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@Hagamuffn Late 2023 Rustica Indoor Grow Log

Hagamuffn

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So I picked up a "dwarf Rustica" from the local health food store. Figured I'd give it a shot. Brought it home and threw it into a fabric 3 gallon pot. Its now been sitting in my grow tent and has put on flowers. I decided to harvest some of the leaves from the plant right about the time it started flowering, and i topped the plant and pinched the flowers when they first started appearing. As i've been watching the flowers form, I blow into them hoping to increase self pollinization. When the flowers get a bit older and less firm, they pull off the plant easily, and you can taste the sweet nectar at the base of the flower. Super yummy! I wasnt hoping much with this initial plant, as my main goal was just to grab its seed, seeing that the plant i got was already a bit old. So here we are, waiting for the seeds to ripen. I'll then plant the seeds I collect and I'll continue my grow blog from there. Excited to keep this updated!
 

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Basically I'm just trying to grow small batches to make a dokha like smoke. This far I dried about a 6 leaves off of it by letting them hang dry for a couple weeks, then putting them together in a pile inside of a bamboo basket. The leaves have all browned, and now Ive rolled them up together tightly and put them under a weight. A couple of the leaves I have already dried, and they taste almost exactly like the dokha I've smoked in the past. None of the leaves were bigger than my hand.
 

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Was the nicotine noticeable?
I thought dokha would have a “green” taste, judging it from the pictures I’ve seen. (Never found it around here in Germany).
 
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Was the nicotine noticeable?
I thought dokha would have a “green” taste, judging it from the pictures I’ve seen. (Never found it around here in Germany).
hey there!
The nicotine was noticeable, which i was somewhat surprised, as i'm growing this plant under a 150w LED. But thats also part of the idea behind growing a rustica indoors. Dokha has a spicy complex flavor, something similar to Acid cigars flavors. Perfumey, exotic. Also, I have only had one brand of Dokha over here in the states. Its not popular over here so you typically will only find maybe one brand only in a middle-eastern smoke/tobacco/hookah shop.
 

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Very pretty plant- what’s it growing in?
Fertilizer?
Im growing my plants in a coco coir / perlite mix, in fabric 3 gallon pots under a 100w (1000w equivalent) LED light. I use my urine as the primary nitrogen supplement. I use Maxicrop's "Liquid Seaweed" and General Hydroponic's "Florablend." I also heavily use desulfured molasses for its calcium, magnesium, sugars, and loads of micronutrients. I innoculate the coco mix with Dynomyco's Mycorrhizal inoculants, and I also mix in Down to Earth's "vegan mix" fertizer, which is made up of a bunch of ground up minerals and plants. I'm currently playing with dialing in a completely veganic system, so everything above comes from plant, fungal, and mineral sources, aside from my urine, but that's still vegan. :)
 

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I also found that letting the leaves just air dry slowly until brown has given me the best smoke thus far. I tried pressing the leaves together, under weight, but all that smoke was extermely harsh. I'll continue to try different curing/fermenting methods, but honestly, the taste was so enjoyable just from the leaves that hung. Some were also air dried in a bamboo steamer basket sat in front of a fan.
 

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Im growing my plants in a coco coir / perlite mix, in fabric 3 gallon pots under a 100w (1000w equivalent) LED light. I use my urine as the primary nitrogen supplement. I use Maxicrop's "Liquid Seaweed" and General Hydroponic's "Florablend." I also heavily use desulfured molasses for its calcium, magnesium, sugars, and loads of micronutrients. I innoculate the coco mix with Dynomyco's Mycorrhizal inoculants, and I also mix in Down to Earth's "vegan mix" fertizer, which is made up of a bunch of ground up minerals and plants. I'm currently playing with dialing in a completely veganic system, so everything above comes from plant, fungal, and mineral sources, aside from my urine, but that's still vegan. :)
You should look at Earth Juice Xatalyst- pretty sure it’s vegan, plus it shortens internode length in tomatoes and peppers. Should work for tobacco.
 

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I let the leaves brown on the plant. It took a few weeks. I then took the leaves from the hung plants and put them in a bamboo steamer basket above my Xbox. The idea was to let the ambient heat dry out the leaves. After a few days left to dry, I cut into shreds using a pair of pruning scissors. The above picture is the end result. The flavor has mellowed a bit, but still remains a bit spicy. Strong notes of dried fruit. I lightly pack some into a glass pipe and take a couple rips. Produces a nice buzz thus far.
 
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