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Plants are looking on point! you'll not have much room in your manshed once they're all strung up! Your grow is helping me plan a cigar grow for next season!
Haroon's grow log 2025
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The Haroo ln
Haroon
Yeah I will probably just leave it as its almost harvest time. Not long left now! A few more weeks and then i can start air curing these beauties!
The Haroo ln
Haroon
This will be the final photos before harvest. We're approx 60 days in today and the criollo and piloto already look like they are ready to start priming. Im going to give them another 2 days as we have constant rain today and tomorrow. Wednesday and thursday look quite dry so will hopefully start the harvesting then.
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I have also ran out of space in my manshed so have had to resort to an old small grow tent for the piloto. Might have to use the outside room to cure the rest of my crops on around 1 week or so.
Haha you can slightly see my fermentation fridge in the background. That bugger took up a lot of room on my shed!
Haha you can slightly see my fermentation fridge in the background. That bugger took up a lot of room on my shed!
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The Haroo ln
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Almost 4 full days into first harvest and everything seems to be going ok. Relative humidity between 60%ish - 90% at night. The UK weather seems to be fluctuating very weirdly this year. We had a bew dew hot weeks and then suddenly its cooled down quite a bit with some rain here and there.
The piloto harvest in the tent is a bit slower at yellowing but it's only 3 days old. Hopefully all the leaves should be yellow by tuesday/Wednesday and then the browning should start.
The piloto harvest in the tent is a bit slower at yellowing but it's only 3 days old. Hopefully all the leaves should be yellow by tuesday/Wednesday and then the browning should start.
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Here's a pic of the piloto in the small grow tent. I decided to put a crockpot on a controller set to come on at 75f and go off at 85f and have the lid slightly off just too keep humidity at approx 75-80%. Will put a small fan in there to help circulate the air a bit and reduce risk of mould
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Anders A
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Looks great.
I have 8 plants that were blown down by the storm a few days ago, I have them hanging in my "tobacco barn". Now the air is quite dry here, so I have a humidifier, set to 70%, like you I also have a fan to reduce the risk of mold.
The Haroo ln
Haroon
I had 2 criollo plants that were bent severely and 1 corojo that was completely uprooted by winds. The weather has been kinda crazy this year in the UK!
vktr
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A question on your May 14 post (page 1): why would you trim the leaves?
The Haroo ln
Haroon
It helps the roots grow bigger and stronger before they are transplanted outside. Its a basic 'shock' treatment for the plant. The plant becomes stressed and develops healthier, stronger and bigger roots. Almost all commercial tobacco growers use this technique.
The Haroo ln
Haroon
Been a week since the corojo 99 seco, entire criollo 98 and piloto seco have been curing. They're turning a lovely yellow and brown. About 4 days for piloto viso and ligero. They're taking their time yellowing but I know they are thicker and stronger leaves so I'll be patient. The corojo viso also slightly yellowing around edges. Can't wait for them to fully cure so I can ferment them in my new fermentation fridge!!
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Anders A
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Looks great!
The Haroo ln
Haroon
Week 2 of drying/colour curing for the corojo 99 seco, criollo 98 and piloto seco. They are all curing really well! Especially the piloto seco in the tent! The piloto viso and ligero is also curing well (the longer leaves in my hand) i can see some lovely dark maduro browns in there. The corojo viso and lower ligero is taking a bit longer but has been curing for just over a week. I still have the upper part of the ligero left on around 6-7 corojo 99 plants equating to around 24 leaves total. Im gonna wait for them to start yellowing on the stalk before I harvest them just to make them easy to cure as they are quite thick, plus the next week or so we should be getting average temps of around 26/27°c that should give them a bit for power!
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Qq everyone. I've got these little bugs on ny seed bags on a criollo 98 plant. There on the outside and inside. I had a few these on my leafs in the shed last year when they were drying. There were some holes in them too. Does anyone know what they are? Is it tobacco beetle? Is it harmful to humans/leaves? It looks like it has got 2 stings on its arse but not sure. These pics are about as close as I can get without comprising the quality of the photo. Any suggestions are always appreciated!
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Anders A
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It's earwig, we have a lot of these in Sweden, and they like to eat tobacco leaves. You can take a hollow roll, e.g. a toilet paper roll, fill it a little loosely with e.g. newspaper, place the roll where you found them and they like to crawl in and hide there during the day, then you can empty them and kill them. Do it every day.
The Haroo ln
Haroon
Perfect, will try that. Thank you!
vktr
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Are these nets to prevent cross pollination or protect against insects?
Since tobacco is insect pollinated, a fine mesh to keep out insects will prevent cross-pollination.
Bob
Bob