RednekF350 2024 Grow Blog

[Rednekf350]

I think I am out of time for getting a color cure on my giant Kelley Burley leaves. The best color for leaves on the trunk that I can get is very dark green with just a little mottling. I only had maybe 3 leaves that yellowed on the plant a few weeks back that I garage cured. The night time temp was 40 last night and I don't think I have much of a chance to cure in the garage now.
Any thoughts? I hate like hell to just waste all this tobacco. I am going to need a chainsaw to cut the three giant plants down.

 

[Knucklehead]

I think I am out of time for getting a color cure on my giant Kelley Burley leaves. The best color for leaves on the trunk that I can get is very dark green with just a little mottling. I only had maybe 3 leaves that yellowed on the plant a few weeks back that I garage cured. The night time temp was 40 last night and I don't think I have much of a chance to cure in the garage now.
Any thoughts? I hate like hell to just waste all this tobacco. I am going to need a chainsaw to cut the three giant plants down.

Can you prime the leaves to hang in the bathroom? That will help with humidity. If not you could yellow in a box and check temps in the attic?

 

[johnny108]

Stalk curing can go a long way in helping prevent leaves from drying green.

 

[Bitewolf]

I think I am out of time for getting a color cure on my giant Kelley Burley leaves. The best color for leaves on the trunk that I can get is very dark green with just a little mottling. I only had maybe 3 leaves that yellowed on the plant a few weeks back that I garage cured. The night time temp was 40 last night and I don't think I have much of a chance to cure in the garage now.
Any thoughts? I hate like hell to just waste all this tobacco. I am going to need a chainsaw to cut the three giant plants down.

Try towel cure.

 

[Rednekf350]

Stalk curing can go a long way in helping prevent leaves from drying green.

Thank you for the reply. Do you think I could get away with stalk curing in my garage now that we are into fall ? I'm in southern Jersey and my attached garage stays roughly 10 degrees warmer than the house. Today it was 40 outside and 50 in the garage. I have a pile of leaves I primed on Tuesday ready to hang but I remember having a hard time getting a good cure a few years ago when I was this late in the season.

 

[johnny108]

Thank you for the reply. Do you think I could get away with stalk curing in my garage now that we are into fall ? I'm in southern Jersey and my attached garage stays roughly 10 degrees warmer than the house. Today it was 40 outside and 50 in the garage. I have a pile of leaves I primed on Tuesday ready to hang but I remember having a hard time getting a good cure a few years ago when I was this late in the season.

I’d do it. It’s so much easier (and makes better quality leaf) with stalk curing.
I’ve got dozens of plants stalk curing in the cellar at a snail’s pace, because it’s so cold here, now. But it does still work.

 

[johnny108]

See? It works.