Those got tall
First pic front to back:
Prilep is such a gorgeous plant, it even smells wonderful green. The aroma is unlike anything, hard to describe. And thank you, they were terrific growers in every situation I threw at them, from pots to bad soil to rich garden.
I am really hoping so! I have friggin' TONS of it, way more than anything else. Does it 'cigar' at all?
I like how you made cigar into a verb. I feel like a small amount of it could work to add a touch of spice, but too much would 'cigarette' your cigar. Mine isn't stretchy enough to use as binder or wrapper.
Northwoodseeds has goose creek red listed as a good cigar wrapper in the description. They also list it as good for pipe and cig blend so it sounds multipurpose
It's a dark Virginian like staghorn (which I'm growing) so it it should be decent for cigar flavor. I like the sound of that. Sounds rich.
I still don't understand what 'dark Virginia' really means in terms of flavour or use or anything. There is a lot more description of 'dark air cure' which I gather is along the lines of where goose creek red will fit into my understanding. This is all very new to me. Looking forward to smoking it that's for sure!Northwoodseeds has goose creek red listed as a good cigar wrapper in the description. They also list it as good for pipe and cig blend so it sounds multipurpose
I'm looking forward to trying prilep, my plants are still too small for sampling
This is where you become really important. No pressure. There was a member who somewhere ordered what was flue cured GCR. He hasn't been back to report on whether it was any good. You have flue cured some, so we are going to find out if "Virginia" has something to do with "flue curing" which it sometimes does and sometimes doesn't.
I'll do thumbnails next time.
I'm curious about the dark Virginian definition as well. Most cigar varieties aren't flue cured are they? I know some tobaco is used for different purposes (i.e. pipe, cigarette, chew, cigars...) I would think maybe the way it's cured (flue vs air vs sun) would impart different characteristics. I could be totally wrong but my impression is sun and flu curing seem to be used to keep a higher sugar content in the leaf. I would also think both of the methods could potentially slow down the normal aging/fermentation cycle by reducing the enzymes through heat or UV and might be better for cigarettes and pipe use. Seems like air curing followed by fermentation would be the way to go for cigars in my mind.
I have the same sense of flue curing locking in the sugar content. Yes the so called 'dark Virginia' thing seems like uncharted territory so it's fun to play with. Have you tried flue curing your staghorn? Some days I wish I grew more straight up cigar strains. Other days I feel like I wasted space where I should have grown nothing but flue cure. Sometimes I yearn for the perfect pipe, and often, the perfect pipe is a cigar. It may all boil down to just simply enjoying what I've got.
Yay!
