gets weak and thin. No oil heaters required! Awesome article!!! Answer: The best time is November, give or take, but January's fine for a later crop. 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". You must log in or register to reply here. Reactions: Oldfella, Charly, Knucklehead and 1 other person S Smileysmile66 Active Member Joined Apr 5, 2019 Messages 25 Points 3 Location Stockholm, Sweden Answer: Give it a try, it certainly won't do any harm. Adding moisture to cure is not a good idea, the bud should be dried properly first. Wonderful hub. 11 years ago 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. Curing cannabis buds Once buds are dry, it's time to cure them. You'll know they're ready for use when theyve turned dark brown and the edges of each leaf are curled. Question: I have been hanging first tobacco leaves for two weeks in the green house and they going brown already. You are so right, they do adapt to the area. ** This project was created last year (2008 harvest) to provide address a common question in the tobacco growing hobby, discussing the critical points of curing tobacco. 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. Do you've any recommendations? JavaScript is disabled. Growth will stop until the weather warms up, then continue, but the plants will be smaller. By using this service, some information may be shared with YouTube. How to Tell How Old Cigarettes Are and If Theyre Stale. Good luck growing! Gonna have a couple of acres there, so can plant heaps, and better growing conditions. Add the parts, tools needed to create the lids so they're air tight, medical grade silicone lines, manifolds, check valves, RH hygrometer, the grommets alone cost $50 for 10 (with a minimum . Put tobacco in jar. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on December 23, 2014: Hi John, I hope that all's well with you now. I could not tho do that on a dozen or so plants. Please help me Old Firm! A good recommended fill blend for a home grown cigar is 30% Havana leaf and 70% Virginia leaf with a Havana wrapper. The product was a gentler and more aromatic smoke when it landed in Europe than when it left the "New World". Did you make this project? Or is it better to harvest the whole plant once it has flowered? They'll need temperatures of 75 to 80F to germinate. If I do this will it ruin the final curing process? Good job documenting your work! Use peppermint oil mixed with water to mist your leaves as they are hanging. Fermentation is the trickiest part, and is what this instructable is intended to outline. Otherwise, just bite the bullet and buy an extra box of matches. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on September 16, 2014: Hi tobacco enthusiast, glad to know that I was of help. I then dip the jar, short of the lid, back into the boiling water using the tongs. It looks and smells good but it will not stay burning. I better still be alive for the first finished product lol. 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. Answer: An airtight container's a good idea, but I can't tell you how long the tobacco will last. Most of the tobacco that I smoke has been aged 4+ years, but I don't let cannabis sit in a jar beyond six months. Whoo-hoo! Answer: It should be okay in a large bucket. Once this is done I remove it from its leaf stems. He then filled about 1/6 of the cylinder with water and propped the leaves up on another piece of aluminium with a small vent hole in it. You'll learn by experiment to get the tobacco the way that you like it. on Introduction, https://www.cigarworld.com/education/tobacco-411/curing-and-fermentation/. smokes well,mild,smells a bit like cigar. Go figure. The wide mouth makes it easy to get your buds in and out of the jar without making a mess, and it has an airtight lid that will keep your buds from losing moisture during curing. Im thinking about purchasing and would like to hear some opinions. Simply hang in a sheltered area and let nature take its course. This is just 3 hands of tobacco and it does have quite the aroma associated with it! Basic idea of the home chamber is to simulate the internal temperatures of a tobacco pile as seen at tobacco production facilities. If they show signs of yellowing before this, pick them straight away. In fact, with a little bit of bartering, you might even make your money back. 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! Don't look now, but you've probably already done itwell enough for the average punter, at least. Question: Is a tobacco crop ok around frost? I suggest that you air-dry some leaves and then compare. Fermentation also stabilizes the leaf so that it doesn't decompose further in storage. Stack leaves (10-20+) and sweat in sun or oven in winter. Fire curing produces a tobacco low in sugar and high in nicotine. In the next batch I think I will see if placing the leaves in a large plastic bag will work better. It was a good shot at it though! Great read. From a broader perspective, there are a few variables that influence how tobacco ages. Compared with correctly grown plants. 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. Just what I was looking for answered a couple of questions I had never thought about, I will be starting them off over the next two months now it is Sunday 3rd of March 2019, (I am a slow starter). 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! Jars can also be an alternative to cellaring in the tin. Within a few hours the sun begins to bleach it. This is the kind of info ive been searching for. I suggest that you Google "HubPages" and check them out. 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. My tobacco does not smell like tobacco at all. When the flowers die off each will form a green pod which will slowly turn dark brown. On the tobacco front. I really enjoyed your little tobacco story guideAwesome. Im experiencing some small security troubles with my latest weblog and Id like to locate something more safeguarded. since taking the pics, I have modified and refined the design making it even simplerive plugged the holes, and took out the aluminum foil, and put the second batch of leaves in a large plastic bag with a twist tie on the top to better hold in the moisture. I am currently smoking the 2018 crop which was over 5.5Kg. What you do with it then is your own damned business. How do you know your tobacco will be ok for cigarettes, but not for cigars or vice versa? Question: What strain of tobacco do you grow? Some leaves are 500-600mm in length and still rather green. It has been most helpful. .I'd suggest that you just hang the leaves to dry without assistance in a shady airy spot and see how they go. 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. Let . **Tobacco sowing season is NOW! I just wondered whether the hot water cupboard would be a better spot as opposed to fairly consistent room temp in a living space. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. This article was co-authored by wikiHow Staff. You do need LARGE pots, it grows a huge root ball. Anyhow, I ordered from them and began growing. Unplugging would have some impact on the fermentation process depending on the length of interruption, but better to unplug than to not have a house when you get back. If you're not in a rush, take your time and pick the leaves as they come ready. 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. Answer: Curing tobacco is pretty much just letting it dry until it turns goldish. Great sense of humor, and great information - good tips! 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). abfdged. Any suggestions? Question: Is planting tobacco summer (start of January) ok? Chopping can be left until after the compression/ageing if preferred. Wear sterile disposable gloves and fill each jar about of the way full with your dried and trimmed buds. Haven't noticed. Question: I am following your method of growing tobacco at home, though I am getting my brown leaves within a few weeks or less. I assume that you're in the northern hemisphere, which means that you are in late Autumn, so I suggest that you pick the leaves and hang them to dry. 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. As for the number of plants to be self-sufficient in Baccy for my pipe? If you're limited in space, plant as many as you can. He constantly kept preaching about this. I don't know where I've been Steve, but just come across you site. During the fermentation, there are several aromatic stages: Firstly, a warning: smoking can be bad for your health. 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?) The seed will have adapted to your environment. The tobacco color should also change to a much darker hue of brown. The essential pieces for fermentation is 120 degree heat and humidity. Some of my friends nuke the leaves and seem happy with the results, the only way to find out which best suits you is to try it yourself. on Step 6. How does humidity affect the rate of fermenting? In the cooler situation, I am fighting to keep things moist enoughin your case it looked like it was the opposite effect! Not to mention the moaning at the forever price hikes in Tobacco. grown though through thirty years did need a lot more aging then actual curing.But I don't consider anything dead in a jar to be curing, this is aging in my book and curing takes place during the death of the living cells . 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! I have smoked for over thirty years and have been growing tobacco for two seasons. 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. Low and behold, I have 2 tobacco plants growing, which surprised me as the cigars I buy are aged. That being said, so can drinking, singing off-key, eating too much (or not enough) meat, and so on. Do I have to ferment the leaves at all? For the Jars, the pump alone is $65 for the jars. Happy from Toronto, Canada on July 16, 2014: Great hub. If it's too rainy or it gets too much water, the tobacco gets weak and thin. The host saw me wandering around puffing on my pipe and he kindly gave me a tobacco plant in a pot. Place the trimmed buds into some type of airtight container. If you need more seed google King Seeds in Katikati, (I've a link in the text). Answer: Yes, but as it has a root ball the size of a football, you'll need a large tub. I have been using this for flavouring, this is a half strength as found the full strength to strong. Question: I've grown plenty of tobacco except I've always just microwaved the leaves or in the oven to dry and smoked the plant still green. 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. Great sense of humour and a very helpfull artical.Thank you. Using the ones made for smoking, bleached, or with added chemicals is not ideal, to say the very least. Mine is 40ltr any old water boiler come tea earn will do. According to my toddlers the cupboard temp is nicey. Put jar in kiln. Tobacco grows best in places that are dry and warm. Take a leaf, strip out the center rib and any large side ribs if it's a big leaf, and repeat this process for several leaves until you have a generous handful. 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? Tobacco is an amazingly prolific plant. I'll certainly digg it and individually suggest to my friends. Here in New Zealand, you can buy tobacco seed, grow the stuff, and, if you want to, smoke it quite lawfully. As Mrs. Beeton once said: "To make jugged hare, first catch your hare." Virginia tobacco, the stuff of commerce, is one of the hardiest plants you'll ever grow. You may need to use a humidifier if your leaves are drying too quickly. Question: Why do my tobacco leaves never turn yellow and ripen? 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. Air curing works by hanging the leaves in a dark place for a few weeks. Be sure the leaves are protected from direct sunlight, which may burn them. 12.5% cure for between 5 and 10 days. The place else may just I get that type of info written in such a perfect way? Live in California. I do not recommend that anyone follow this procedure, please use discretion with the project. (These have some glorious botanical name that doesn't matter a bit. I can't be bothered, think up a few for yourself. Sprinkle seeds very lightly over the soil (but don't cover them with dirt). Why am I growing tobacco? Allow 2 meters headroom if you keep them inside and remember to pick out the sideshoots growing in the leaf joins (just like tomatoes do) they can be planted too for a later crop. Aging and curing tobacco helps the leaves get rid of their herby flavor and makes them taste more desirable. , and then i can"t smoke because its really strong ! I've found this setup makes the temperature get much too high, (due to the excellent insulation of the cooler, the cooler gets cumulatively hotter and hotter). -Week 1-2 smells like wet grass. Also, in the images above you can see the vent holes I cut in the top and bottom of the coolerI have since plugged them up to hold in the humiditythere was too much ventilation going on. The plants grew taller than corn stalks, with leaves as broad as my chest. 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. You know what to look for.) You'll read a lot of unmitigated drivel about the difficulty of curing tobacco. Then, thread a string through the slits. Also how do you keep the humidity. Btw i subbed you on youtube, Reply The following is a helpful "Q and A" following this project. 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. Also slugs & snails, etc take their share. If so how do we do it? You don't mention this stage, what are your thoughts on fermentation? 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. I'm planning on air curing the Tennessee, as it suggests in the name of it, and the. 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 Sit back, drink your moonshine (I'm writing an article on distilling), and watch them grow. When the plants reach maturity, they'll set flower heads at the top. Perhaps it is a distraction from daily stresses and allows an escape to simpler times. If you live in a place that's warm enough to grow cabbage, tobacco will thrive. Tobacco seedlings ready for transplanting outside in the sun. I started about 400 tobacco seeds, about 85% germination rate. keep swapping around until all golden brown (they will be damp but silky). Cut a thin slit through the center of the stem on each leaf using a utility knife. whoever they may be. I suggest that you let only one of your plants go to flower for seeds for next season's crop. After that I shredded them. If this seems a. little tricky here, it is. 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. Keep in a cool, dry place out of direct light. The seedlings are 2.5 inches tall now. Show me tobacco . Once sealed, age for about two months at room temperature or slightly above. Cheers. We were told this by an old DSIR nerd, a friend tried it reconds it better than brought menthols. 4 years ago Treat it as you would tomatoes. Temperature range in fermenting. Youll need to keep the humidity relatively high to keep the leaves from drying too quickly. 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. (. Question: Would you mind if I adapted your excellent work here for use in the UK? The same goes with tobacco: To cure it, first you've gotta pick it. 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. Keep an eye on your. If you want to cure and smoke it, put in at least a dozen plants if possible. I hang dry my buds in a tent for at least 10 days, preferably longer with controlled humidity at around 60%. 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. This is an excellent time to test whether you have dried your nugs properly. We are in your debt, Thanks again. Hey thanks for all these follow up posts and pictures! The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on July 05, 2016: The blog given to us has some exciting features. on Step 5. sounds like the uneven curing is due to inconsistent humidity and too dry of an environment. I am going to scour around and see if I can find some seeds. You may have had difficulty getting seed in the first place. Also, I know they like sun but as were in the wrong season Ive put them in large pots in the greenhouse. 11 years ago I don't really monitor the humidity too much, I just give it 15-20 distilled water misting on and between the hands about 2-3 times a day, just to keep the leaves semi-moist. Gently shake the sieve. That being said it is taxing to spray the leaves so often. and is it any good? You may not legally sell it, trade it, or give it away. Answer: I've never bothered fermenting, and nor have any of my friends. Question Thanks heaps for your all your good work and effort.. As you are aware, we are being raped by our jackboot government, overtaxing and discriminating against smokers.. Prices are going through the roof. My first year, they did not grow very large but each year after (using the prior years seeds) they grew larger and larger. For those of you more comfortable with metrics, 1 ft = 30 cm. 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. Remember these are monstrous plants that are supposed to reach 7' tall, if you can provide a minimum 5 gallon pot, lots of full direct sun and water, your plants will flourish! Isn't it possible to sterilize the pile of tobacco and stop all the fermentation by having temperature too high? 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. I would like to make a kiln, and Im thinking about rigging it up with 12v solar so I can justify leaving it on, but in the meantime I wonder whether leaving the jars there as opposed to somewhere else for a year would make a significant difference. Question: When growing and curing tobacco at home, do we do a fermentation/sweating process after drying? 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. The same rules apply: pinch out or otherwise remove them. After drying the leaf, should it be re-hydrated or something. The best temperatures for growing tobacco is 68 to 86 F (20 to 30 C). Hi EveryoneI have just read the post for about the 6th time and decided to join the group and say HI!!! This article could not be written any better! Now, any ideas on how I could take this to the next level & make it into clove cigarettes? An attic or garage rafters are great, provided you still have headroom. Easy to follow and a good laugh along the way. I'm doing it with potatoes. Will have to look into this further but this has certainly been of great help to start-off. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 141,782 times. Do you have any advice on how to grow these for cigars? (You probably know this already!). I watched a YouTube video and this guy dries his leaves in a aluminium cylinder with an element placed on the bottom. I used the barest pinch of seeds sprinkled into a six-pot seed tray and got over 100 plants! He then cuts it and uses it straight away. He can smoke to his lung's are content. Does the Brod and Taylor bread proofing cabinet work good for cureing tobacco? Give them a dose of general garden fertiliser now and again. 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. Hello! Question: My tobacco keeps going brittle while its being hung, it looks ready colour wise and want to cut up and pack it but is far to brittle, how can I get to the right texture (not brittle)? 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