Brown Thumbs Walk In kiln, Flue Cure, Attempt

[Brown Thumb]

This load turned out pretty good. Not my best load but not bad either.
Mother load is in.
I hope to shave a day off by yellowing them up a little more.

 

[DGBAMA]

Looks good

 

[kullas]

looking good to me to.

 

[deluxestogie]

Good looking flue-cure. You should take the photo with sun shining on the leaf. It will make you feel even better.

Bob

 

[Knucklehead]

It looks perfect to me. Good job.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Good looking flue-cure. You should take the photo with sun shining on the leaf. It will make you feel even better.

Bob

I don't know if it will help much.

 

[deluxestogie]

That didn't hold up really well, did it. What's left actually looks brighter than in the earlier photo.

Bob

 

[Brown Thumb]

I only stem killed for half the time at 165.
The top 2 inches of stem was spongey so I figured to destem a shred right away.
The hickory Pryor if I recall correctly never flue cures a really Bright yellow like some other bright leaf types.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I Never figured how much how much Baccy shredded I get out of the chamber weight wise in a Load.
Looks like somewhere a little over 7 pounds for a half a load.
I was just wondering for a average per say. I know weight will change due to leaf size.
I had a lot of waste on this load due to me destroying the leaf trying the caged method.
Flue curing don't like bruised leaf.

 

[DGBAMA]

Damn that looks good.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Good looking flue-cure. You should take the photo with sun shining on the leaf. It will make you feel even better.

Bob

LMAO.
I never noticed the door was open in one pic and closed on the other.
Yes, Im Dense.

 

[Brown Thumb]

1/4 of the way thru leaf wilting, this batch has been running by the controllers only. I wanted to shave a day off but that dident happen. Camera makes it kinda green but almost all of it is bright yellow. Time will tell.

 

[kullas]

I like this thread but i do have a question. if i set my kiln temp to around 90 and humidity to say 65 to help color cure can i color cure this way or would this be considered a flue cured?

 

[Brown Thumb]

I like this thread but i do have a question. if i set my kiln temp to around 90 and humidity to say 65 to help color cure can i color cure this way or would this be considered a flue cured?

The chamber is running at 100 degrees and 97% rh for yellowing.
The funny part is the leftover leaf in piles yellow up at the same time on the table in the garage. Even nicer looking.
yellowing is part of curing no matter how you are doing it.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

In order for you to flue cure you'd have to ramp up your temp to about 130 degrees so the yellow sets, then up to 165 to completely dry the stem (and kill the enzymes)

 

[kullas]

That brings it home to me. Green leaf 130 temp higher rh till yellow then 165 to dry

 

[Brown Thumb]

You have to yellow it first, lower temps 95 per say. If you go higher your leaf can dry green.
Just like my last disaster. Unless you like spinach
130 degrees locks in the yellow color per say.

 

[deluxestogie]

Kulas, This chart is not Gospel. But it gives you an idea of the ramping temperatures.

Bob

 

[kullas]

Qk that makes since. Thanks

 

[Knucklehead]

I like this thread but i do have a question. if i set my kiln temp to around 90 and humidity to say 65 to help color cure can i color cure this way or would this be considered a flue cured?

Don't confuse the process of kilning (speed aging cured brown leaf) with flue curing ( a curing method for green flue cure varieties).

Your chamber can be used for climate controlled air curing of green leaf, for kilning of brown cured leaf, or for flue curing green flue cure varieties. All separate and unique operations with different goals.