Grow you own tobacco.

do the plants smell a lot?

 

I havnt give mine a close up sniff but i cant smell them when i walk past,moyra might have a better sense of smell as she doesnt smoke x

 

They do not have a very strong smell. Not even the blooms which you would think would have some strong scent. They are extremely sticky though!

 

I think im going to pull all mine up tomo moyra..yellow or not im sick of looking at them now,they are sticky thou the side shoots grow faster than weeds!maybe hang them in the loft as full plants easier i think x

 

Are you going to hang them from the top down because if you turn the upside down to hang then all the leaves will stick to the actual stem and you might nog get them off. I picked another load of leaves today and have hung them in my airing cupboard. When they are more or less all dry and crispy we take them out and put them into a shoe box by which time the ones in the shoe box are ready to be rubbed down and stored in tobacco pouches.

 

Yes i will hang them from the tops,i was going to google again as im sure ive seen them hung from the base aswell somewhere ive already hung about 10 leaves in the shed but they look green(spots),yellow & brown so im not sure they are ok and the one i put in the potting shed weeks back are the same but did turn crispy then softened,i think they are going crispy brown again a few looked a bit mouldy so i chucked them .. i will have to take some pics cos ive not idea what the process is supposed to look like week by week moyra xx
P.s....what do you mean by rubbed down???

 

Oh if I can get a photo of the dried leaves in the shoe box I will but you remember what trouble I have getting photos printed! Steve gave some of the plants to a mate but due to the weather he lost them all so he has said he will give him some of the dried to try.

 

No probs moyra,il post my pics and maybe you can tell me if they are curing normally
Any input would be very appreciated wish i had an airing cupboard,ive had to rely on the sheds temp which hasnt been great with the continuous damp weather and i wasnt climbing up & down to the loft to check a few leaves x

 

I think that I have posted this before but nevertheless...it is about curing tobacco

http://www.coffinails.com/curing_tobacco.html

 

Interesting but it seems that my airing cupboard allows the tobacco to sweat and the same time to dry. I change the leaves around so that the outer ones which dry first are put to the centre and reversed etc. It seems to work. I tried to upload a picture but got the same 'too large' message as I got before so have given up. joolz if you want to pm me your e-mail address I will send you the photo's and will take some more of the plants that are left so you can see what is happening with mine. Cheers Moyra.

 

Here ya go moyra
First..these are the leaves ive been hanging in potshed for a few week now,as you hopefully can see they are multi coloured and diff leaves vary

second..these have been hanging in my other shed

third bunch have been hanging under the work bench shelf in the potshed..

Because the last ones look better i have hung some full plants under there today

Then i got carried away and hacked all the plants up and hung some full plants in the other shed and the rest of the leaves in the potshed

Thanks for your photo yest,yours looked so evenly coloured xx

 

Hi Joolz, yours are ok just a little behind mine. I cannot see what else you can do. If you put them in the loft they wont be so accessible to keep eye on. I think it will be a slow progress. Have you got a fan you could put on in there that would get the air circulating that might be worth a try.

 

Thanks,i will stop stressing now hopefully this weeks warm weather might help and i think we might have a fan somewhere,great idea moyra
xx

 

I have stripped the rest of the leaves from the outside tobacco today and put them into the airing cupboard to dry then cut the seed pods off and left them to dry in the greenhouse. I may take them into the airing cupboard when there is room that leaves just four plants left in the greenhouse now. I am not sure I am going to all this bother next year just to keep my son smoking and killing himself. It was worth an experiment but no need to send a fat cheque to the revenue on what we have reaped.

 

Ive left mine in the shed outside moyra,i doubt they will be any use given the temps we have,im aslo wondering whether they are supposed to be fermented after curing(or is it all the same) before being smoked...more googling...more confusion