I can't be bothered, think up a few for yourself. Regarding smoking the tobacco though, cigarette and pipe tobacco available commercially is a bit "moist" and pliable. Thanks for the nice comments. 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. Also slugs & snails, etc take their share. Right now I have a number of shirazi leaves shade curing and I'm using this time to do some research about apothecary jars, but i've got to move fast and get some jars here in order to make sure the leaves don't dry up. I'm planning on air curing the Tennessee, as it suggests in the name of it, and the. No oil heaters required! Sun Curing. proberly down to the paper.. the best way i found was hung up in a garrage. This will always depend on how much you grow and how big your boiler is. Basically you need heat (approx 120 degrees) and humidity of about 75%, if this can be sustained for approx 4-6 weeks, fermentation will be complete. Question: How can I get the right smell and taste for my homegrown tobacco? you have done a excellent activity on this matter! My tobacco does not smell like tobacco at all. When I think of ammonia, I think of a sharp biting smell, the chemical smell from either a bottle of windex or urine..(I once had mice as pets, which had that horrible smell) When I was researching tobacco fermentation I pictured those fermentation barns in central America to be awful, perhaps like walking into a tear gas chamberTaking this into consideration I have my fermentation cooler in an unused bathroom which has the ceiling vent on a timer (it turns on for 10 mins every hour). -Week 3 smells very strongly like raisins. 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. Trying to beat the election and all the false promises. 7 years ago Although I may not be identifying the ammonia as released from tobacco leaves correctly. 1 & a half tablespoons liqueur or spirit syrup (Bin Inn). Fill your curing jars 75% full. 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. Generally, what works on tomatoes should work on tobacco. 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. James' book The Heirloom Tobacco Garden and i've been excited to try his method using jars. Answer: Home grown tobacco doesn't naturally stay burning. As they dry they will yellow. Question: I am following your method of growing tobacco at home, though I am getting my brown leaves within a few weeks or less. 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. Whoo-hoo! Show me tobacco . 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! I think I'll give this a go - nothing to lose, all my hair is already goneand I might learn a thing or two! Will have to look into this further but this has certainly been of great help to start-off. And I always unplugged the light when leaving the house. I can't suggest anything other than perhaps swapping it amongst your mates for something with less Kick. Also how do you keep the humidity. It's fine to jar bulk tobacco; it will resume fermentation. In the next batch I think I will see if placing the leaves in a large plastic bag will work better. (I could spare the bullfrogs.). Soon, you'll notice that tobacco is quite an attractive ornamental with small, pretty, pink flowers. Within a few hours the sun begins to bleach it. 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. Here in New Zealand, you can buy tobacco seed, grow the stuff, and, if you want to, smoke it quite lawfully. Did you dry indoors? 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.. Hi we live in sunny Bay of Plenty and want to give it a go. 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. It kind of feels that you are doing any distinctive trick. 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. In fact, with a little bit of bartering, you might even make your money back. 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. This is only my opinion, I've read nothing definitive about it either way. I have 4 that I cycle between curing jars to monitor humidity in the jars. I'd suggest that you leave them for the time being but monitor them and if the spots increase noticeably remove the offenders. Remember to save your seed for the next crop. Fermentation is the trickiest part, and is what this instructable is intended to outline. Hi guys. You'll learn by experiment to get the tobacco the way that you like it. Yes I agree that there was too much moisture. whether it's fit to drink is another matter! Will they taste better? 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. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on November 07, 2015: Hi quicksand, long time no hear, How's it going? Turn the marijuana every few hours, so that all parts are exposed to the sun. This article is not about health issues; it's about growing tobacco and curing it. Store the seeds safely. 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. After drying the leaf, should it be re-hydrated or something. 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! 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. 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. Spread the leaves out so they're at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart to give them plenty of space to dry. Aging ? 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. In addition, The contents are masterwork. But really, there are no unpleasant smells to be vented. I could not tho do that on a dozen or so plants. The plants grew taller than corn stalks, with leaves as broad as my chest. Answer: From seedling to mature plant (in a temperate climate) in about three months if planted in late Spring - early Summer; longer if planted later. 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. Around the time that flower heads start to form and the plants are fully grown, the bottom leaves will be ready to pick. Smokingpipes is your one stop shop for Tobacco Jars Pipe Accessories and all your tobacco smoking needs. (I am, however, all for fermenting sugar in water and putting it through a still, I may be doing that later today). Find a shelter where youll have some control over the humidity by opening or closing doors, windows, or vents. 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! Paper towels misted and saturated with distilled water is placed on top of the cured tobacco hands with some plastic wrap over it to hold in the moisture, I do a good deal of misting with distilled water about twice a day. Curing is a 3 part process:1) Drying (color curing): to take out majority of the moisture. Curing can last anywhere from two weeks minimum, to up to six months for some strains. Jars can also be an alternative to cellaring in the tin. If your bud is over dried, adding moisture isn't going to help the cure. Oh yeah, adding flavor.any ideas on flavoring the bacco? If it's too rainy or it gets too much water, the tobacco gets weak and thin. Then he fed the leaves through a grinder. Very educational. Hi how is everyone in this tuff times hope all is ok ive started growing tobacco plant and im wondering do i have to use a cooler fan if curing leaves in a attic, thanks good info no frills- i've got 40 seeds in seedling mix indoors 7 germinated so far. Great read. The ultra dry leaves sucked up the alcohol (not too much or u get a soggy mess) and became pliable again. The product was a gentler and more aromatic smoke when it landed in Europe than when it left the "New World". I started about 400 tobacco seeds, about 85% germination rate. When is the best time to plant? You will need to make a platform inside the boiler to keep the leaves out of the water. Information I will be collecting: Also, is it possible for the plants to grow too fast? The rest are green and some of the bottom leaves that don't get much light are a yellowish color. 4 years ago. Fire curing produces a tobacco low in sugar and high in nicotine. I live in Kansas and they are growing like crazy. Also worked very well last year on fully dried tobacco. Easy to follow and a good laugh along the way. 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. Put tobacco in jar. Spray water, port, rum, honey dissolved in any of the aforementioned, or pretty well any consumable liquid. tobacco enthusiast on September 16, 2014: Luther 2 the b8g ribs can be Removed! Growth will stop until the weather warms up, then continue, but the plants will be smaller. Canadian Virginian plant, so I've not looked back. The site loading pace is amazing. Im wanting either a mild hazlenut or chocolate flavor. The shortest cure was 5 days and the longest cure was an initial 3 weeks followed by 6 - 8 more weeks in jars. 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. After fermentation (kilning), tobacco aroma and taste may change significantly over a few days, with noticeable change becoming more subtle after that. Plant them in reasonably rich, well-dug soil (with well-composted vegetable matter if you've got it). Harvesting: Fully grown leaves (and no, It's not me!). It looks and smells good but it will not stay burning. When the plants reach maturity, they'll set flower heads at the top. Hello to all who read this and also to future me who is trying to figure out what I did that one time. It depends on what you want the tobacco for. It realy increase my knowledge about the topic. That being said, lets get started! Make sure the leaves are not touching each other, the walls, or the floor. Answer: As people in the UK and the USA have been using my article for over ten years now I can see no reason to prevent you. Tobacco seedlings ready for transplanting outside in the sun. Answer: I know people that have done both, so it's really up to you which is handiest, I don't think that it makes much difference to the end product. Question: Is fermenting necessary to grow and cure tobacco at home? , i bought 1 kg virginia tobacco leaves, its sun cured, but its really smells bad !! The tobacco color should also change to a much darker hue of brown. It says it can be used for fermentation. Stand the container in a dish so that you can water it without soaking the carpet. -Week 1-2 smells like wet grass. What you describe looks like a quick way to cure, nothing wrong with that. I smoke about 50grm/week -say 1 3/4 oz/week. We have seeds. Trying my hand at growing these babies indoors.wish me luck :). It's half a keg with a bin lid and a light globe for heat. Dedicated home growers use old refrigerators with a heat source. Doing so removes excess plant material from your nugs, making drying much faster. 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. My first year, they did not grow very large but each year after (using the prior years seeds) they grew larger and larger. Answer: I've never struck that problem, and it hasn't been mentioned before, so it's probably not an issue. Question: How long are you supposed to cure tobacco for? 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. I suggest that you air-dry some leaves and then compare. Answer: Give it a try, it certainly won't do any harm. Put it in a pipe and it smoked fine. 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. Hanging Tobacco Leaves for Drying 1 Dry tobacco in the fall for the best results. It seems dry but just doesnt want to stay lit when Ive rolled cigarettes. Answer: The bottom leaves are possibly ready to harvest, I can't accurately assess why some of your leaves have white spots as it's a problem that I haven't encountered so far. Taking the focus away from tobacco congratulations once more! Wash off any dirt, though. This method of curing will produce tobacco leaves that are, relative to other curing methods, low in sugar, high in nicotine, and sweet in flavor! 50% of these commercial growers cure for between 7 and 14 days. Basic idea of the home chamber is to simulate the internal temperatures of a tobacco pile as seen at tobacco production facilities. Do you have any advice on how to grow these for cigars? (You probably know this already!). We use cookies to make wikiHow great. WISH ME LUCK FOLKS THE GOVT DAMN SURE DOESN'T ASTHEY WATCH THERE TAX DOLLARS EVAPORATE. 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. 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. Start by putting your dried buds in your chosen curing jars. 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. Great victory by the AllBlacks! 11 years ago Mr. -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. And it sounds like you will be able to modify your system for next year!Just one note! 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. 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. Let them dry out on the plant. 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. Once the tobacco is dry to my liking or touch. 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. I have the space/patience/whole leaf to be able to grow enough each season for a couple of years, and am happy to just store it away for a few years before reaching for it. In any case I will be subscribing for your rss feed and I am hoping you write again very soon! 4 years ago Question: How do you flavor tobacco with honey and alcohol? 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). They are about 20 inches now. It has been most helpful. 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). I believe that it's an evil plot put out by the tobacco magnates and perpetuated by our respective, but seldom respected or respectable, governments to wring money from us. 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. only grown one plant this year. on Step 5. sounds like the uneven curing is due to inconsistent humidity and too dry of an environment. Don't pick the whole plant at once, since they will become ready over a period of weeks. When you cure [organic] Cannabis buds, youre breaking down compounds in the resin into new compounds. Love it. Almost magically, theyll regain their pliability with a little moisture. In the cooler situation, I am fighting to keep things moist enoughin your case it looked like it was the opposite effect! Answer: You can make alcohol from any vegetable matter. Question: Do you think putting a few dried mint leaves in with my tobacco leaves will give it a menthol taste? :). The same regulations govern brewing, winemaking, and the distilling of alcoholic beverages. I still have the 1 oz of Light Fire Cure in the press. 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. Each of these pods has a little central core covered with scores of tiny seeds. This process takes about 3-4 weeks.2) Fermentation: Sweating out ammonia, and a few other complicated chemical processes. Sprinkle seeds very lightly over the soil (but don't cover them with dirt). Let the flowers bloom and die off. To cure my tobacco i air dry it in my shed. To smoke it! The best temperatures for growing tobacco is 68 to 86 F (20 to 30 C). I really enjoyed your little tobacco story guideAwesome. You know what to look for.) Im thinking about purchasing and would like to hear some opinions. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on October 21, 2015: Hi Guys (and Gals) sorry that I've been AWOL for a while. I watched a YouTube video and this guy dries his leaves in a aluminium cylinder with an element placed on the bottom. The tobacco is best if the leaf stems are still slightly most when you remove from the stems. Isn't it possible to sterilize the pile of tobacco and stop all the fermentation by having temperature too high? abfdged. Then, thread a string through the slits. I planted a few seedlings in February one year as an experiment. [1] 2 Pick leaves that are a pale-yellow for drying. Since yous have given me some ideas i will give you a fact. Your question and reply precedes this answer. Put them loosely into the jar, you want some air . Good luck growing! In about two weeks, the seedlings should start showing. The RH Lids have to be cut to exact specs with a Water Jet ($10k) or the hygrometer won't seal properly. If you need more seed google King Seeds in Katikati, (I've a link in the text). The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on March 31, 2014: Hi there Blond Logic, Tobacco originated from around your way, and I'm told that all sorts can be found there, so good luck in your quest for seeds. Thin the seedlings as soon as they're big enough, either by placing individual plants into four-inch pots or about a dozen into an ice-cream container. 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). He then cuts it and uses it straight away. When ordering tobacco seeds online, be sure to check importing restrictions. Well heres hoping! 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! What you will need:-Air cured Tobacco leaves, Seeds with growing instructions are available here : Anyway that is soo cool. Question: My tobacco is too strong. You may need to use a humidifier if your leaves are drying too quickly. Is there a big difference in letting the leaves age? 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. Drying or "curing" home-grown tobacco leaves. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on February 17, 2015: No I haven't tried that. Email Us | (888)366-0345 Account Login Create Account. Like some others I came upon your article whilst looking for info on curing tobacco. 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