If you have leaves that are cured green . Let them hang for one year and see if it takes the green out Some tobacco will have green in the color cured leaves and then it will come out over time .
wazzappennings 1st year glow log
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marksctm
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I have some tobacco like that, and had to go out to the shed yesterday and the first thing I noticed was how the color had become deeper or more rich looking, and the leaf with green in it looks awesome.
Time, in and out of case, and temperature up and down, can really work tobacco in to shape.
But it's like watching paint fade.
wazzappenning
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thank you lakota
leaving them hang for a year is a problem here. with the freezing temps, some of the leaf was already damaged. hanging them in the house(which they were) is no better as my humidity is 60 or below, and anytime i touched them they just crumbled.
if there wasnt the mold issue, i would have kept them and tried to save them. live and learn, ill just have to get them hung sooner this year.
bigbonner, i had read on one of your posts that for your commercial growing, you just stalk hang. i may just do it that way this year and remove much of the effort involved. provided i can find a shaded 7 ft high area.
leaving them hang for a year is a problem here. with the freezing temps, some of the leaf was already damaged. hanging them in the house(which they were) is no better as my humidity is 60 or below, and anytime i touched them they just crumbled.
if there wasnt the mold issue, i would have kept them and tried to save them. live and learn, ill just have to get them hung sooner this year.
bigbonner, i had read on one of your posts that for your commercial growing, you just stalk hang. i may just do it that way this year and remove much of the effort involved. provided i can find a shaded 7 ft high area.
Wazz I hung a few this year and it took quite a while longer for the leaves to turn brown. It really pushed the limit of our drying time here in western canada. I had mine in an inclosed barn and I still worried about them freezing at night. I did manage to get all the leaves into the kiln, but an early stock cut might be advisable. Russ
wazzappenning
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ok, then i guess i really have no choice than to prime. an idea did occur to me though. im curious if anyone has ever removed the midrib for hanging. seems to me that is the mold starter and keeps the rest of the leaf from browning/drying. i think ill try at least a few like this, just not sure how to secure without tearing.
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