squeezyjohn
Well-Known Member
Here's a funny thing ... when I take my fully cured and brown Silver River leaves and attempt to dry them out completely in preparation for grinding in to tobacco flour for snus ... they won't go out of case. If I leave them in exactly the same conditions as another variety - they are noticeably pliable and sticky even when the other type of tobacco has almost no moisture content and will shatter readily.
I suspect it is the sticky plant tar/oil/wax which covers the Silver River leaves when they are growing that is causing this phenomenon ... but as somebody who is trying to make snus from this variety it is something of a problem!
Does anyone have tips on how I could treat the leaves so that they can dry completely and behave as normal tobacco does?
I suspect it is the sticky plant tar/oil/wax which covers the Silver River leaves when they are growing that is causing this phenomenon ... but as somebody who is trying to make snus from this variety it is something of a problem!
Does anyone have tips on how I could treat the leaves so that they can dry completely and behave as normal tobacco does?