Ltngstrike
Active Member
Last year was my first year growing tobacco and I have to say was was very unprepared when I launched this adventure. When harvest time came close I built a small tent next to my baccy patch for color curing. It worked good but was not good enough to stand up to foul weather when that finally showed up. I could see by the rain collecting near the lower rails that a good snow was going to collapse it. I ended up having to move all of my strung tobacco 300' down the hill to my barn loft. Here is a pic of that tent:
This year I decided to change my setup and make a curing room in my barn loft so I did not have to move the leaf after my initial stringing. I was able to close in and frame up a room in my barn loft that ended up being 9' wide by 11' long. I covered the framing on the inside with 6mil plastic and used spray foam to fill in the gaps around the sheeting and roofing tin. I have a tub in the center filled with water and a towel suspended from it to wick moisture. I've been able to keep the humidity up near 70-80% more consistently (we average around 30% here during the day!). As the temps fall I may have to add some heat. Here's a view of the inside of my curing room with some of Skychaser grown leaf hanging:
I've added more leaf since these photos and also hung some of last years crop to bring it back into case. I'm very happy with my new room!
This year I decided to change my setup and make a curing room in my barn loft so I did not have to move the leaf after my initial stringing. I was able to close in and frame up a room in my barn loft that ended up being 9' wide by 11' long. I covered the framing on the inside with 6mil plastic and used spray foam to fill in the gaps around the sheeting and roofing tin. I have a tub in the center filled with water and a towel suspended from it to wick moisture. I've been able to keep the humidity up near 70-80% more consistently (we average around 30% here during the day!). As the temps fall I may have to add some heat. Here's a view of the inside of my curing room with some of Skychaser grown leaf hanging:
I've added more leaf since these photos and also hung some of last years crop to bring it back into case. I'm very happy with my new room!