Late grow log 2024: @Emile

[wruk53]

Is that a dirt floor in your shed? If so, you could keep that moist the next time you color cure, if the relative humidity is too low. I don't know what stage of ripeness you harvested at, but it always color cures easier if the leaf was somewhat yellow on the plant before harvest.

 

[Emile]

Would their be any benefit to let the tobacco hang for the whole winter and wait for the the hot summer day to come or should I kiln the whole harvest (color cured and green one) or should I simply scrap greener ones.

 

[Emile]

Is that a dirt floor in your shed? If so, you could keep that moist the next time you color cure, if the relative humidity is too low. I don't know what stage of ripeness you harvested at, but it always color cures easier if the leaf was somewhat yellow on the plant before harvest.

No it is a saw dust/wood chip floor in the attic of my barn. It’s may be way too dry vs a shed directly on a dirt floor. Maybe next year I should keep the floor wet in warm dry weather.

 

[Skafidr]

Would their be any benefit to let the tobacco hang for the whole winter and wait for the the hot summer day to come or should I kiln the whole harvest (color cured and green one) or should I simply scrap greener ones.

I haven't been in this situation so this all wild guesses.

I've seen something about freezing tobacco only once: the cigar company will slowly dry their cigars, freeze them, ship them overseas, and thaw them slowly and bring them back into case slowly to sell them.

My guess is that, given our chaotic winters, it may occur that you get a warm day or two, the temperature rises in your barn attic, along with the humidity level, which will get some water in your leaves, then the following day the temperature drops by 30 degrees and the leaves freeze suddenly.

I don't have any knowledge about what effect this could have on the leaves, but I know what happens to lettuce in the freezer so, personally, I would try to avoid having my leaves freeze if they're not dry.

That being said, if you know the barn attic never freezes, it's another story.

 

[Emile]

I haven't been in this situation so this all wild guesses.

I've seen something about freezing tobacco only once: the cigar company will slowly dry their cigars, freeze them, ship them overseas, and thaw them slowly and bring them back into case slowly to sell them.

My guess is that, given our chaotic winters, it may occur that you get a warm day or two, the temperature rises in your barn attic, along with the humidity level, which will get some water in your leaves, then the following day the temperature drops by 30 degrees and the leaves freeze suddenly.

I don't have any knowledge about what effect this could have on the leaves, but I know what happens to lettuce in the freezer so, personally, I would try to avoid having my leaves freeze if they're not dry.

That being said, if you know the barn attic never freezes, it's another story.

I’m planning to bring my tobacco down on the second floor of the barn where there’s big windows. At night it become very cold and it could reach up to 15-20c in sunny days. Those photo are when I bought home and barn. It’s a lot cleaner know.

 

[deluxestogie]

Most of my stalk-cured tobacco hangs in my outdoor shed—subject to the ups and downs of ambient temp and humidity and freezing and thawing—for nearly a year prior to being taken down. At least through my fall, winter, spring and early summer conditions, the leaf simply ages.

Bob

 

[Skafidr]

Most of my stalk-cured tobacco hangs in my outdoor shed—subject to the ups and downs of ambient temp and humidity and freezing and thawing—for nearly a year prior to being taken down. At least through my fall, winter, spring and early summer conditions, the leaf simply ages.

Bob

Have you been able/curious to measure the range of the temperatures it goes through?

 

[Emile]

Most of my stalk-cured tobacco hangs in my outdoor shed—subject to the ups and downs of ambient temp and humidity and freezing and thawing—for nearly a year prior to being taken down. At least through my fall, winter, spring and early summer conditions, the leaf simply ages.

Bob

Did you ever had greenish tobacco that cured a good color that way ?

 

[deluxestogie]

Green tobacco, once allowed to dry green, or allowed to freeze green, never color-cures properly. Sometimes, thick ligero leaf of certain varieties cures deep brown on the upper surface, but greenish-brown on the lower surface. This ligero always ages well, and kilns to deep brown on both surfaces.

If leaf is harvested at too immature a stage, and dries green prior to color-curing, sun exposure can diminish the green hue, but fails to remove the albuminous proteins that would otherwise be naturally removed by proper color-curing. Cavendish-cooking may salvage some of this sort of leaf.

Bob

 

[Emile]

Tobacco is now hung at the second floor where it’s warm at days and colder at night. I hope the colour will eventually get better.

 

[wruk53]

Looks good to me. It'll only get better as it goes into and out of case for several months. Be patient.

 

[Emile]

Looks good to me. It'll only get better as it goes into and out of case for several months. Be patient.

I ordered 8 x 1/2lbs sampler + 1/2lbs Perique from Whole Leaf Tobacco in order to be patient for mine.