Leaf Cured on plant?

[Cletus728]

I have a couple of Burleys in my garden that I have managed to keep alive for a couple of years straight and I noticed after harvesting a few yellow leaves a whole bunch of Brown almost cured looking leaves hiding beneath, still on the stalk. I picked them and they smell good and have good moisture content. Does anyone know if these leaves are good for anything or any reason I shouldn’t try aging them for a bit and trying them out? I usually make Snus and pipe tobacco from these plants.

 

[deluxestogie]

Welcome to the forum. Burley in particular tends to cure fairly easily on the plant. Bottom leaf that has been dragging in the mud, and subjected to any rain is probably never going to amount to much, so you might as well use it as is. If the brown leaf has been held mostly above the soil, and is not tissue-paper thin and translucent, then it may be decent burley, and worth aging a bit.

You will definitely get higher quality leaf by replanting the burley each year. Tobacco is a perennial plant, but a persistent plant loses its leaf quality after the first season.

Bob

 

[Cletus728]

Thanks for the info Bob! I do replant seeds in my patch every year for smoking, but wanted to see what would happen if I kept a couple alive year round. The leaves definitely don’t get large like the crop plants. They are basically top leaves all over and they continually flower, Ive been using the leaves from them mostly for snus making. Since these plants are now huge the brown leaves are well above soil level so I’ll give them a shot!

Thanks again,
Clayton