Kiwi Smoker
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This is what most of them look like with the lower leaves.
Seedlings falling over: @Kiwi Smoker grow log 2023-4
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Kiwi Smoker
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Not sure if these are mature enough to prime yet.
The slightly yellowish, bottom leaves could be primed now. The brown areas with their yellow halos are obviously traumatic injury from the top edge of the bucket. Bottom leaves seldom serve as anything other than easily combustible filler.
Others may offer additional advice after this sportsutainment weekend has passed.
Bob
Others may offer additional advice after this sportsutainment weekend has passed.
Bob
Kiwi Smoker
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Thanks Bob, they are turning yellow now. I'm keeping everything I can harvest due to the price of tobacco here, nearly $40 for a packet of 20 and about $80 for an ounce. Is it the thinness of the first leaves that is the cause of them becoming brittle at the tip while the other end is moist? I've put these ones in a plastic bag in hope it will even out before going mouldy. I have a heating pad now with water trays on it to help with humidity.
Kiwi Smoker
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I would just ignore them, unless their margins appear to be conspicuously increasing. There are a lot of slings and arrows that cause blemishes on tobacco leaves, and many are not caused by pathogens. Those leaves appear to be maturing.
Bob
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Hi, I'm starting get rust spots, should I remove these parts please?View attachment 50068View attachment 50069
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Kiwi Smoker
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Thanks again Bob, I've noticed leaves 3 levels up from the lowest ones are yellowing now. Is this normal?
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It looks like normal leaf maturation. It's difficult to get a clear understanding of what is concerning you, without photos of entire plants. Usually maturation progresses from bottom leaves to top leaves, though sometimes the time span is rather short.
Bob
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Being a first timer I'd hate to think I might have to bin them all because of a disease while I can see light at the end of the tunnel. The photo shows a 5th leaf from the bottom yellowing. Just tried my first smoke, very smooth, a bit bland with a subtle hint of soil.
Kiwi Smoker
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Very lucky to buy this shredder for $180 NZ, probably the only one in the country. Need to mount it on a plinth then put a pully wheel on it with a v belt.
The design looks like that of antique silage cutters.
Bob
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Yes, it's an old German made machine from the lab of a tobacco factory here that closed down a few years ago. No tobacco is produced commercially here or in Australia anymore.
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Hi all, is it recommended to age as a whole leaf or can I shred once colour cured? Thanks.
Either is fine. Various members choose one way or the other for personal preference. Shredded leaf takes up less space. I don't have a space problem and prefer to keep the leaf whole because I find the stem makes it easier to handle the leaf especially if it is out of case. The best method is what works for you. Try both.
Kiwi Smoker
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Hi, my plants seem to be getting a second growth spurt at the end of summer and some look like they are growing flower buds again. Is this normal?
If you top the bud head, then the plant will produce another. It's only reason to exist is to produce offspring.
Bob
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