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I'm still very new to whole leaf, but I thought I'd share one of my early experiments for any new members or folks who wander here to learn. I bought a 7 type sampler from WLT, which as of Sept. 2023 includes lemon, bright, and red VA flue-cured, Izmir Turkish, dark fire cured, KY burley, and...

I have been using snus for a few years now and switched to loose and I have now decided I would like to start making my own. I have the general idea but I do have a question that I haven't seen discussions for in previous threads. I have ordered some Burley, Virginia, Dark Air Cured, and...

Hello to the Tobacco crowd. Been gardening and canning for many years, I can grow about anything, curing is a whole different thing. Also have 17 hives we harvest honey from and about 20+ laying hens. I Started with about 50 plants this year, Burley, Virginia Gold and Yellow twist. Just...

Hello all! My name is Mike but I’m usually called Raven. I’ve been interested in including some tobacco plants in with my new garden this year. I have a few planter boxes in the back I’m planning on using that were used for a few different plants before. I removed the grass underneath and have a...

Hey all getting ready to prep and tackle some fermentation on some leaves im growing for ten tobacco plants I grew myself this year Im airing curing a few that I took off the bottom praticing of sorts as im new to all this. My plan is on setting up a rudimentary curing chamber with a large...

Hello all, I was recently smoking a cigar and I felt like I was doing it wrong. So I did some research..watched some youtube videos..... and went down a rabbit hole that doesn't seem to end. It brought me to this forum and the start of a new obsession. Smoking cigars is great, but I feel like...