Levi Gross
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virginia thin leaf and misc. WLT scraps for breakfast. sideways pictures how I feel when I wake up.
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virginia thin leaf and misc. WLT scraps for breakfast. sideways pictures how I feel when I wake up.
Levi Gross
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That looks amazing. How's the flavor?
The Delhi 34 flake looks excellent.
I've never seen a MM pipe also branded as C&D. In fact, I've never heard of a C&D pipe at all.
Bob
I've never seen a MM pipe also branded as C&D. In fact, I've never heard of a C&D pipe at all.
Bob
Levi Gross
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It’s a limited production pipe. You can order it direct from MM or over at smoking pipes
ChinaVoodoo
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It's a low sweetness level Virginia. Mostly tastes like that. And I like it.
DistillingJim
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Anything in there besides the Delhi?
ChinaVoodoo
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Just that.
I should be getting a shredder next week, until then, this is my go to method for shredding large amounts of tobacco.
Here is some Costello Negro air cured upper leaves (last pick 2016)
ChinaVoodoo
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I sometimes take life advice, or inspiration from Brian Eno. He invented a set of cards for aiding in song writing / composition, called Oblique Strategies. There's a bunch of apps out there.
This was his message for me today.
So I blended 25% Perique, 25% Canik, and 50% Japan 8.
It's actually a pretty interesting blend.
This was his message for me today.
So I blended 25% Perique, 25% Canik, and 50% Japan 8.
It's actually a pretty interesting blend.
ChinaVoodoo
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Flue cured, and kilned, Delhi 34 is the best tobacco I've produced so far. Are you planning on flue curing?
In planning my 2019 grow, haha, I think I'm going to get my hands on as many Delhi variants as I can. I know there's Delhi 34, 61, and 76, and, Delgold, and Delcrest 66 available. There's more in GRIN-CA: Islandgold, Newdel, Nordel, and Windel. Now that I see the list, maybe not all of them.
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I won't flue cure it since I have no flue curing chamber.
But I plan on trying to sun cure it, and I will certainly try some rajangan too.
I hope it will grow well !
Good luck with your experimentations about the various Delhi !!
I won't flue cure it since I have no flue curing chamber.
But I plan on trying to sun cure it, and I will certainly try some rajangan too.
I hope it will grow well !
Good luck with your experimentations about the various Delhi !!
ChinaVoodoo
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I won't flue cure it since I have no flue curing chamber.
But I plan on trying to sun cure it, and I will certainly try some rajangan too.
I hope it will grow well !
Good luck with your experimentations about the various Delhi !!
I yellowed some in the shade at 90F, then hung it in the sun, sometimes below zero, sometimes not. It worked well. I know that's not how sun curing is done, but it was much more like flue cured than air cured.
I'd been looking for listings of varieties developed by both Harrow and Delhi experiment stations, when I stumbled across this 1983 history of the Delhi station:
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A54-2-17-1983-eng.pdf (a 36 page pdf, with some delightful photos).
Delhi Station cottage (office and residence), 1936.
It's funny, current descriptions of the Canada experimental stations never use the "t" word. Yet Delhi was exclusively for tobacco development. It's now closed.
Bob
[AUTHOR'S DISCLOSURE: The author of this post is a known, repeat grower of Harrow Velvet burley.]
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A54-2-17-1983-eng.pdf (a 36 page pdf, with some delightful photos).
Delhi Station cottage (office and residence), 1936.
It's funny, current descriptions of the Canada experimental stations never use the "t" word. Yet Delhi was exclusively for tobacco development. It's now closed.
Bob
[AUTHOR'S DISCLOSURE: The author of this post is a known, repeat grower of Harrow Velvet burley.]
In 2017, I had good luck with pile curing (yellowing) then air curing, this way I avoided drying green leaves, and I allowed them to dry fast to avoid mold.
This year I will continue to play with pile curing
So my sun curing will probably become some "pile then sun" curing
Bob, nice document you found there !
Levi Gross
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When your bright leaf to Perique ratio is perfect, the magic is amazing.
Bob
Bob
greenmonster714
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I've got the VA flue cured, lemon, and the red tips. Both are awesome with Perique. I was very happy to see Don get that barrel of perique.
Levi Gross
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Yes it’s magical for sure and I am stoked about having a real perique supplier now. What’s even crazier is that I just eyeballed my blend this morning before work. I was running behind. lol. I was worried I had to much perique but this is a hit. No store bought stuff can ever compare to the high quality stuff we can get from WLT. Or grow on our own!!!
Levi Gross
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Davey Jones / Lemon Rustica Blend in my briar!
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