Last Updated: January 20, 2021 Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. I retired about 19 years ago and in 2013 attended a BBQ organised by my wife's Tai Chi Club. A friend hangs his tobacco for about three months, by which time it has both a nice colour and texture. (You probably know this already!). This is typically the culprit. Havana tobacco seeds are good for making cigars, particularity cigar wrappers because of the broad leaves, flavor and smooth appearances once cured. What I can find worryingly little information on is how long you need to ferment it for, depending on what you want to do with it. Answer: Tobacco doesn't naturally burn well. 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". Anyhow, I ordered from them and began growing. Question: Im having a hard time keeping my tobacco burning, could it just need more time? Regarding smoking the tobacco though, cigarette and pipe tobacco available commercially is a bit "moist" and pliable. 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. Cold and frost will affect your crop yield. Monitor the leaves periodically to make sure they dont turn moldy, and remove any leaves that do. So plenty in hand. This is the kind of info ive been searching for. Im growing in ohio, where the difference betwixt winter and summer is almost nonexistent. 12.5% cure for between 3 weeks and 11 weeks. Fill the jars about three quarters of the way, leaving the other quarter empty. Question: How can I get the right smell and taste for my homegrown tobacco? 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. Adding moisture to cure is not a good idea, the bud should be dried properly first. This is an excellent time to test whether you have dried your nugs properly. You'll learn by experiment to get the tobacco the way that you like it. they were small, but still over 6' high. You may have had difficulty getting seed in the first place. Good luck growing! Pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff are fire cured. You might try planting cabbage amongst the 'backy to deter the cabbage butterfly; I intend to this year. Live in California. Otherwise, do as a lot of people I know do - buy a cheap lighter and put up with lighting up often, its a lot less costly than getting store-bought tobacco! to cut: take dried leaves cut out stems, dampen dried leaves, put in press to make solid block, cut and re-dry cut tobacco. If I think the tobacco is drying to quickly I give it a light misting with the distilled water. 7 years ago The best temperatures for growing tobacco is 68 to 86 F (20 to 30 C). 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. Pinch them out as well. A good recommended fill blend for a home grown cigar is 30% Havana leaf and 70% Virginia leaf with a Havana wrapper.-Cheap, light weight foam cooler: if you ever wondered what to do with that leaky foam coolerhere it is!-Corded clamp light reflector light fixture, (avail. See what your first try is like, you can always tart it up as you go along. 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! Store the seeds safely. I'll send this information to him. It may give the bud a little better burn just like you can add a leaf to a jar for a short time to keep the bud from drying out. It looks and smells good but it will not stay burning. 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)? Im growing in mini greenhouses in a south facing window. Im experiencing some small security troubles with my latest weblog and Id like to locate something more safeguarded. I did see a fermenter made of ply-wood, and i can tell ya, that one would most definitely off gas formaldehyde and other such chemicals found in the adhesives.Q: So you haven't noticed any sort of ammonia smell coming from the tobacco?A: I really haven't! Just thought i'ld let you know the 'head start' theory appeared to work. Trying to perfect the cutting now but am very happy with my "own grown". 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. Fred Hanna has a method of quickly aging tobacco. Answer: It's fine with light frosts. 11 years ago In about two weeks, the seedlings should start showing. Answer: I've never struck that problem, and it hasn't been mentioned before, so it's probably not an issue. It should take about 4-8 weeks for the leaves to dry out entirely, but it may take longer depending on the variety of tobacco and your climate. The dried leaves should have a slightly sweet smell from the curing process. 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. Fairly certain he's going to have a good read. Don't look now, but you've probably already done itwell enough for the average punter, at least. It must work, his mates think the stuffs great. Questions by inquiring hobbist , answers by me, (Surf Monkey Coconut)!.Q: Cool setup- never seen it done like that before. This will keep the leaves moist but reduce the chance of mold developing while theyre in storage. But they are surely processed differently. The end result looked like nice moist almost store bought tobacco. Mine is 40ltr any old water boiler come tea earn will do. Built a box frame 2'6" sq. I actually think I am on about or coming up to my 6th year smoking my homegrown bakky. Treat it as you would tomatoes. If this seems a. little tricky here, it is. Very educational. 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. Don't humidify kiln to prevent rusty lids. Have you tried this method? on Introduction. A Pocket Sundial From a Broken Pocket Watch! I personally didn't run into any problems, but this set up is risky and definitely not UL rated . 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. Mastering this art enables you to produce high-quality, potent flowers that leave all your senses tingling with every whiff or toke. 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. Fire-cured tobacco is hung in large barns where fires of hardwoods are kept on continuous or intermittent low smoulder and takes between three days and ten weeks, depending on the process and the tobacco. 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 . 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. Put tobacco in jar. Once sealed, age for about two months at room temperature or slightly above. Answer: An airtight container's a good idea, but I can't tell you how long the tobacco will last. Mary Wickison from USA on March 23, 2014: After years of nagging (I mean politely requesting) my husband to stop, now I find your page. If you need more seed google King Seeds in Katikati, (I've a link in the text). Mr. Like some others I came upon your article whilst looking for info on curing tobacco. They should still be pliable, not brittle. Give them a dose of general garden fertiliser now and again. When is the best time to plant? Question: Would you mind if I adapted your excellent work here for use in the UK? Youll need to keep the humidity relatively high to keep the leaves from drying too quickly. 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! 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! 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". I have smoked for over thirty years and have been growing tobacco for two seasons. I really enjoyed your little tobacco story guideAwesome. You will need to make a platform inside the boiler to keep the leaves out of the water. 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. James' book The Heirloom Tobacco Garden and i've been excited to try his method using jars. Answer: You could try packing small lots at a time in vacuum-sealed plastic bags. I turned out a first-class flake tobacco from some leaf that I'd left in a box in a corner of my garage for a year and forgotten about. Curing cannabis buds Once buds are dry, it's time to cure them. As for the number of plants to be self-sufficient in Baccy for my pipe? 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. 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. 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. 11 years ago Reactions: Oldfella, Charly, Knucklehead and 1 other person S Smileysmile66 Active Member Joined Apr 5, 2019 Messages 25 Points 3 Location Stockholm, Sweden 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. If they show signs of yellowing before this, pick them straight away. In addition, The contents are masterwork. Answer: I grow the one that I originally bought from King's Seeds in Katikati NZ years ago. The following is a helpful "Q and A" following this project. Question: Is it worth continuing to harvest the leaves after the tobacco plant has flowered? I will be 76 next month and live in the UK. This article is accurate and true to the best of the authors knowledge. Harvesting: Fully grown leaves (and no, It's not me!). Spent a few days in the horsepiddle with heart failure due to pneumonia; so am only growing for entertainment now as i had to stop smoking but it's still a way to pass the time. By using this service, some information may be shared with YouTube. Question: When the bottom leaves go yellow before flowering starts, do I cut off the yellowing leaves and dispose of them or keep them? You may need to stand on something to do it! 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. Its been about 6-8 weeks of drying. Yes I agree that there was too much moisture. You could also string the leaves on a length of wire, or on a cord stretched between two nails use your imagination. Also provided is an example of how one may be able to affordably recreate the conditions needed for tobacco fermentation. I think I'm going to try to grow some to use for smudging and offerings (Spiritual purposes). The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on March 17, 2016: Our Gestapo thugs will shoot and kill a man for pointing a gun at a police dog, shoot a fleeing thief in the back and beat his dying body with baton tourches and find themselves not at fault, then run around kissing a drug pusher who shot at and wounded 4 police, presumably because of "political correctness" - and a 'relly who's a local senior cop. Was going to make a wooden box but this was easier as I had the bits. This is better for cigars and pipe tobacco. 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. There are 9 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. It does thrive in rich, well-draining soils, but it'll make do with what it gets. I did have a hard time sleeping at night with the chamber light bulb on. Did you make this project? For tips on how to separate the tobacco from the stem when the leaves are dry, read on! As each plant grows, you'll see small tobacco plants (suckers or basal shoots) starting to grow as side-shoots from the main stalk at the base of the leaves, the same as with tomatoes and that other stuff some people smoke. I'll certainly digg it and individually suggest to my friends. So how do you raise the delicate little darlings? 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). For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Question: Is it possible to grow tobacco plants in a pot rather than a garden? There are several websites dealing with curing chambers and the standard home made type is made of foam wall insulation and an oil heater. Drying tobacco is a kind of curing process that takes between 3 and 8 weeks to properly prepare the tobacco for use. Question: How long would tobacco take to grow in a tropical climate like Australia? 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. If you dry your tobacco in your home, be sure to mind the temperature and humidity to avoid drying the leaves too quickly. It's not exactly very warm here. Please help me Old Firm! Tobacco seedlings ready for transplanting outside in the sun. Make sure kiln has good air circulation and that jars aren't touching walls to prevent condensation in jars. (I am, however, all for fermenting sugar in water and putting it through a still, I may be doing that later today). I can't be bothered, think up a few for yourself. Answer: Until the leaves are dry and brown/yellow, after hanging, several weeks or in an oven at low heat an hour or so. We are happy campers even though we haven't grown it yet. 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. I'm attempting to grow 3 varieties of tobacco: a Tennessee dark air cure, a Samsun Turkish and Perique. Thoughts ? Also, can we use wine to spray the leaves whilst curing as opposed to water? **Tobacco sowing season is NOW! Smokingpipes is your one stop shop for Tobacco Jars Pipe Accessories and all your tobacco smoking needs. He can smoke to his lung's are content. Tobacco leaves are ready for smoking or storage when theyre brown and pliable, but not too brittle. Temperature range in fermenting. Time is said to cure all things, and tobacco is near the top of the list. 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. The ribs are easy to remove at that point. Also slugs & snails, etc take their share. They'll turn dark brown and eventually start to split. The bought stuff has additives to keep it going, such as saltpeter (potassium nitrate, the main ingredient of gunpowder). 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. Im from west Wales in the UK. Does the Brod and Taylor bread proofing cabinet work good for cureing 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. Answer: It would probably enhance the product but I don't bother and nor do most of the locals that I know. This article could not be written any better! Sprinkle seeds very lightly over the soil (but don't cover them with dirt). Thanks again for this information. Curing is basically the drying of tobacco in a moderately controlled environment. The best way to do this is pictured on step 1, hang leaves to dry and let nature take its course: Gather your harvested green leaves, use a zip tie at the stems and bundle into 1-4 leaf bunches, (be sure to allow air between the leaves, if the leaves stick together, they will mold). Answer: You can surely use a humidifier and see how it goes. Question: Im in the Wairarapa and just got some seedlings from the local garden centre. Tobacco plants nearing maturity. Not to mention the moaning at the forever price hikes in Tobacco. I hang dry my buds in a tent for at least 10 days, preferably longer with controlled humidity at around 60%. Love it. Thanks for sharing! Thank you so much for putting up this site. Answer: It shouldn't make any difference. Answer: Curing tobacco is pretty much just letting it dry until it turns goldish. 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. He then cuts it and uses it straight away. Your stuff sounds pretty swish, have fun smoking it. For the Jars, the pump alone is $65 for the jars. That being said, lets get started! I smoke about 50grm/week -say 1 3/4 oz/week. !, i want to ask you why? Cover the soil with newspaper or a bit of cardboard to keep it damp. 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! The same rules apply: pinch out or otherwise remove them. Dedicated home growers use old refrigerators with a heat source. 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. (Haha.. I assume that you want to either roll a cigarette or use a pipe. If the leaves get too brittle, you can moisten them with water from a spray bottle. 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: Why do my tobacco leaves never turn yellow and ripen? Firstly, a warning: smoking can be bad for your health. As Mrs. Beeton once said: "To make jugged hare, first catch your hare." 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.. It won't taste like much but it won't kill you. 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 couple of hours later.. its a little sweaty box now, Reply If you get problems then sort them out with humidifiers or what have you. Also, thank you for this article. Question: I am following your method of growing tobacco at home, though I am getting my brown leaves within a few weeks or less. Growing and harvesting is a perquisite to fermentation covered in other guides, available here . The rest are green and some of the bottom leaves that don't get much light are a yellowish color. 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. We are in your debt, Thanks again. 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