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. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 141,782 times. Trying to perfect the cutting now but am very happy with my "own grown". It's fine to jar bulk tobacco; it will resume fermentation. 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'. A fine mist to dampen the leaves is all you need, they will soften almost immediately and you can then cut out the ribs. Question: Is a tobacco crop ok around frost? Answer: I remove the stems because they're woody and would produce lumpy tobacco. 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. In about two weeks, the seedlings should start showing. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Compared with correctly grown plants. Once this is done I remove it from its leaf stems. and still have some tobacco from afew years ago. -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. Some people even use a microwave for a brief zap, but I've never tried it so I can't advise. The bought stuff has additives to keep it going, such as saltpeter (potassium nitrate, the main ingredient of gunpowder). Whoo-hoo! 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. I used the barest pinch of seeds sprinkled into a six-pot seed tray and got over 100 plants! The essential pieces for fermentation is 120 degree heat and humidity. 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. 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". This article was co-authored by wikiHow Staff. Also, can we use wine to spray the leaves whilst curing as opposed to water? Answer: You keep them, yellowing means that they're partly cured. For some, growing tobacco is an absolute obsessionand its easy to see why! Share it with us! Thoughts ? Many thanks. I got 6 x 1 oz jars sealed up yesterday. I'll send this information to him. If it's too rainy or it gets too much water, the tobacco gets weak and thin. 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. Hanging Tobacco Leaves for Drying 1 Dry tobacco in the fall for the best results. This article is accurate and true to the best of the authors knowledge. The RH Lids have to be cut to exact specs with a Water Jet ($10k) or the hygrometer won't seal properly. For those of you more comfortable with metrics, 1 ft = 30 cm. 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. Remove the leaves and tear them off of the stems before storing or using your tobacco. Plant them in reasonably rich, well-dug soil (with well-composted vegetable matter if you've got it). Last Updated: January 20, 2021 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. From a broader perspective, there are a few variables that influence how tobacco ages. Answer: You could try packing small lots at a time in vacuum-sealed plastic bags. I then start fermentation I do this in a burco boiler. 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. Time is said to cure all things, and tobacco is near the top of the list. The seed will have adapted to your environment. 11 years ago 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 From your pictures, your plants were very immature, their growth stunted mostly due to the small pot size. 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. If you hit 71% or greater, you will have to take the bud out to dry more. Email Us | (888)366-0345 Account Login Create Account. at home depot, clamp assembly is not needed)-30W light bulb (heat source)-Aluminum foil-Clean paper towels-Plastic bag-Sterilized spray bottle (use bleach solution to clean, rinse and dry thoroughly)-Distilled water. When you cure tobacco leaves, you're breaking down ammonia in the plant matter. 11 years ago This will keep the leaves moist but reduce the chance of mold developing while theyre in storage. For menthol I just added some mint leaves. This year i ordered from Victory Seeds and they have a much wider variety. Free Shipping on orders over $95! Fill the jars about three quarters of the way, leaving the other quarter empty. Use peppermint oil mixed with water to mist your leaves as they are hanging. You may have had difficulty getting seed in the first place. Give them a dose of general garden fertiliser now and again. 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. A Pocket Sundial From a Broken Pocket Watch! and spray it finely on the dried leaves with a garden mister. 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. 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! 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. Good job documenting your work! Here in New Zealand, you can buy tobacco seed, grow the stuff, and, if you want to, smoke it quite lawfully. 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. 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. I'm planning on air curing the Tennessee, as it suggests in the name of it, and the. 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. I've settled on 1 week in the press for this experiment bracket, so unless I get an additional press, it'll take me 3 months to get all the 1 oz pressed samples underway. 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. Your stuff sounds pretty swish, have fun smoking it. The process can take up to 8 weeks, and the longer you wait, the better it may taste. oops, I must have had a couple to many ales the last time I wrote in. Question: My tobacco is too strong. Note: I'll continue this in feet and inches only, for the sake of our American cousins. This article has been viewed 141,782 times. 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? As they dry they will yellow. Mine are not as tall as yours - max about 4 foot. **Tobacco sowing season is NOW! Preparing the leaf is the same for both. Keep an eye on your. How Often Should I Water Tobacco Plants? Then I put the buds into 1 qt mason jars to cure. , is there a any missing thing about process ? 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! Basic idea of the home chamber is to simulate the internal temperatures of a tobacco pile as seen at tobacco production facilities. 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. An air-conditioned home would probably be too dry for air-curing tobacco. bumptious bureaucrats and politicians are revolting species, but i believe there's a special spot reserved in hell for those that don white coats and the mantle of 'oficial'. Harvesting: Fully grown leaves (and no, It's not me!). That being said, lets get started! We use cookies to make wikiHow great. 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. Put seed-growing mix or a mixture of fine soil and sand in a shallow container. They'll turn dark brown and eventually start to split. Do you think theyll go ok in there until after the last frost of winter? By signing up you are agreeing to receive emails according to our privacy policy. Question: When growing and curing tobacco at home, do we do a fermentation/sweating process after drying? This is just 3 hands of tobacco and it does have quite the aroma associated with it! Just wanted to see how it's done. Live in California. I can't be bothered, think up a few for yourself. Do I have to ferment the leaves at all? They should still be pliable, not brittle. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on November 12, 2015: I love this website - its so usefull and helpfull. , i bought 1 kg virginia tobacco leaves, its sun cured, but its really smells bad !! That being said it is taxing to spray the leaves so often. When the plants reach maturity, they'll set flower heads at the top. Haven't noticed. 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. Its been about 6-8 weeks of drying. He left the element on about 150 C for a few days. It may not display this or other websites correctly. If they taste well enough without them fermenting do I still have to ferment them? Here in New Zealand, nothing much seems to bug tobacco, either from above or below ground. We would have been umming and ahhhing until the cows came home. Question: Im in the Wairarapa and just got some seedlings from the local garden centre. Isn't it possible to sterilize the pile of tobacco and stop all the fermentation by having temperature too high? I dip the lid in the boiling water, and making sure the rim of the jar is free of tobacco pieces, place the lid on the jar and lightly set the ring. Havana tobacco seeds are good for making cigars, particularity cigar wrappers because of the broad leaves, flavor and smooth appearances once cured. ** 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. :). Thanks for the nice comments. Put them loosely into the jar, you want some air . 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. chop up the leaves and smoke 'em. Ive a venture that I am just now running on, and Ive been on the look out for such information. This process takes about 3-4 weeks.2) Fermentation: Sweating out ammonia, and a few other complicated chemical processes. You'll learn by experiment to get the tobacco the way that you like it. whoever they may be. The hothouse on our section looks like a great starting place for our seedling to get a start. He can smoke to his lung's are content. Around the time that flower heads start to form and the plants are fully grown, the bottom leaves will be ready to pick. I can't suggest anything other than perhaps swapping it amongst your mates for something with less Kick. on Introduction. Answer: I grow the one that I originally bought from King's Seeds in Katikati NZ years ago. Question: Im having a hard time keeping my tobacco burning, could it just need more time? 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. This is a cheap and accessible possibility to achieve the conditions required for fermentation. This would be those with the traditional mason jar design. Great victory by the AllBlacks! Question: How long would tobacco take to grow in a tropical climate like Australia? Low and behold, I have 2 tobacco plants growing, which surprised me as the cigars I buy are aged. Trying to beat the election and all the false promises. You could also string the leaves on a length of wire, or on a cord stretched between two nails use your imagination. Well heres hoping! Each of these pods has a little central core covered with scores of tiny seeds. Grow your own tobacco while you can, - and your own carrots, - and your own cabbages, soon legislation will stop us from doing all that too because we'd be taking the living from the maws poor supermarket empires. When they're about four inches high, and after the last of the frost, plant them out. i will try outside next year just abit worrie about things eatting them .. the slugs around here seem to have a nicotine addiction. Having got that off my chairy little hest, let's get down to the nitty-gritty. Does my curing chamber look like it will work? Re-pot them a couple of times, use you hot-house when they get bigger and you can grow them there or transplant in spring. Sprinkle seeds very lightly over the soil (but don't cover them with dirt). Im experiencing some small security troubles with my latest weblog and Id like to locate something more safeguarded. I think I'm going to try to grow some to use for smudging and offerings (Spiritual purposes). You may not legally sell it, trade it, or give it away. Also provided is an example of how one may be able to affordably recreate the conditions needed for tobacco fermentation. Hang the tobacco where the humidity is consistently around 65 percent. Did you dry indoors? They'll need temperatures of 75 to 80F to germinate. Anyine got pointers on aging? Make sure kiln has good air circulation and that jars aren't touching walls to prevent condensation in jars. Growing and harvesting is a perquisite to fermentation covered in other guides, available here . [1] 2 Pick leaves that are a pale-yellow for drying. on Introduction. If pile of tobacco is big enough, and insulation is as good as it is inside the foam cooler, wouldn't there be enough heat generated by fermentation process so that no external heat will be required? Thanks again for this information. Also without an insulator, there would be a lot of heat loss, you would need higher temps than a psudo greenhouse.The cooler method traps in heat, but because the seals are not air tight there seems to be a lot of air exchange going on. Most people use wide-mouth quart or half-gallon glass mason jars,. Stand the container in a dish so that you can water it without soaking the carpet. Question: When the bottom leaves go yellow before flowering starts, do I cut off the yellowing leaves and dispose of them or keep them? Instead of a timer you could also use an eight dollar dimmer cord found at any hardware store, it will adjust the power and heat output of any bulb. I smoke about 50grm/week -say 1 3/4 oz/week. Not to mention the moaning at the forever price hikes in Tobacco. Tobacco grows best in places that are dry and warm. What you will need:-Air cured Tobacco leaves, Seeds with growing instructions are available here : 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. Built a box frame 2'6" sq. And the other thing is that I 'm in Canada. On the tobacco front. The host saw me wandering around puffing on my pipe and he kindly gave me a tobacco plant in a pot. to avoid harsh taste one step of curing process missing - fermentation. or should i ferment tobacco leaves for good taste?, thanks a lot. In addition, The contents are masterwork. Fred Hanna has a method of quickly aging tobacco. 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. In any case I will be subscribing for your rss feed and I am hoping you write again very soon! Question: How can I get the right smell and taste for my homegrown tobacco? 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. 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) . Cut a thin slit through the center of the stem on each leaf using a utility knife. I hope that you learned what you wanted from this article. I then dip the jar, short of the lid, back into the boiling water using the tongs. Wash off any dirt, though. So none of the tobacco was touching the water. I will be 76 next month and live in the UK. 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. - "Keep it simple, and if it works don't fix it!" I assume that you want to either roll a cigarette or use a pipe. Tobacco seedlings ready for transplanting outside in the sun. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. I suggest that you then roll up the leaves and slice thinly with a very sharp knife. I live in Kansas and they are growing like crazy. You need to leave some free space for airflow, so err on the side of under versus over-filling the jars. You will need to make a platform inside the boiler to keep the leaves out of the water. Hey thanks for all these follow up posts and pictures! (I could spare the bullfrogs.). Answer: Dissolve a little honey in alcohol, (Rum, Vodka, Port through preference.) WISH ME LUCK FOLKS THE GOVT DAMN SURE DOESN'T ASTHEY WATCH THERE TAX DOLLARS EVAPORATE. (It should reach full size without problems.). Oh yeah, adding flavor.any ideas on flavoring the bacco? This is only my opinion, I've read nothing definitive about it either way. 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. You don't mention this stage, what are your thoughts on fermentation? It must work, his mates think the stuffs great. To cure my tobacco i air dry it in my shed. How to Tell How Old Cigarettes Are and If Theyre Stale. Question: Would you mind if I adapted your excellent work here for use in the UK? When the leaves are in the Eski fermenting do you turn them or move them around. . I think I'll give this a go - nothing to lose, all my hair is already goneand I might learn a thing or two! If you want cheap alcohol dissolve a kilo of sugar in 4 liters of warm water, dump in some yeast, or a handful of raisins/sultanas, cover the container with a tea-towel or similar to keep out the bugs and wild yeasts( or you'll end up with vinegar), leave it until it stops bubbling (probably 2-3 weeks) and you'll end up with alcohol at about 10%. He constantly kept preaching about this. 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. Great read. 11 years ago Question: Is planting tobacco summer (start of January) ok? Tobacco isn't picky. Answer: An airtight container's a good idea, but I can't tell you how long the tobacco will last. fcbdadk, Howdy! I have found your article and follow everything as you recommended but in the end, I am disappointed. But the future looks a lot more brighter. The rest are green and some of the bottom leaves that don't get much light are a yellowish color. 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. only grown one plant this year. I suggest that you air-dry some leaves and then compare. Question: I am following your method of growing tobacco at home, though I am getting my brown leaves within a few weeks or less. Answer: You can surely use a humidifier and see how it goes. I personally didn't run into any problems, but this set up is risky and definitely not UL rated . Put it in a pipe and it smoked fine. Curing can last anywhere from two weeks minimum, to up to six months for some strains. 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. 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. 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. Every council and government department has a proliferation of the swine at their lower levels trying to screw up the doers. Question: Should I pinch off leaves that begin to get white spots? 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. Put jar in kiln. I am currently smoking the 2018 crop which was over 5.5Kg. Question: I am a cigar smoker and I often put my stubs in my wife's flower bed. 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. But to me, all of these smells were delicious!! Keep their soil moist but not soggy when they're young. What you describe looks like a quick way to cure, nothing wrong with that. Thanks in advance. Fill your curing jars 75% full. Youre actually a good webmaster. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on June 16, 2016: Hi there gepeTooRs , nice to know that you approve, although I can't take any credit for the loading pace, that's all HubPages doing. This will always depend on how much you grow and how big your boiler is. Content is for informational or entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for personal counsel or professional advice in business, financial, legal, or technical matters. Mr. 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. 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. Let them dry out on the plant. By using this service, some information may be shared with YouTube. this is a couple of hours later.. its a little sweaty box now, Reply Taking the focus away from tobacco congratulations once more! Question: I have been hanging first tobacco leaves for two weeks in the green house and they going brown already. 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! 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. It seems dry but just doesnt want to stay lit when Ive rolled cigarettes. I got leaves as big as my face but im sure they could have been better. 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). and is it any good? Then he fed the leaves through a grinder. I just wondered whether the hot water cupboard would be a better spot as opposed to fairly consistent room temp in a living space. Im growing in ohio, where the difference betwixt winter and summer is almost nonexistent. Problem solved! I do not recommend that anyone follow this procedure, please use discretion with the project. Question: Is it worth continuing to harvest the leaves after the tobacco plant has flowered? Any concerns of the foam smell transferring to the tobacco?A: I know the foam smell you are talking about, Its an undeniable chemically semi-sweet smellI've experienced it in the past when using a hot wire to cut foam blocksno doubt very toxic! The best time of year to dry outdoors is during the harvest season, end of Summer, before the first frost, humidity is typically perfect in most areas of the USA. The best vessel to use for aging pipe tobacco is the Mason Jar. Question: Do you think putting a few dried mint leaves in with my tobacco leaves will give it a menthol taste? Thanks in advance. 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 . Curing is a 3 part process:1) Drying (color curing): to take out majority of the moisture. I never over fill the boiler with water or leaves. We seem to be in the perfect climate. 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