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johnny108

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It is dangerously green.
But after 30 days it’s gonna be pretty strong, nicotine-wise.
If I waited till it yellowed, I’d have to keep it inside while it was snowing, and it would be strong enough that using it would be difficult. (Plus keeping it away from a toddler)
I’m going to use it in chewing tobacco, so if it isn’t curing great, it can be flavored strongly with wintergreen to hide it.
I’ll post update pics, so we all get to see how good/bad this idea was…
Edit: the original idea was to harvest at 30, 45, and fully yellowed stages, however not enough seedlings made it. (Squirrels digging them up). Plus, plant morphology is inconsistent- one has leaves the size of my hand, the other is the size of dinner plates- so nicotine concentration is likely to be very different, no matter the harvest regimen.
 
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All have been topped, except for 6 seed mothers, and will be brought in at the end of October- 30+ days. The wind beats the heck out of the leaves- but they are pretty big.
I lost 3 plants to a wind storm- they have been stalk cured till yellow, then sun cured/dried, giving a nice orange/brown color. They’ll be low nicotine, but were good curing practice.
Working on kiln ideas that can avoid/tolerate a 2 year old…(and a wife)
 

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What temperature does it maintain?

Bob
Factory specs say 45-50C
I’ve already caught it at 60C, but I think that may be a part of its start up cycle. Hopefully it evens out.
It’s working on unknown Kentucky dark tobacco pressed plug and some immature Lemonka harvested by the wind, before I could top them.
No big loss if overheated.
The unit was €25, and if it overheats, I’ll use it for parts for a bigger kiln.
 

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Hydroponic and orchid bark Jaffna is looking good. Orchid bark is in the black pots.
What happens when you stalk cure a bright leaf variety? I know you’ll lose the sugar, but what happens to the flavor?
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How do you cure (or try to cure) Aztec?
Do you kiln it?
How do you use it?
What kind of flavors are you getting?
Just air cure for now, No kilning.
I use it in snus, after a considerable resting time (longer than tobaccum) i get a berry like taste, quite plesant actually. Tho rediculusly strong on its own, and the texture isnt great(doesent stick together). I usually mix it with tubaccum at about 1/3 rustica to tubaccum... makes for a nice strong snus with good texture.
 
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