driftinmark
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saw this vid awhile ago, cant remember if I posted it before but enjoy...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScMESUWHo34
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScMESUWHo34
Great vid! Thanks Mark.saw this vid awhile ago, cant remember if I posted it before but enjoy...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScMESUWHo34
You said it man, I decide my poison not some big fat catSmokin kills sounds more like they are poisoning us. Well maybe not all of us.
I completely agree with Bob with one exception. For my snuff using friend grinding stems is definitely worth the effort. Copenhagen is over $6/can here now. (Dry, 1.2 oz.)Actually, stems burn well, have lower nicotine than the lamina, and are troublesome only for the home grower. The taste and aroma are similar to that of the rest of the leaf. At home, there's not a practical way to render a stem flat enough to shred for cigarette use.
For pipe blending, well aged stems can be finely sliced, though usually the stem pieces will stay well mixed among leaf shred only if the final blend is pressed into a crumble cake. I have smoked stem slices alone in a pipe. The key to this remaining lit is to allow it to become nearly completely dry.
For snuff, well dried stems can be ground to dust, and serve well.
Several years ago, I set aside stems and, separately, blossoms of 16 varieties of tobacco. I still have most of these. Occasionally, I try new methods to see how useful they may be. Each of the varieties of stems and blossoms smell and taste distinct from one another. Both burn quite well.
My conclusion is that, for the home grower, neither is worth the additional effort to collect, store and utilize, other than for the curiosity of fiddling with them, unless your crop is particularly limited in size.
Bob