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Post by yukondave on Nov 29, 2016 13:39:50 GMT -5
So this year I decided to grow some tobacco while it is still legal. I grew varieties that would smoke well in a briar pipe, 3 types of Virginia, Burley, Orinoco and Turkish Samsun. I got busy and wasn't able to harvest the traditional way and ended up cutting the plants off at the root and hanging them to dry. I eventually stripped the leaves and hung them individually. About a week ago I got my tobacco kiln put together using an old bar fridge. I control the heat with a 100w light bulb hooked up to a PID controller. The humidity is controlled using an ultrasonic misting unit. I've been tweaking it over the past week and today I finally got the numbers I've been looking for, now just to maintain them for the next 6 weeks.
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Post by yukondave on Nov 29, 2016 13:41:55 GMT -5
Forgot to post the settings, 77% humidity, and around 50°C.
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Post by lloyd on Nov 29, 2016 15:42:58 GMT -5
This is hard core.
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Post by hackerberry on Nov 29, 2016 16:38:04 GMT -5
Cool!
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Post by Apoplast on Nov 29, 2016 19:04:25 GMT -5
Very cool! I don't smoke, but I have always been interested in the curing process for tobacco especially the fermentation that takes place to create cakes of cavendish. I'll be interested to hear how this turns out. Very impressive setup and dedication!
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Post by seasmoke on Dec 21, 2016 11:30:21 GMT -5
I am thinking of growing tobacco in 2017, any of your plants do better than others or any recommendations? How did the curing process work out?
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Post by chamelea on Aug 4, 2017 0:30:49 GMT -5
I had some plants but they were just encrusted with aphids. Nice harvest!
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Post by yukondave on Aug 4, 2017 8:55:24 GMT -5
I had a few plants with aphids but I kept them sprayed with Ivory soap/water, even so the idea of smoking aphids wasn't appealing so I tossed any leaves with evidence of aphids alive or dead.
I lost my growing area for this year so I didn't plant, hopefully I'll find a new location next year.
My kiln was working quite well so I got a bit lazy and ignored it (it was in a sea container on my BILs property). During that time the light bulb burned out and the temperature dropped below what was needed to prevent mold and I lost everything. Lesson learned.
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Post by chamelea on Aug 5, 2017 13:05:36 GMT -5
Haha, I only realized I posted in an old thread just now. I'll try the soap water mix next time I grow some.
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Post by lloyd on Aug 5, 2017 14:09:52 GMT -5
We're talking about tobacco here, how bad would it be to smoke aphids?
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Post by Samskwatch on Aug 5, 2017 19:10:13 GMT -5
As long as you don't smoke a cockroach 🤣
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