Ben Brand
Well-Known Member
First the question- I watched a cigar video today, "Cuban tobacco-From farm to cigar" The farmer or Vegueros is spacing his tobacco 12 inches apart in the row and the rows 3 feet apart in his patch (land), its a lot closer than I plant mine in the row. I`m using drip irrigation, and the drippers are spaced 0,5 meters (about 18 inches) apart, my rows are also 3 feet apart. Will the closer spacing in the row not have a more shade effect on the plants giving thinner leaf for wrapper?
I like the sun grown wrapper idea, but some of my wrappers don`t burn to well, but its also curtain varieties, Bezuki burns fine, St Andreas, well just one word, Crap!!!! a rubbish burn, don`t want to burn, tunneling all the time, I have to re-light the cigar every few minutes, same fillers and binder as the Bezuki.
I know Rocky Patel use a lot of sun grown wrappers for his cigar, but then they do ferment the tobacco for a very long time. FX Smith on the other hand says they don`t ferment their wrappers for a long time, I think I read only two weeks, although they don`t say how they do it.
My logic just tells me that if you plant the sungrown wrappers a bit closer (12 inches), the leaf will be a bit thinner.
Did anybody try the closer spacing?
The statement- Iv`e heard people say that the cigar wrapper don`t contribute much to the flavour of the cigar.
I rolled some cigars a few days ago, all home grown tobaccos, Little Dutch, Long Red and Conn Broad leaf fillers with a well aged Penn Broad leaf binder.
Wrapped some in Bezuki wrapper, very basic tasting cigar. Some I wrapped in a Little Dutch wrapper, it was the leaves towards the top of the plant and the were quite thick and dark, what a change in taste, the cigar had a bit more spice and sweetness, very pleasant.
So according to my very limited cigar rolling and tasting skills, I say the wrapper is a big influence on the taste of a cigar.
All the best,
Ben
I like the sun grown wrapper idea, but some of my wrappers don`t burn to well, but its also curtain varieties, Bezuki burns fine, St Andreas, well just one word, Crap!!!! a rubbish burn, don`t want to burn, tunneling all the time, I have to re-light the cigar every few minutes, same fillers and binder as the Bezuki.
I know Rocky Patel use a lot of sun grown wrappers for his cigar, but then they do ferment the tobacco for a very long time. FX Smith on the other hand says they don`t ferment their wrappers for a long time, I think I read only two weeks, although they don`t say how they do it.
My logic just tells me that if you plant the sungrown wrappers a bit closer (12 inches), the leaf will be a bit thinner.
Did anybody try the closer spacing?
The statement- Iv`e heard people say that the cigar wrapper don`t contribute much to the flavour of the cigar.
I rolled some cigars a few days ago, all home grown tobaccos, Little Dutch, Long Red and Conn Broad leaf fillers with a well aged Penn Broad leaf binder.
Wrapped some in Bezuki wrapper, very basic tasting cigar. Some I wrapped in a Little Dutch wrapper, it was the leaves towards the top of the plant and the were quite thick and dark, what a change in taste, the cigar had a bit more spice and sweetness, very pleasant.
So according to my very limited cigar rolling and tasting skills, I say the wrapper is a big influence on the taste of a cigar.
All the best,
Ben