Anders A Grow Log 2025

[Anders A]

Surprisingly little damage from the storm yesterday, only 9 plants and 3 leaves blown off. It will continue to blow for a few more days, but almost all the plants are ripe for harvest and I am prepared and also continue to harvest some plants today.

 

[Anders A]

Blown down another couple today, the rest I have harvested (stalk-cut). Will continue harvesting the rest of the week when the weather is suitable, well except for the storm of course. And Bruno wants to be with me all the time, whatever I do

 

[Anders A]

Stalk cut another 16 plants today, now just under half of my 130 remain

 

[Faltown]

Cannot wait for the day when I can plant in the ground and try to emulate you're beautiful plants !

 

[Anders A]

Cannot wait for the day when I can plant in the ground and try to emulate you're beautiful plants !

Right now I'm starting to get pretty tired of everything about tobacco growing. Looking forward to when everything is ready for this year and sum up the results, put all the tools and machines away for winter storage and just enjoy by the fireplace and watch the snow fall over the tobacco field

 

[jackpine]

Looking forward to when everything is ready for this year and sum up the results, put all the tools and machines away for winter storage and just enjoy by the fireplace and watch the snow fall over the tobacco field

Sounds like an excellent way to enjoy the fruits of your labor

 

[Anders A]

75 days since transplanting, 15 days since blooming/topping (Sobolchskii 33, burley)

Perfect day for harvesting.
Today I will harvest (stalk cut) just over half of the 57 plants that remain.

 

[plantdude]

Surprisingly little damage from the storm yesterday, only 9 plants and 3 leaves blown off. It will continue to blow for a few more days, but almost all the plants are ripe for harvest and I am prepared and also continue to harvest some plants today.


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I can almost tell which direction the wind was blowing from in your picture I'm glad the damage was minimal.

 

[Anders A]

Stalk cut another 23 today, and now 24 remain.

 

[Anders A]

76 days since transplanting, 16 days since blooming (Sobolchskii 33, burley)

One of four (equal size) of the plants I will save seeds from. Total height 255 cm (100.4 inch), height to crow foot 230 cm (90.6 inch) topped height 167 cm (65.7 inch)
(other plants I have topped)
.
My plants have become magically large this year, but the weight of them, compared to other varieties in previous years, feels quite low, but it remains to be seen what the yield will be.

 

[Anders A]

80 days since transplanting, (Sobolchskii 33, burley)

Then I have harvested the last of this year. 129 plants, all stalk cut (except for four seedplants).
Now it remains to succeed well with color curing, and it looks good so far.

I have the plants hanging in three places, and I move them gradually from higher humidity to lower, and then they will end up in my workshop where they will be finally dried, maybe in a month or so.

 

[Anders A]

My pipe tobacco is running out, so it's time to make some new ones. I took out a whole big box of several years of stored lamina, a mix of Virginia, Burley and Prilep and was greeted by this wonderful color. And it smells as wonderful as it looks

 

[manfisher]

76 days since transplanting, 16 days since blooming (Sobolchskii 33, burley)

One of four (equal size) of the plants I will save seeds from. Total height 255 cm (100.4 inch), height to crow foot 230 cm (90.6 inch) topped height 167 cm (65.7 inch)
(other plants I have topped)
.
My plants have become magically large this year, but the weight of them, compared to other varieties in previous years, feels quite low, but it remains to be seen what the yield will be.

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Very impressive!! Don’t think I’ve ever seen a plant that big. That’s almost a years worth of snus in a single plant

 

[JukkaPekka]

My pipe tobacco is running out, so it's time to make some new ones. I took out a whole big box of several years of stored lamina, a mix of Virginia, Burley and Prilep and was greeted by this wonderful color. And it smells as wonderful as it looks

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How do you store that tobacco?

 

[Anders A]

How do you store that tobacco?

In a paper box (cardboard) that I keep indoors in our house

 

[JukkaPekka]

So basically it`s quite dry because in winter the RH in Sveden should be as low as in Finland.
You don`t use any humidifiers in the box?

 

[Anders A]

So basically it`s quite dry because in winter the RH in Sveden should be as low as in Finland.
You don`t use any humidifiers in the box?

No, but I make sure it's really, really dry before I put it in the box. The tobacco leaves I store with the midrib still on, I make sure the midrib is really dry too. (It should sound like breaking a match when you break the midrib)

 

[JukkaPekka]

When you now make pipe tobacco how do you rehydrate the dry tobacco?

 

[Anders A]

When you now make pipe tobacco how do you rehydrate the dry tobacco?

With alcohol. e.g. rum and whiskey liqueur, then I vacuum pack it and let it lie in heat, just over 40 degrees Celsius for a few months. After that I let it dry until the humidity is about 70%, then I store it in a humidor.

 

[JukkaPekka]

Please shou us some pictures (and measures) when you make next batch of pipe tobacco. I would also like to try.