Pit Curing:
1. Pit curing is old and crude method of tobacco curing and is followed only for chewing and hookah tobacco.
2. The farmer is interested in taste and aroma of tobacco and not in burning quality.
3. The curing is done in pits of 90 x 90 x 90 cm sizes.
4. The pits are tied all around with jawar kadbi or straw.
5. The tobacco plants are kept in layers in the pit and top layer is covered by straw and gunny cloth.
6. The top is covered by soil well above ground level so, water will not seep into it.
7. The leaves are kept for one to two weeks.
8. If pit is over heated some water is sprinkled over it to cool down the temperature of pit.
9. The leaves are then taken out and twisted into ropes or made into bundles.
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