When you cure tobacco leaves, you're breaking down ammonia in the plant matter. At this point, pick them. Also does anyone know how to make Copenhagen style "dip"? In addition, The contents are masterwork. This is just 3 hands of tobacco and it does have quite the aroma associated with it! on Introduction. This instructable picks up after you have air cured your green leafy bounty and is one possible way to simulate the needed conditions for fermentation at home. Im growing in ohio, where the difference betwixt winter and summer is almost nonexistent. Like some others I came upon your article whilst looking for info on curing tobacco. Answer: I've never bothered fermenting, and nor have any of my friends. Question: Im having a hard time keeping my tobacco burning, could it just need more time? But they are surely processed differently. Question: Dont you have to ferment or sweat the leaves after drying tabacco, to remove excess ammonia? After that I shredded them. this pic is just a couple of late bloomers that iv put in a pot outside if you notice on the dried leaf there is type of mould when cured outside have you had this proble befor or has this happened because its still attached to the plant?has not been a good year for growing this year but the other plants were about 5ft with broard leafs what was left after the slugs, Reply You are using an out of date browser. Hi we live in sunny Bay of Plenty and want to give it a go. Answer: Tobacco doesn't naturally burn well. Tobacco isn't picky. I have been using this for flavouring, this is a half strength as found the full strength to strong. As Mrs. Beeton once said: "To make jugged hare, first catch your hare." This is better for cigars and pipe tobacco. You get the picture. Problem solved! Answer: If it works for you, keep doing it. Keep their soil moist but not soggy when they're young. So how do you raise the delicate little darlings? 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. No oil heaters required! Putting them in an oven at VERY low heat for an hour or so will also dry them ready to cut and smoke but I can't guarantee that they'll yellow as much as slow drying. As they dry they will yellow. Hang these sticks (or string the lines) somewhere dry, out of the way, and preferably warm. I can't be bothered, think up a few for yourself. Fermentation also stabilizes the leaf so that it doesn't decompose further in storage. Question: How do you flavor tobacco with honey and alcohol? On the plus side: Home grown tobacco contains far less chemicals and no additives when compared to the stuff the tobacco industry produces. Pull out any small plants or weeds that try to crowd each tobacco plant. In about two weeks, the seedlings should start showing. You must log in or register to reply here. Great sense of humour and a very helpfull artical.Thank you. We are happy campers even though we haven't grown it yet. Using a solution of honey or something sweet may help also. Information I will be collecting: Cheers. We would have been umming and ahhhing until the cows came home. This seems to be the right amount of heat! 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. When you cure [organic] Cannabis buds, youre breaking down compounds in the resin into new compounds. 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. Mine is 40ltr any old water boiler come tea earn will do. Plant them in reasonably rich, well-dug soil (with well-composted vegetable matter if you've got it). Question: I'm new at this. Otherwise, just bite the bullet and buy an extra box of matches. When is the best time to plant? 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 plant them in the ground so i achieve maximum height. 11 years ago It seems dry but just doesnt want to stay lit when Ive rolled cigarettes. Love it. 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. It's fine to jar bulk tobacco; it will resume fermentation. Reckon next year I will have to double my crop, I may be a bit shy this year. Essentially creating a compost heap where the internal temperature is carefully monitored along with the humidity levels. 4 years ago. I'm curious to uncover out what blog system youre employing? Will have to look into this further but this has certainly been of great help to start-off. If you hit 71% or greater, you will have to take the bud out to dry more. Would also be interested to read the article you mentioned on distilling but can't find it? Question: I have been hanging first tobacco leaves for two weeks in the green house and they going brown already. Do you've any recommendations? 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! It's half a keg with a bin lid and a light globe for heat. Low and behold, I have 2 tobacco plants growing, which surprised me as the cigars I buy are aged. If so how do we do it? This process takes about 3-4 weeks.2) Fermentation: Sweating out ammonia, and a few other complicated chemical processes. The same goes with tobacco: To cure it, first you've gotta pick it. and still have some tobacco from afew years ago. 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". **Tobacco sowing season is NOW! Question: How can I get the right smell and taste for my homegrown tobacco? Great sense of humor, and great information - good tips! Tobacco seedlings ready for transplanting outside in the sun. Question: What strain of tobacco do you grow? Havana tobacco seeds are good for making cigars, particularity cigar wrappers because of the broad leaves, flavor and smooth appearances once cured. Many thanks. . Pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff are fire cured. 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. 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. Sadly Kings no longer sell tobacco seed, however if you're in NZ Wicked Habits do ( expensive ) or Trade Me often does. The wide mouth makes it easy to get your buds in and out of the jar without making a mess, and it has an airtight lid that will keep your buds from losing moisture during curing. Hang the leaves somewhere dry and warm, like a garage or attic. always use distilled water in the boiler. 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. I could not tho do that on a dozen or so plants. Take a leaf, strip out the center rib and any large side ribs if it's a big leaf, and repeat this process for several leaves until you have a generous handful. 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. After drying the leaves then adding flavour such as vodka and then slicing/cutting would I store the tobacco in a air tight container? He left the element on about 150 C for a few days. I'm not a smoker any more since the heart problems but i do love the feeling of putting one over the Gvt. whoever they may be. 4 years ago You'll have lots of them. Fermentation is the trickiest part, and is what this instructable is intended to outline. 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. 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. Then, thread a string through the slits. Question: I am following your method of growing tobacco at home, though I am getting my brown leaves within a few weeks or less. Dedicated home growers use old refrigerators with a heat source. Very refreshing to be able to find the simple info you want without having read heaps of seriously boring rubbish at the same time!! Do you ferment leaves for smoking tobacco? Isn't it possible to sterilize the pile of tobacco and stop all the fermentation by having temperature too high? As for the number of plants to be self-sufficient in Baccy for my pipe? 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. I realize the leaves are moist at first but after the moisture evaporates do you have to have any humidification device in there?A: yeah, as you can imagine, lamp is very similar to an oven, where the dry heat generated constantly takes away the humidity. Tobacco grows best in places that are dry and warm. Just wanted to see how it's done. In the next batch I think I will see if placing the leaves in a large plastic bag will work better. Have you tried this method? Trying to perfect the cutting now but am very happy with my "own grown". Turn the marijuana every few hours, so that all parts are exposed to the sun. By signing up you are agreeing to receive emails according to our privacy policy. Once this is done I remove it from its leaf stems. Yes I agree that there was too much moisture. The shortest cure was 5 days and the longest cure was an initial 3 weeks followed by 6 - 8 more weeks in jars. Cold and frost will affect your crop yield. Gently shake the sieve. Little green capsules about 1/4 in long will be left behind. It depends on the tobacco, I guess. Don't look now, but you've probably already done itwell enough for the average punter, at least. I have been advised that I must ferment to improve the flavour, but more importantly to remove the ammonia which is pretty bad for you. Let the flowers bloom and die off. Sun curing can be done by setting the leaves in the sun for a week until dry. References. Awesome article!!! Its been about 6-8 weeks of drying. You don't have to fork out another $2.50 for seed. The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on March 06, 2015: I chucked some seeds in the fridge last year; planted them in portable greenhouse in september and have a bumper crop drying in my garage now. I've been toying with the idea of growing my own tobacco for a year now and just found your site by looking for how to cure tobacco. Or is it better to harvest the whole plant once it has flowered? It may not display this or other websites correctly. Fairly certain he's going to have a good read. It's not exactly very warm here. Notice the orange ring in the image below. -An extra week or two of fermentation beyond the 4th week wouldn't hurt. 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. Question I started about 400 tobacco seeds, about 85% germination rate. Most strains, though, will be good enough to smoke after two-three weeks, but the longer you leave the buds to cure, the better - four to eight weeks may be the optimal time. Also slugs & snails, etc take their share. Go figure. I got leaves as big as my face but im sure they could have been better. the temp is 60-65oF humidity 60-65% for the cure i wouldn't go down passed 50oF or above 75 the high temp will evaporate trichomes and low temps will make the heads brittle and fall off easily. Answer: It should be okay in a large bucket. Youll need to keep the humidity relatively high to keep the leaves from drying too quickly. Our trained team of editors and researchers validate articles for accuracy and comprehensiveness. You do need LARGE pots, it grows a huge root ball. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Stack leaves (10-20+) and sweat in sun or oven in winter. I suggest that you air-dry some leaves and then compare. If you're jarring tobacco, make sure the jars you're using create a seal. After fermentation (kilning), tobacco aroma and taste may change significantly over a few days, with noticeable change becoming more subtle after that. They were small plants, about 2 ft (60 cm) high when winter hit. tobacco enthusiast on September 15, 2014: Thanks to this hub I just pulled in my 4th batch of leaves and hung them to dry. Wear sterile disposable gloves and fill each jar about of the way full with your dried and trimmed buds. -Week 1-2 smells like wet grass. 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. 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. After all, cigarette butts soaked in a bucket of water was an old way of making insect spray that my parents and grandparents used. Temperature range in fermenting. Is that a constant 50c or would it be averaged over a 3day or so cycle? , and then i can"t smoke because its really strong ! Sun Curing. 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. Question: My tobacco is too strong. Answer: Give it a try, it certainly won't do any harm. How broad it can be. I retired about 19 years ago and in 2013 attended a BBQ organised by my wife's Tai Chi Club. 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. I had trouble with the whole drying/curing process though. For the Jars, the pump alone is $65 for the jars. :). Ive a venture that I am just now running on, and Ive been on the look out for such information. Regarding smoking the tobacco though, cigarette and pipe tobacco available commercially is a bit "moist" and pliable. There are several ways to ferment at home. Question: How long would tobacco take to grow in a tropical climate like Australia? 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". The Old Firm (author) from Waikato/Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand on November 12, 2015: I love this website - its so usefull and helpfull. 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. 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. He constantly kept preaching about this. Question The dried leaves should have a slightly sweet smell from the curing process. Preparing the leaf is the same for both. 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. Cut a thin slit through the center of the stem on each leaf using a utility knife. I do not recommend that anyone follow this procedure, please use discretion with the project. 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. You'll learn by experiment to get the tobacco the way that you like it. they were small, but still over 6' high. Thanks in advance. Wonderful hub. (. Do I have to ferment the leaves at all? On the tobacco front. Start the tobacco seedlings no sooner than 4 weeks before the spring night time temps are 50 degrees or so. Using the ones made for smoking, bleached, or with added chemicals is not ideal, to say the very least. Answer: You can surely use a humidifier and see how it goes. 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). Question: Can I make alcohol from tobacco leaves? We have seeds. Well heres hoping! Answer: You can make alcohol from any vegetable matter. A fine mist to dampen the leaves is all you need, they will soften almost immediately and you can then cut out the ribs. Sit back, drink your moonshine (I'm writing an article on distilling), and watch them grow. Question: Im in the Wairarapa and just got some seedlings from the local garden centre. 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. 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. Remember these are monstrous plants that are supposed to reach 7' tall, if you can provide a minimum 5 gallon pot, lots of full direct sun and water, your plants will flourish! The warm, dry days and cool, relatively humid nights of the late summer and early fall provide the perfect conditions for drying tobacco leaves. We were told this by an old DSIR nerd, a friend tried it reconds it better than brought menthols. Then proceed in one of the following ways: Further up the page, I suggested that you let one plant flower for seed. I cured a bit with bourbon in the oven and got a nice pipe smoke. It looks and smells good but it will not stay burning. Pick whichever leaves are ready, and cut a slit near the stem end of the centre rib of each leaf. Hang the tobacco where the humidity is consistently around 65 percent. I planted a few seedlings in February one year as an experiment. You could try misting the almost dry leaves with alcohol, like rum or vodka. Have you ever tried soaking leaves to flavour them? Did this ever work to produce good cigars surf monkey ? When ordering tobacco seeds online, be sure to check importing restrictions. 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. This will always depend on how much you grow and how big your boiler is. it was cold and had good air flow. 3 years ago. 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. Btw i subbed you on youtube, Reply Im thinking about purchasing and would like to hear some opinions. 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. 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. Monitor the leaves periodically to make sure they dont turn moldy, and remove any leaves that do. If you're limited in space, plant as many as you can. Harvesting: Fully grown leaves (and no, It's not me!). Been reading your posts looking to find ways to make what i grow less harsh to smoke. Adding moisture to cure is not a good idea, the bud should be dried properly first. Haven't noticed. I watched a YouTube video and this guy dries his leaves in a aluminium cylinder with an element placed on the bottom. Fire curing produces a tobacco low in sugar and high in nicotine. Step 1: Trim and prepare your buds If you choose drying weed as individual buds already trimmed and stripped from their branches, then you can move on to the next step. Answer: Until the leaves are dry and brown/yellow, after hanging, several weeks or in an oven at low heat an hour or so. As you said, I leave the "Best/Biggest" plant to flower and take the seeds from it for the next season- tho of course you only need one seed pod to get 1000's of tiny seeds for next year's crop. Thanks for putting it together, at least I know what a tobacco plant looks like now. How does humidity affect the rate of fermenting? Great victory by the AllBlacks! keep swapping around until all golden brown (they will be damp but silky). JavaScript is disabled. dry in shade, this process avoids crumbling product also. 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. 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. All I can think of is fire hazard!! 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. Also, can we use wine to spray the leaves whilst curing as opposed to water? Best of luck with your research. !, i want to ask you why? The same regulations govern brewing, winemaking, and the distilling of alcoholic beverages. Hi EveryoneI have just read the post for about the 6th time and decided to join the group and say HI!!! 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. If you want plant them elsewhere, they'll grow for a later crop. The RH Lids have to be cut to exact specs with a Water Jet ($10k) or the hygrometer won't seal properly. on Introduction, https://www.cigarworld.com/education/tobacco-411/curing-and-fermentation/. 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. It is cured/air dried in a carport. Commercially it used to have saltpeter (potassium nitrate) added to keep it going, although I don't know what's used now. Secondly, don't break the law. If it's too rainy or it gets too much water, the tobacco gets weak and thin. Question: Thank you for the article. tobacco enthusiast on September 16, 2014: Luther 2 the b8g ribs can be Removed! 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. Just thought i'ld let you know the 'head start' theory appeared to work. Make sure the leaves are not touching each other, the walls, or the floor. In the cooler situation, I am fighting to keep things moist enoughin your case it looked like it was the opposite effect! Hopefully I get mature plants later. 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