Aging Tobacco in the Cigar?

[GrowleyMonster]

If I am going to age my cigars for three years anyway, can I just roll the color cured tobacco and let it age in the cigar? What I am getting at is if I will age the cigar anyway, do I need to age my leaf for a year or two, or mess around with kilning it?

 

[nextgenprinny]

I really would like to know what happens if you do roll only the "cured" leafs, than roll and kiln to ferment the rolled cigar.
Maybe that's a recipe for easy mold inside. I don't know.

 

[deluxestogie]

Welcome to the forum, @nextgenprinny. Feel free to introduce yourself in the Introduce Yourself forum.

With the suggestion of rolling unfinished leaf:

• You really don't know what tobacco you have, until a specific batch of leaf has finished fermentation.
• Kilning leaf is an easily controlled process. During that kilning time, the leaf's physical properties change. Certain varieties and primings will mostly complete their fermentation during 2 months of kilning—compared to 3 to 5 years of unaided aging. Some require another 6 months to 3 years of additional "rest."
• Stored cigars must be regularly monitored for humidity. Any rapid change will likely split the wrapper/binder. Too high a humidity will certainly result in mold. Within a kiln maintained above 122°F, there can be no vegetative growth of mold.

Bob