COLIN"S 2017 GROW LOG.

[Hasse SWE]

Nice pictures Colin! You have alot of work to do..

 

[COLIN]

How many leaves go in each of those bunches?

Three leaves per bunch and 20 bunches per stick.

 

[DistillingJim]

How have you designed your curing chamber, Colin?

 

[COLIN]

How have you designed your curing chamber, Colin?

If you look back through my 2014,2015, grow log you will see how i built it.

 

[COLIN]

Here's a couple of updated pictures.The first is some cutters leaf of the Virginia116 that has just come out of my chamber and the second is some first pick off the kelly burley air drying in my stable.

 

[deluxestogie]

You've got to feel pretty good about those results.

Bob

 

[COLIN]

You've got to feel pretty good about those results.

Bob

First run for the year still got a slight ting of green to it may have been a bit hasty advarcing to the wilt stage.The second lot looks a lot better just at the wilt stage now will post some pictures on sunday.

 

[deluxestogie]

Bright sunlight for a few hours may clear most of that green. Otherwise, it seems to go away with aging.

Bob

 

[Orson Carte]

Here's a couple of updated pictures.The first is some cutters leaf of the Virginia116 that has just come out of my chamber and the second is some first pick off the kelly burley air drying in my stable.

Colin -

Have these leaves that you show been in the flue-chamber for the full 5-6 days? Your 'finished' product (presumably after 48 hours of drying and a further 48 hours at 73.8C) looks like mine does after the first 24 hours or so of yellowing.
It even looks still relatively pliable - not sure of the correct term, (if there is one), but my leaves, though still relatively golden are curled, and certainly very crisp and brittle. Yours don't look like that.
At the moment I'm working with Virginia Gold and Golden Wilt, so is it possible that the difference is down to the variety?

 

[COLIN]

Colin -

Have these leaves that you show been in the flue-chamber for the full 5-6 days? Your 'finished' product (presumably after 48 hours of drying and a further 48 hours at 73.8C) looks like mine does after the first 24 hours or so of yellowing.
It even looks still relatively pliable - not sure of the correct term, (if there is one), but my leaves, though still relatively golden are curled, and certainly very crisp and brittle. Yours don't look like that.
At the moment I'm working with Virginia Gold and Golden Wilt, so is it possible that the difference is down to the variety?

Yes they have been in there for the 5 days.Mine are very crisp and brittle as well i leave mine out in the stable to let them come back into case enough so i can handle them.

 

[COLIN]

Some updated pictures. First picture Reams after topping second picture Virginia 116 after topping third picture Kelly burley ready to top this week.

 

[BarG]

Nice!

 

[Charly]

I agree : Very nice !

 

[COLIN]

A couple of pictures of the leaf that i took out of the chamber on sunday after letting it come back into case.First picture is the Reames and the second is the Virginia116.

 

[Charly]

Very nice color !

 

[COLIN]

This is some more Reams that i have taken out of the chamber this Sunday.

 

[Charly]

if you continue to show pictures like that, people will become jealous !
Congratulations, you seem to master the flue curing process !

 

[COLIN]

This is some GL939 that i took out of the chamber thismorning.