You're a tobacco man! A really fine looking grow, and a promising harvest.
Bob
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Nice haul! Congratulations.
MRM
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Thank you guys. I can't quit grinning.
Oldfella
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Very nice. I'm sure it will taste as good as it looks. Well done, I new you could do it.Lol. Now you have me doing it.It’s a great hobby.
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MRM
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Thank you Sir, and I'm having a great time!
MRM
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Primed the Cherry Red this morning and loaded the chamber.
203 leaves for this inaugural run.
got carried away and primed 3 or 4 that might couldve waited although they well alligator skinned
203 leaves for this inaugural run.
got carried away and primed 3 or 4 that might couldve waited although they well alligator skinned
Nicely done stringing.
From Killebrew, 1898.
Bob
From Killebrew, 1898.
Bob
More stringing.
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2015 Knucklehead Grow Blog
Got a good soaking rain right now in guntersville. knuck.hope your getting some of it. Is all this rain this late in your grow good or bad?
From Knucklehead, 2015
MRM
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Nice job of stringing. The pics are worth more than 1000 words.More stringing.
2015 Knucklehead Grow Blog
Got a good soaking rain right now in guntersville. knuck.hope your getting some of it. Is all this rain this late in your grow good or bad?
From Knucklehead, 2015
I'm not stringing my primed cigar leaves that close.
On the flue cure I watched the video in the stringing thread and sis something pretty similar. I spaced the racks just a lil for good airflow.
MRM
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Thank you. Learned it all right here!Nicely done stringing.
From Killebrew, 1898.
Bob
I don’t ordinarily space that closely either, but we were in the midst of a drought with the humidity very low. Close stringing was necessary to help prevent the leaf from drying green by allowing the leaf to expire moisture more slowly. During periods of high humidity, the leaves would be spread out more to prevent rot and as you say, promote better airflow. Under perfect weather conditions the leaf can basically cure itself. When the weather doesn’t cooperate you have to scramble around to find solutions to potential problems. Opening and closing the shed door to trap ideal humidity inside and keep out high humidity from several days of rain. Add a fan. Spread the leaves further apart. During really low humidity conditions, you can open the shed doors at night while humidity is higher, then close the door in the morning to trap that humidity inside while the humidity goes down lower during the heat of day outside. Hang wet towels as a wick from a bucket of water or wet the floor. Bring the leaves closer together to share the moisture. Be prepared to make changes as weather conditions change. Leaf curing green from low humidity or rotting from high humidity makes mulch. Curing conditions can change from year to year or even week to week.
MRM
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Gotcha !
I'll be mindful of that. Right now we are running a daytime high temp of 94 - 96 with RH mid 50s - low 60s.
It won't change much over the next 2 months here except for the temp rising to 98 - 102 and RH staying about the same, unless it rains.
Hot here, too, but humid right now. You’ve had a great season so far. Kudos my friend.
Great Grow Blog. Thank you.
Great Grow Blog. Thank you.
MRM
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I see a good bit of color change happening.
The lancaster front left was just hung yesterday. The one just to the right was hung Saturday along with some of the primings.
The back row (criolla) was hung Saturday also and its turning nicely too.
Daytime temps have been an average of 94 with an average RH of 61%.
I have a fan 20' from the leaves on a 45° and low speed. I turn it off at night.
Let's peek into the flue curing chamber, it is 27 hours into the cycle. Not a great pic, its hard to get one.
Temp is set for 100° , it fluctuates maybe 3°.
The lancaster front left was just hung yesterday. The one just to the right was hung Saturday along with some of the primings.
The back row (criolla) was hung Saturday also and its turning nicely too.
Daytime temps have been an average of 94 with an average RH of 61%.
I have a fan 20' from the leaves on a 45° and low speed. I turn it off at night.
Let's peek into the flue curing chamber, it is 27 hours into the cycle. Not a great pic, its hard to get one.
Temp is set for 100° , it fluctuates maybe 3°.
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MRM
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I'm peeking through a view port. I installed one so I could peek without opening the door. When not in use it is plugged with 2" styrofoam.
MRM
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Can i get some feedback on the curing cycle.
It is 48hrs as of now, temp has been 98-100
I just adjusted temp to rise to 103-104 and cracked the vent. I don't think its quite ready to move to wilt. A few of the leaves dont look ready yet.. What say you?
It is 48hrs as of now, temp has been 98-100
I just adjusted temp to rise to 103-104 and cracked the vent. I don't think its quite ready to move to wilt. A few of the leaves dont look ready yet.. What say you?
I assume that is a flue-cure. If the color I'm inferring from the photos is yellow, then you're done with yellowing. If you wait for perfect yellow, the end result will be brown leaves.
Bob
Bob
Bob’s short synopsis:
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I‘m assuming you are using this chart but here it is again just in case:
Robcars flue curing thread
I could use some clarification on wet/dry bulb thermometer. I'm getting some mixed results searching for them
I‘m assuming you are using this chart but here it is again just in case:
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