WillQuantrill 2024: starting on time.

[WillQuantrill]

43 days in the kiln and I pulled my first Burley primings. First picture is unknown local white stem variety. Second picture is KY17. I'm really happy with the results so far, and I definitely won't be needing to purchase any Burley for a long time. 3rd picture is my new drying process in the sub basement, I'm trying different processes to prevent mold so I'm thinking that after my kilning is complete I'll just hang up the sorted hands back in the kiln at a low case RH before packaging.

 

[WillQuantrill]

This is my first year growing Burley, and Friday it occurred to me I'm overthinking the whole process. After losing some of my cigar leaf to mold I was burning brain calories on how to preserve the whole leaf in low case. Then it occurred to me shred all of it for packaging, duh. So yesterday I destemmed and shredded one hand of my KY 17 P1 which came out to 4.5 Oz. with my .8mm hand crank shredder. I designated this hand for smokeless. Then I put one of my cheap humidor hygrometers in the bag till it reaches an acceptable RH with the zipper open. After shredding all that I sent a link from WLT for the new HD ELECTRIC SHREDDER which is 20% off this weekend. She always gets frustrated Christmas shopping for me because I have already bought what I want. So I will be eagerly awaiting December 25. Thanks to @FmGrowit for doing a Black Friday every year. Second picture is Meatporn from a Turkey I smoked yesterday.

Happy Thanksgiving fellas.

 

[Skafidr]

She always gets frustrated Christmas shopping for me because I have already bought what I want.

This happens to my wife too.

Happy Thanksgiving

 

[WillQuantrill]

Final Burley primings have fermented long enough so I dialed back the kiln between 65-68*F and 65% RH. It can hang in the kiln until I have the time to process it all. Another late night shredding some beautiful Burley.

 

[WillQuantrill]

I find it fitting tonight, in the last week of the year, I processed the last of my 2024 crop. Had the local white stem "Gutter Burley" P3 left and got to shred it with my brand new whiz-bang HD shredder from WLT that my beautiful wife gifted to me earlier today. I am impressed with the shredder! The weight of it surprised me for it's size and its a damn sight better than my manual shredders. Even went ahead and shredded all of my SSBM that I grew this year. Another positive note, after 2 seasons of operating my home made kiln all components are still running fine. Even the ceramic heating element "bulbs" that I bought extras of because of my little faith they would have any longevity with 3-4 month 24/7 duty cycles. Excited to have some time off through the holidays and blend some new pipe plugs/experiment with the cigar varieties I grew this year. Been a good year for tobacco and life outside of that.

Grateful to be apart of such fine company here so I want to wish you all happy smoke for Christmas and the New Year!

 

[FrostD]

I find it fitting tonight, in the last week of the year, I processed the last of my 2024 crop. Had the local white stem "Gutter Burley" P3 left and got to shred it with my brand new whiz-bang HD shredder from WLT that my beautiful wife gifted to me earlier today. I am impressed with the shredder! The weight of it surprised me for it's size and its a damn sight better than my manual shredders. Even went ahead and shredded all of my SSBM that I grew this year. Another positive note, after 2 seasons of operating my home made kiln all components are still running fine. Even the ceramic heating element "bulbs" that I bought extras of because of my little faith they would have any longevity with 3-4 month 24/7 duty cycles. Excited to have some time off through the holidays and blend some new pipe plugs/experiment with the cigar varieties I grew this year. Been a good year for tobacco and life outside of that.View attachment 54149View attachment 54150View attachment 54151

Grateful to be apart of such fine company here so I want to wish you all happy smoke for Christmas and the New Year!

Keep rocking it Will! Great to see how things have been going. Happy Holidays Brother!

 

[WillQuantrill]

Keep rocking it Will! Great to see how things have been going. Happy Holidays Brother!

Same to you buddy!