curing tobacco in jars

im in manchester uk.. i have tried drying in about 4 diffrent places now over 2 years .. i dried that lot in the loft so there was temp fluctuation. 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. Haven't noticed. I have smoked for over thirty years and have been growing tobacco for two seasons. You may need to stand on something to do it! Was going to make a wooden box but this was easier as I had the bits. Finally, pour the hot water to the level of the tobacco in the jars. I'm attempting to grow 3 varieties of tobacco: a Tennessee dark air cure, a Samsun Turkish and Perique. This is a cheap and accessible possibility to achieve the conditions required for fermentation. Ive not got the Virginia one Ive got has some random Peruvian ones that has loads of nicotine on the leaves its oily. Here in New Zealand, nothing much seems to bug tobacco, either from above or below ground. 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. Question: When the bottom leaves go yellow before flowering starts, do I cut off the yellowing leaves and dispose of them or keep them? Your blog by far has the most simplistic and helpful information on growing tobacco. By signing up you are agreeing to receive emails according to our privacy policy. WISH ME LUCK FOLKS THE GOVT DAMN SURE DOESN'T ASTHEY WATCH THERE TAX DOLLARS EVAPORATE. If you live elsewhere, check your local legislation to ensure that you're operating within the law. Tobacco is an amazingly prolific plant. 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. Growing, Curing and Fermenting Tobacco Part II 59,339 views Oct 6, 2018 555 Dislike Share Powers Family Homestead 5.56K subscribers Day 40 through 90. -Week 4 the tobacco chamber should have the sweet smell of a walk in humidor. I would think that using a spray bottle or just wiping the leaves with a sponge-full of the mix would also work OK. Also, can we use wine to spray the leaves whilst curing as opposed to water? By using this service, some information may be shared with YouTube. whoever they may be. Avoid over-watering. This is better for cigars and pipe tobacco. Question: Would you mind if I adapted your excellent work here for use in the UK? During two years in Vanuatu where home-grown tobacco is available in the markets (cured and twisted into braids) I discovered I could make a "brew" just as good as my favourite pipe tobacco "Amphora". Tobacco is an age old, yet amazing plant, which has become increasingly popular among hobbyist in recent times! Do you think theyll go ok in there until after the last frost of winter? Fill your curing jars 75% full. Plant them in reasonably rich, well-dug soil (with well-composted vegetable matter if you've got it). Built a box frame 2'6" sq. This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register. 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! (These have some glorious botanical name that doesn't matter a bit. 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! 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'. Using a solution of honey or something sweet may help also. For tips on how to separate the tobacco from the stem when the leaves are dry, read on! Reply and spray it finely on the dried leaves with a garden mister. When you cure tobacco leaves, you're breaking down ammonia in the plant matter. It kind of feels that youre doing any unique trick. I will be 76 next month and live in the UK. These are the same plants as in the previous photo, eleven days later (25Jan09). I then start fermentation I do this in a burco boiler. Essentially creating a compost heap where the internal temperature is carefully monitored along with the humidity levels. Tobacco seedlings ready for transplanting outside in the sun. 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. Jars can also be an alternative to cellaring in the tin. Thanks for the nice comments. . I have 4 that I cycle between curing jars to monitor humidity in the jars. Got the seeds in the germinator today , wanting an early jump on the season , great weather this last week and hoping for no frosts.. Remove the leaves and tear them off of the stems before storing or using your tobacco. I started about 400 tobacco seeds, about 85% germination rate. Answer: Yes, but as it has a root ball the size of a football, you'll need a large tub. 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'. Put seed-growing mix or a mixture of fine soil and sand in a shallow container. Aging and curing tobacco helps the leaves get rid of their herby flavor and makes them taste more desirable. I cured a bit with bourbon in the oven and got a nice pipe smoke. 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. You'll have lots of them. Wrapping them in a bit of paper or square of toilet tissue and placing them in a little jar or pill container is fine. I better still be alive for the first finished product lol. 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. If it's warmer, that's even better. If you want to cure and smoke it, put in at least a dozen plants if possible. 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. After fermentation (kilning), tobacco aroma and taste may change significantly over a few days, with noticeable change becoming more subtle after that. The same regulations govern brewing, winemaking, and the distilling of alcoholic beverages. Doing so removes excess plant material from your nugs, making drying much faster. Well what an informative article, I tried many years ago to grow tobacco, plants grew fine but mucked up the curing process, I want to flavour the stuff for pipe smoking, I have a very large jar of glycerine in the garage could I use that with port and brandy, spray the leaf, let dry, then press and mature but for how long - best guess for a guide pls, also I want to give some hand rolling tobacco to my colleagues at Christmas, I'm harvesting and curing now,(August) once dried I'm putting it in a plastic air tight box, will that be long enough time for it to mellow/mature. I suggest that you Google "HubPages" and check them out. Low and behold, I have 2 tobacco plants growing, which surprised me as the cigars I buy are aged. 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. Is there anything I can do? Taking the focus away from tobacco congratulations once more! How to Tell How Old Cigarettes Are and If Theyre Stale. Is that safe to smoke? 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. 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. 11 years ago For some, growing tobacco is an absolute obsessionand its easy to see why! Hi EveryoneI have just read the post for about the 6th time and decided to join the group and say HI!!! Commercially it used to have saltpeter (potassium nitrate) added to keep it going, although I don't know what's used now. 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. After they've gotten established, you can water less often. Compared with correctly grown plants. 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. Its been about 6-8 weeks of drying. -An extra week or two of fermentation beyond the 4th week wouldn't hurt. Stack leaves (10-20+) and sweat in sun or oven in winter. 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. Question: Im in the Wairarapa and just got some seedlings from the local garden centre. To cure my tobacco i air dry it in my shed. Here in New Zealand, you can buy tobacco seed, grow the stuff, and, if you want to, smoke it quite lawfully. I suggest that you air-dry some leaves and then compare. Wow what a hub I started growing this summer only 3 plants thoe they are 6feet I'd say they now have Pritty pink flowers I harvested around 50 or so leaves hung them on nylon 1 month ago they are turning nice and golden I have them in my garage where I go for a quite smoke and stear at them only but wondering what they are going to be like I'm glad I came across this hub it has put my mind at ease a little and also given me some great ideas, Because of the heart problems i'm moving to Central Hawkes Bay to be with family. Generally, what works on tomatoes should work on tobacco. I've been drawing from T.A. If it's too rainy or it gets too much water, the tobacco gets weak and thin. Reactions: Oldfella, Charly, Knucklehead and 1 other person S Smileysmile66 Active Member Joined Apr 5, 2019 Messages 25 Points 3 Location Stockholm, Sweden This is just 3 hands of tobacco and it does have quite the aroma associated with it! This is typically the culprit. on Step 5, when air curing has happened with my plants there are vast diffrents in colour between the diffrent leafs some are dark brown - light brown but some are a very dark green.. they are cured they just seem to hold there colour..? Pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff are fire cured. Put them loosely into the jar, you want some air . 4 years ago. Answer: Give it a try, it certainly won't do any harm. Moreover, The contents are masterpiece. 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! Also, thank you for this article. Put a fine sieve in the top of a clean, dry bowl, or on a sheet of paper. 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. mayb to much nitrogen locked in the leaf what do you think, Reply It's half a keg with a bin lid and a light globe for heat. The seedlings are 2.5 inches tall now. 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. 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. I'm sure they will be benefited from this web site. You probably displaced 12 cabbages to grow enough tobacco to keep you in cancer sticks for a year. Answer: I'm sorry but I can't really help you as there are too many unknowns. 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. Question: I'm new at this. 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). The following is a helpful "Q and A" following this project. Break the seedheads into it and rub the central core to get the seeds off. 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. From a broader perspective, there are a few variables that influence how tobacco ages. Does the Brod and Taylor bread proofing cabinet work good for cureing tobacco? Now, any ideas on how I could take this to the next level & make it into clove cigarettes? 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. From new and estate tobacco pipes to tin pipe tobacco and bulk pipe tobacco, we have everything you need. Within a few hours the sun begins to bleach it. When the leaves are in the Eski fermenting do you turn them or move them around. This process is all done quickly. Did you make this project? Reckon next year I will have to double my crop, I may be a bit shy this year. You get the picture. 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? 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. For three months of winter, we have occasional light frosts, bitterly strong winds, and some hail. Hang the tobacco where the humidity is consistently around 65 percent. You will need to make a platform inside the boiler to keep the leaves out of the water. The ribs are easy to remove at that point. Trying my hand at growing these babies indoors.wish me luck :). I have a bag of locally grown and cured tobacco leaves suitable for smoking in a pipe but would like to make my own tobacco oil for candles and perfume. I understand that Tobacco in Cigars, Pipes, Roll your own, cigarettes, snuff and all other types are from the same tobacco plant. Hi - What are your thoughts on smoking unfermented tobacco. Put jar in kiln. Use peppermint oil mixed with water to mist your leaves as they are hanging. Also slugs & snails, etc take their share. Im from west Wales in the UK. The bought stuff has additives to keep it going, such as saltpeter (potassium nitrate, the main ingredient of gunpowder). 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. The same rules apply: pinch out or otherwise remove them. 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 can last anywhere from two weeks minimum, to up to six months for some strains. As Mrs. Beeton once said: "To make jugged hare, first catch your hare." You may need to use a humidifier if your leaves are drying too quickly. 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. wikiHow's Content Management Team carefully monitors the work from our editorial staff to ensure that each article is backed by trusted research and meets our high quality standards. Question: I have been hanging first tobacco leaves for two weeks in the green house and they going brown already. 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. 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. Make sure kiln has good air circulation and that jars aren't touching walls to prevent condensation in jars. i think il try the box with water in and a towel on top after iv dry the tobacco this year.. only using a heat pad. Trying to perfect the cutting now but am very happy with my "own grown". -Week 1-2 smells like wet grass. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on September 21, 2014: Here's some info that i copied and pasted from this hub a couple of years ago. always use distilled water in the boiler. If you need more seed google King Seeds in Katikati, (I've a link in the text). Fire curing produces a tobacco low in sugar and high in nicotine. 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. Yuk, you can buy them from https://ausseeds.com/, Please email us a complete pamphlet about the steps from planting to harvesting tobacco and how to dry and make cigarettes. How Often Should I Water Tobacco Plants? This article is not about health issues; it's about growing tobacco and curing it. Don't look now, but you've probably already done itwell enough for the average punter, at least. Answer: You can make alcohol from any vegetable matter. 11 years ago Pull out any small plants or weeds that try to crowd each tobacco plant. And I always unplugged the light when leaving the house. 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. The same goes with tobacco: To cure it, first you've gotta pick it. 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. http://www2.ca.uky.edu/agcomm/pubs/agr/agr14/agr14.htm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nygIskWSgw, https://www.leafonly.com/tobacco-harvesting-curing-fermenting.php, https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/archive/how-to-grow-and-cure-your-own-tobacco-for-ceremonial-use-Ok_7A46VfUqfDuXac7SoOQ/, https://www.coffinails.com/curing_tobacco.html, http://www.victoryseeds.com/tobacco/backer_cultivation.html, https://www.cigarworld.com/education/tobacco-411/curing-and-fermentation/, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKduAMF-lWk, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2EpXsM0m4o. 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. How do you know your tobacco will be ok for cigarettes, but not for cigars or vice versa? The hothouse on our section looks like a great starting place for our seedling to get a start. There are several ways to ferment at home. Cheers. I know people who smoke tobacco at every shade, as the whim and their approach to curing takes them, and they seem no worse off than off the shelf smokers. A Pocket Sundial From a Broken Pocket Watch! James' book The Heirloom Tobacco Garden and i've been excited to try his method using jars. When they're about four inches high, and after the last of the frost, plant them out. Virginia tobacco, the stuff of commerce, is one of the hardiest plants you'll ever grow. 12.5% cure for between 5 and 10 days. Curing is a 3 part process:1) Drying (color curing): to take out majority of the moisture. Your question and reply precedes this answer. Almost magically, theyll regain their pliability with a little moisture. Once your bud is in the jar drop in the hygrometer and cap it. Aging ? You can store the leaves in a humidor or even in a plastic bag. Don't humidify kiln to prevent rusty lids. Question: Is planting tobacco summer (start of January) ok? If you want plant them elsewhere, they'll grow for a later crop. Temperature range in fermenting. 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! You know what to look for.) Great victory by the AllBlacks! 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. Mine are not as tall as yours - max about 4 foot. Leaves that dry too fast may remain green. I suppose most guys go 1 to 2 months, but my philosophy is, if it's not on fire in my pipe, why bother taking it out of the kiln. When the leaves are brown and the edges have curled slightly, the process is complete. Great sense of humor, and great information - good tips! Will they taste better? 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 Turn the marijuana every few hours, so that all parts are exposed to the sun. The host saw me wandering around puffing on my pipe and he kindly gave me a tobacco plant in a pot. 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. dry in shade, this process avoids crumbling product also. Bottom leaves have been harvested from the rear plants. 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