Update: Stringing Horse and cured leaf

[Jitterbugdude]

I just spent the better part of the morning taking down my cured leaf. I cured it as: primed, stalk and string horse. Each stick for my string horse held 80 leaves with 3 leaves per bundle. The stick was 6 feet long. I was concerned that such a tight packing of green leaf would result in a lot of moldy leaf. I'm happy to say that there was no mold. If you prime and string on a wire I would highly recommend this method for next year. You can string 80 leaves in 10 minutes, probably less if you have someone handing you the leaf as you string.

Hang-em high Randy

 

[wazzappenning]

any pics? i still have mine to hang yet.

 

[LeftyRighty]

I got about 160-170 leaves of VBL on each 8 ft long 2x2, in 3-leaf bundles, and am waiting for the midribs to dry.
I worried that it might be too much, too close spacing, but it worked OK.

 

[Tom_in_TN]

LR, that is some real nice looking leaf. Mine are strung on wire and some were packed a little bit tight. So far things are curing out OK, no sign of mold. We are getting dried out now with humidity levels down to 33% yesterday and a few more days before any rain.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

any pics? i still have mine to hang yet.

Do a search for "stringing tobacco" you'll see the video and some pics of Chicken's horse and of mine.

 

[BarG]

I just spent the better part of the morning taking down my cured leaf. I cured it as: primed, stalk and string horse. Each stick for my string horse held 80 leaves with 3 leaves per bundle. The stick was 6 feet long. I was concerned that such a tight packing of green leaf would result in a lot of moldy leaf. I'm happy to say that there was no mold. If you prime and string on a wire I would highly recommend this method for next year. You can string 80 leaves in 10 minutes, probably less if you have someone handing you the leaf as you string.

Hang-em high Randy

Randy
I tried both stringing and wire this year and the stringing was simpler and faster, I was only stringing 2 at a time with midribs back to back so my wire held more but was much more time consuming. Even the H 425 I strung unraveled with little damage at area where it was tied. Thats the only way to go for a large quantity of filler or cigarette varietys for me. Tomorrow morning and sunday will be hand tying practice again while cured leaves are workable.

 

[Chicken]

my strung baccy turned out good,

but 50 + days of rain ruined it,

 

[Jitterbugdude]

my strung baccy turned out good,

but 50 + days of rain ruined it,

That's gotta suck!... what's next a hurricane?????

 

[BarG]

my strung baccy turned out good,

but 50 + days of rain ruined it,

Damn Chicken , sorry for that man. You have grown a poster crop for us new growers.I hope you find a drier space to finish your tobacco.

 

[Tom_in_TN]

Chicken, details...how much and what got ruined?

 

[Chicken]

Chicken, details...how much and what got ruined?

i only did, 3 sticks,,,, about 30 leaves per stick,

but i got the humidity under control. i moved everything into my camper, and heated it up, and chased the moisture away,

the loss wasnt very sustancial, but me loosing 1 leaf, is 1 leaf to many, to be losing,

 

[wazzappenning]

i checked that horse stringing. looks nice, but yeah a better understanding of looping the string would be good. i guess trial and error.

a question though can you lay leaf on a screen, like for broken pieces, smaller leaves, and suckers (some of mine got as big as some of that turkish leaf before i saw them and very quickly too). i tried doing it a bit over the season, some of them browned and i tried them but not very good.