squeezyjohn
Well-Known Member
Hello - I wonder if anyone could help me with this:
There has been plenty of talk here about ripeness and harvesting with regards to smoking tobacco. When looking to make a chewing tobacco (twist in my case) - I'm aiming for thick leaves strong in nicotine with good chewing flavour but not too bitter. Am I right in thinking that I should be over-ripening the leaves intended for this kind of use before harvesting?
Leathery is good - it doesn't matter how it burns - but bitterness is a real issue as I will be attempting to make an unusual type of central european unsweetened, but salty chewing tobacco. Will leaving the leaves on the plants up to 6 weeks after flowering give me something too bitter?
The main variety I'm using for this is Black Stalk Mammoth.
Thanks
There has been plenty of talk here about ripeness and harvesting with regards to smoking tobacco. When looking to make a chewing tobacco (twist in my case) - I'm aiming for thick leaves strong in nicotine with good chewing flavour but not too bitter. Am I right in thinking that I should be over-ripening the leaves intended for this kind of use before harvesting?
Leathery is good - it doesn't matter how it burns - but bitterness is a real issue as I will be attempting to make an unusual type of central european unsweetened, but salty chewing tobacco. Will leaving the leaves on the plants up to 6 weeks after flowering give me something too bitter?
The main variety I'm using for this is Black Stalk Mammoth.
Thanks