curing tobacco in jars

Give them a dose of general garden fertiliser now and again. 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! So, fermentation, do it if you want to, you may like the flavour better, you may not, I don't think that it matters a damn' for health and safety. 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? always use distilled water in the boiler. Question: How long would tobacco take to grow in a tropical climate like Australia? Stems retain moisture and may increase the chance of mold in storage. Most people use wide-mouth quart or half-gallon glass mason jars,. Feed a thin tomato stake (or something similar) through these slits so that when you hold the stick horizontally, the leaves hang down about an inch apart. on Introduction. 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. at home depot, clamp assembly is not needed)-30W light bulb (heat source)-Aluminum foil-Clean paper towels-Plastic bag-Sterilized spray bottle (use bleach solution to clean, rinse and dry thoroughly)-Distilled water. 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! The ageing and compression are important as fermentation by anaerobic bacteria eliminates the harsher burning elements. If I think the tobacco is drying to quickly I give it a light misting with the distilled water. 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. So plenty in hand. It was a good shot at it though! 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). (You probably know this already!). 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. That being said it is taxing to spray the leaves so often. the pic was just of some plants that had mold growth on them. Any suggestions? The light was plugged into a ground fault interrupter outlet so that if it overloaded, I would have a small means of safety at very least. I have it running on a low heat for up to two hours checking on the tobacco and turning it throughout the process. You must log in or register to reply here. .I'd suggest that you just hang the leaves to dry without assistance in a shady airy spot and see how they go. You may need to stand on something to do it! I understand that Tobacco in Cigars, Pipes, Roll your own, cigarettes, snuff and all other types are from the same tobacco plant. Don't humidify kiln to prevent rusty lids. when curing don't burp the jars that will stop the curing process, you will add new oxygen and revert the anaerobic bacteria that was curing to aerobic and thats starts to feed on chlorophyl . Cold and frost will affect your crop yield. The rest are green and some of the bottom leaves that don't get much light are a yellowish color. After drying the leaves then adding flavour such as vodka and then slicing/cutting would I store the tobacco in a air tight container? JavaScript is disabled. 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. You are using an out of date browser. If this seems a. little tricky here, it is. I hang dry my buds in a tent for at least 10 days, preferably longer with controlled humidity at around 60%. 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. Put jar in kiln. An air-conditioned home would probably be too dry for air-curing tobacco. to avoid harsh taste one step of curing process missing - fermentation. 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. If you're in NZ get growing folks , and good luck. 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. Air curing works by hanging the leaves in a dark place for a few weeks. Fermentation also stabilizes the leaf so that it doesn't decompose further in storage. What you will need:-Air cured Tobacco leaves, Seeds with growing instructions are available here : Or can I plant them right away in areas with a long growing season? Answer: Tobacco doesn't naturally burn well. Tobacco is an amazingly prolific plant. BTW the leaves held by the old bloke in the article's photo grew in a temperate climate in spring and summer.They're pretty average bottom leaves (the higher you go the smaller the leaf) We get light frosts in Winter. Fill the jars about three quarters of the way, leaving the other quarter empty. 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. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/b\/b2\/Dry-Tobacco-Step-1.jpg\/v4-460px-Dry-Tobacco-Step-1.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/b\/b2\/Dry-Tobacco-Step-1.jpg\/aid10190610-v4-728px-Dry-Tobacco-Step-1.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"