Help identifying when golden virginia is ready to pick (pics attached)

[Rialtas88]

Tobacco forum

Hello everyone!

I have been lurking on the forum for a while and it inspired to try grow my own. I have been growing now for almost two months and trying to figure out when some leaves may be ready - or approaching mature / ripe.

I took some random photos and was wondering can people point out any that appear ready for plucking, or should i be leaving them continue their grow journey for a few more weeks

Thank you in advance for any feedback

 

[Charly]

You seem to grow your plants inside.
Plants grown in pots inside a house can have their leaves yellowing because they don't have enough light or food or any other thing, so it's a bit harder to tell if they are ready to be picked.

Plants grown inside have often very thin leaves, which are harder to cure correctly.

So my advice is to give them more time and wait until they are really yellowing.

 

[Alpine]

Welcome to FTT.
They don’t look ripe to me. Always better to wait a few more days than picking leaves too soon: a leaf picked mostly yellow from the plant is already half-cured, making the whole process much easier (unless you want to flue cure your tobacco).
In the field, signs of maturity are increased thickness of the leaf, alligator skin appearance, yellowing at the tips and edges of the leaf. A mature or ripe leaf, when harvested from the plant, makes a “crack!” sound like celery. Not all these signs are present or obvious in plants grown in pots, but if you search the forum for “ripe tobacco” or something similar there are pictures to look at. Hope this helps, and good luck with your harvest!

pier

 

[deluxestogie]

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

I agree with everyone's comments on determining the maturity of indoor leaves.

Unless you are planning to flue-cure your Virginia, there is no need to pick the leaves from the stalk of an indoor plant. Outdoors, mature leaves will eventually be ripped to shreds by the weather, if not harvested in a timely manner, whereas indoors, the leaves can just hang there on the plant stalk, while they turn completely golden or brown.

Bob

 

[Oldfella]

Welcome to the forum from me in NZ. I agree with all the comments above. Don't pick to early, if you do you may be disappointed with the end result. Patience my friend, the leaf will not be worse by being left a little longer on the plants.
Cheers Oldfella