Warman
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Morning all,I've been a member here for a number of years and a long time lurker. Figured I should probably do the right thing and introduce myself (or re-introduce...).I live in Canada (Quebec) and grow my own cigar tobacco (~20 plants/season) supplemented with WLT buys. My small (2'x2'x3') fermenter was inspired by AmaxB's posts of his journey.I have a good 3-4 years of tobacco crops hanging in my garage (much to my neighbourhood's fear/wonderment that I ferment a batch a couple times a year.My rolling is acceptable but my blending has been horrible.For the most part, I still rely mostly on bought sticks but my supply is getting very low and there is no trip to US or South in the near future. As I have a cigar daily, I rarely buy premium sticks, usually whatever box is a good price at the time.My last trip to Dominican in Jan of this year I brought back a used Lieberman machine that I am still playing with.I am trying to explore blending much more to be satisfied with my MYOs. Unfortunately for a number of years I was just taking whatever and throwing it into a cigar and expecting it to taste like something. I was not super diligent about cataloging my hanging leaves so everything is very much a crapshoot.I recently ordered 1 of each of the (6) cigar blends from WLT and am excited to see what a proper blend can do rather than my previous strategy of just ordering what looks good or what my 'infinite experience' tells me will taste good; it has not worked well. I have read up on most of the blends here and typically I am overwhelmed by the number of types I would have to buy just to try the blend so I am very much hoping I can at hone in on my likes by trying the kits first. I feel very much like I am starting back at square one but down a much better path.For my fermentation, I have been using sealed containers and misting but I do find that doesn't work too well in my fermenter. The bottom gets dry so quickly and I inevitably add too much water so I don't have to check it multiple times a day.I am waiting on an ultrasonic mist unit to blow humidity into the fermenter so hopefully that will improve my fermentation and humidity levels in a more automated fashion.Cheers all!Warren