First grow documenting, Wild Aztec Rustica: @Pj654

[Pj654]

Not sure what to do. The eldest large ones are starting to yellow / going floppy at the bottom rapidly going up. I have a few days before i can expect to have frost at night. Tempted to just harvest but there's so many plants with small young leaf that'd probably grow out. Should I just take what I got? Any opinionated people wanna chime in that'd be great
Note it's only one day -1c (30f) and then back to 3-4c a night.

 

[johnny108]

Harvest the older plants that are going yellow.
Leave the young ones.
(At least, that’s what I would do.)

 

[Pj654]

Harvest the older plants that are going yellow.
Leave the young ones.
(At least, that’s what I would do.)

I'm ok with just taking all the older leaf and leave the suckers to keep growing right, is that technically a sucker crop?
Thanks for your opinion m8
Hopefully they survive the frost

 

[StoneCarver]

On mine, the leaves near the bottom would yellow and turn brown and crispy whilst the upper part of the plant continued to grow. So, I harvested the brown leaves individually and left the rest of the plant to grow. I call it sun-curing on the plant. Of course, there's no "color curing" after cutting the leaves off. They're already color cured. The leaves smoke and taste just fine- kinda like campfire toasted marshmallows. I'd say the nicotine content was medium low. Using WLT's casing #1 gave them an amazing pouch aroma- almost floral.

I didn't do any whole stalk harvesting till the seed pods were done. These though, I did color cure on the stalk in my basement.

 

[Pj654]

On mine, the leaves near the bottom would yellow and turn brown and crispy whilst the upper part of the plant continued to grow. So, I harvested the brown leaves individually and left the rest of the plant to grow. I call it sun-curing on the plant. Of course, there's no "color curing" after cutting the leaves off. They're already color cured. The leaves smoke and taste just fine- kinda like campfire toasted marshmallows. I'd say the nicotine content was medium low. Using WLT's casing #1 gave them an amazing pouch aroma- almost floral.

I didn't do any whole stalk harvesting till the seed pods were done. These though, I did color cure on the stalk in my basement.

Great, thanks for thee info !

 

[Pj654]

On mine, the leaves near the bottom would yellow and turn brown and crispy whilst the upper part of the plant continued to grow. So, I harvested the brown leaves individually and left the rest of the plant to grow. I call it sun-curing on the plant. Of course, there's no "color curing" after cutting the leaves off. They're already color cured. The leaves smoke and taste just fine- kinda like campfire toasted marshmallows. I'd say the nicotine content was medium low. Using WLT's casing #1 gave them an amazing pouch aroma- almost floral.

I didn't do any whole stalk harvesting till the seed pods were done. These though, I did color cure on the stalk in my basement.

Question
For those that were not color cured, did you ever make nasal snuff with it?

 

[Pj654]

Believe I'm gonna just hang them. If no coloring, no problem. Lots of research shows the snuff I want to make is traditionally green. So if it does cure cool if not , it's ok!.

Edit, finished making a micro test batch of green nasal snuff from leafs of tiny plants I had for seeds hanging. And WOW I've never had anything effect me that way in terms of nicotine. I even wanted a smoke bad while I was doing and kept telling myself after. And now I don't even want one. It's everything I want from a cigarette it's mental clarity and then this heavy wave of relaxation. I blew it out few minutes ago and I'm still glowing
I'm incredibly excited about this news. This means I'll be enjoying my plants even sooner than I thought
Smell is Uhm well like grass but honestly don't mind it, I don't truly enjoy any snuff scents I merely tolerate them. I only use toque quit for ages now. Itd still be cool if some cure but that's merely a bonus now.

 

[StoneCarver]

no I didn't make any snuff with it. However, the leaves dried to a very thin and crispy texture. It probably would lend itself to snuff, not that I'd know.
I just smoke tobacco. Mine also smelled kinda grassy before I cased it. Casing it totally changed the pouch aroma for the better. It has a very nice almost floral pouch aroma now. Sometimes, I like to just stick my nose down into the container to smell it. Also, when I first smoked mine, it also blew me away similar to your experience. Really nice stuff. I'd say if a person wanted a N. rustica this is the variety to get. The store bought N. rustica I have is gross and coarser albeit more potent in comparison.

 

[Pj654]

no I didn't make any snuff with it. However, the leaves dried to a very thin and crispy texture. It probably would lend itself to snuff, not that I'd know.
I just smoke tobacco. Mine also smelled kinda grassy before I cased it. Casing it totally changed the pouch aroma for the better. It has a very nice almost floral pouch aroma now. Sometimes, I like to just stick my nose down into the container to smell it. Also, when I first smoked mine, it also blew me away similar to your experience. Really nice stuff. I'd say if a person wanted a N. rustica this is the variety to get. The store bought N. rustica I have is gross and coarser albeit more potent in comparison.

Ah I see, interesting thanks!