A guide to making your own tobacco at home

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7 жыл бұрын

This is a video on how to make your own tobacco including:
- Growing tobacco
- Making cigarette / rolling tobacco
- Making shisha tobacco
- Making cigar tobacco
- Making pipe tobacco (ribbon, flake and plug cuts)
- How to save unwanted tobacco and make into something else

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@oldsk00ldaz 6 жыл бұрын

Alright Jason. I really enjoyed your post mate, love it to see people talk about what they're passionate about

@Jasongvl 6 жыл бұрын

Thank-you very much. Glad you enjoyed. Cheers for watching! :)

@Sharricb 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. You are a natural teacher!! Info was just what I needed.

@Jasongvl 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I appreciate it :)

@GJ5570 4 жыл бұрын

very interesting! grown before but did not know much about the curing

@lookouthumanitarian 3 жыл бұрын

Hey buddy. Cool video. I am about to begin growing and curing my own pipe tobacco your video was helpful as pointers to refresh my memory. Anyway. Happy smokes

@carpathianhermit7228 3 жыл бұрын

Had a first crack at it last year, didn't realise how long they needed to cure for, thats why i was having burning issues. Don't have the resources right now to ferment but i'm only growing for rolling tobacco however i want to try and make cigars at some point. Was sort of experimenting where i put the leaves in jars just before they became too dry and would leave them in the sun for a few hours and let them breath for a few hours. Jars would get warm and very wet thought there may have been some kind of process going on, the leaves darkened a fair bit after a few weeks. Had them in sealed bags for 6 months then went to smoke and had burning issues but tasted quite nice, very smooth. Moved them from jars and had them drying in my room again but got too dry so i've just been misting them. Been air curing in my room for a few months just put them back into some sealed bags with a few boveda bags. Without any fermenting processes and just air curing, how long do you reckon it'll need before it can be smoked in cigarettes?

@Jasongvl 3 жыл бұрын

without any kind of conditioned curing, probably a good idea to leave for at least 6 months. Just bung it in an unheated airing cupboard with a spritz of distilled/boiled (cooled) water 1-2 times a month.

@ukkaosthreesixty2836 5 жыл бұрын

Mate...I am intrigued great video thank you for your time and effort😎🇬🇧👍

@Jasongvl 5 жыл бұрын

cheers! much appreciated

@klejdikellici 7 жыл бұрын

Hi. Very informative video.Whats the name of the stainless press?

@Jasongvl 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Its "pollen press" or sometimes labelled as a "herb" or "tobacco" press :)

@elcano56 5 жыл бұрын

Can you please tell me a turbo fast fermentation method without any equipment I don't care so much about the quality I want to get rid of the ammonia

@Jasongvl 5 жыл бұрын

Tbh. I haven't really got one. Just a cool place and kept humid (I like to use a large ziplock bag with a humidifier in). Depends on the type of bacci. For cigars- never rush and keep the leaves whole. For cigarettes you can shred or chop up - tends to be a lot quicker. For pipe bacci, somewhere in between. Hope this helps

@christine2755 5 жыл бұрын

So you didn’t ferment your Cuban leaf won’t it have to much ammonia still

@weemaccers4938 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid man! Chock full of into Tbh didn't realise I'd be able to grow tobacco in the UK - But I've learnt other herbs grow well here, so why not baccy? Looks like I'm growing tobacco next year! Haha

@Jasongvl 4 жыл бұрын

Aye. Tis surprising. Can be in a window or greenhouse. Or outside (in summertime)

@danielfelton5780 3 жыл бұрын

Its good to no you can do it your self .can I can try a sample plz.

@jamescloete9517 4 жыл бұрын

i bought tobacco and its a bit to strong, wanted to know if i should shred it first then clean or should i clean the leaves first then shred?

@notproudlysouthafricananym8508 4 жыл бұрын

I heard washing it makes it weaker

@brandsmablacksmith7059 6 жыл бұрын

But did you ferment it?

@michaeldean5787 5 жыл бұрын

This was brilliant, thanks mate I've just subscribed. I'm going to have a bash at this next year. I'm based in the UK. Can you sell me any that you've made? I'm on a mission for additive free pipe tobacco. Loads of people online seem to think you NEED additives or else it's a terrible smoke. I take it you've had some good results? Really like the idea of making some Sheesha tobacco. Great vid, thanks again.

@Jasongvl 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Much appreciated! Typically no as there are tax implications etc. Some pipe tobacco online is listed as "additive free". Most have a small amount of preserving agent but not all. Hope this helps.

@andyh3539 3 жыл бұрын

what was the reason for compressing it

@Jasongvl 3 жыл бұрын

In my opinion- it helps the flavours meld better and age together evenly. Kind of like if you bought a flake or plug of pipe tobacco :)

@gerard4039 3 жыл бұрын

So by law if I grew tobacco I have to pay duty 😂😂😂😂😂, that’s the best one I ever heard 🤪🤪🤪

@Jasongvl 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, it's true. A quote from the gov legislation- "2.10 Private individuals and payment of duty on tobacco products made from tobacco grown themselves A private individual must pay the duty on any tobacco products that they make from tobacco which they have grown. This applies whether the tobacco products are intended for sale or solely for the grower’s own consumption."

@westagent 4 жыл бұрын

Hi mate Can u please tell me how can i order these tabacco leaves? Any web sites? Thanks for video👍

@Jasongvl 4 жыл бұрын

There are a variety of sites for leaves- just search for "whole leaf tobacco". Myself- on this video I grew these from seeds and plugs which are readily available online- just check in your country for legality/ tax implications. Thanks for watching and I hope this helps.

@melaniehalcrow8876 6 жыл бұрын

Holy shit it said tap to resume on xbox tv i was almost caught

@jnetwork3232 2 жыл бұрын

Lmfaoo

@whysoez8758 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Jason, advice me how to make strong shisha tobacco? I handle the flawor, but it wasnt strong enough, or it wasnt strong at all. My method: I wash the tobacco, dry it, boiled in molasses on 140-170 °C for 4-7 minutes. After cool down to like 70-80 °C and keep it on this degree for 24 hours.

@Jasongvl 4 жыл бұрын

Hi. If you want it stronger you can boil it less- this removes less of the nicotine. Or boil it at a lower temp. If still not satifactory there are shisha nicotine drops you can buy to put in it (but I wouldn't recommend it).

@whysoez8758 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jasongvl I handled it bro, I stoped washing it. Just boiling it unwashed, and the choice of tobacco metters the most i think. Still thx for advice. What about you, still making your own tobacco?

@Jasongvl 4 жыл бұрын

@@whysoez8758 great! Good to hear. You are more than welcome. Not right now as I think I have enough to last 2 lifetimes Haha :)

@whysoez8758 4 жыл бұрын

@@Jasongvl yea awesome, btw if you are interested in some methods, I tried the method mixing sugar syrup or molasses with glycerin. The effect is super Smokey. One more thing, I tried aroma wich was made for DIY, for mixing your own vape. The result was fantastic. For example brand Vapetasia, chek it out.

@poorboi8093 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to bother, but I'm struggling with something, I have shredded tobacco, but it isn't pipe just shredded, I make cigarettes of my own with it, I was wondering if you could advise me on the process of changing it's flavor, I am a newbie at this, but I thought of just spraying it with Cacao powder and mixing it up, or Vanilla, but then I got told that water may mold it so will sugar so I should spray it with alcohol, if that's so then 1. What alcohol should I use? 2. What is the process of changing the flavor of it? 3. If it isn't possible to change it's flavor to cacao or vanilla, then how can I just make it taste better naturally? I know this is asking for too much, but thnx anyways.

@Jasongvl 4 жыл бұрын

Hi. Pipe tobacco can be in typically plug, flake, long cut-like strands, shredded or shag. The traditional way of flavouring is just by ageing the tobacco to mature the taste whilst keeping it at a 60ish% humidity for cigars, around 40% for pipes and 30-40% (in my opinion for cigarettes). But for flavourings the easiest way to to just buy premixed tobacco flavour sprays as they have anti-mould liquids in and so it keeps. I personally don't smoke much flavoured tobacco unless it is in a shisha pipe (which is a whole other game). Hope this helps.

@poorboi8093 4 жыл бұрын

Jasongvl - thnx for taking the time to respond!!

@Jasongvl 4 жыл бұрын

@@poorboi8093 No worries. Sorry- it sometimes takes me a while due to sometimes not receiving notifications.

@Yukl88 6 жыл бұрын

I really need some help here! Can someone answer my questions, please? I live in Brazil and i'm doing a garden in my yard, that means i can't do flue-curing, or fire-curing. Sun-curing woul'd be ideal because here in Brazil is a very, very hot place with a low humidity (35%). Rains only in two in two months. The problem is that i don't like the tabaccos used in sun-curing, too spicy and need alot of aging. So, in Brazil the climate per day is about 110 fahrenheit daily, could I do some air-curing? Is that possible? I mean, wind is pretty low here but we have alot of sun. I don't know what seed i should plant... virginia gold for trying air-curing? Nope, right? Latakia i don't like and its sun-cured. I just have Burley and Maryland for air-curing, woul'd be good, works in my climate? Ty!

@Jasongvl 6 жыл бұрын

I would say Virginia tobacco would be the most ideal for that attempt. To be honest, if you can grow the plant large and produce a good raw product, just try a method for a large leaf each, then try them all. The following year or two go for that method. Saves wasting a lot of hard work for nout. HTH :)

@davemillar9150 3 жыл бұрын

Hi mate amazing vid. I was wondering if you could send me a few testers as I want to get in to this as a hobby please reply

@Jasongvl 3 жыл бұрын

Hi. Thanks for watching! Unfortunately, I have run out of the samples now. But if you are wanting smaller packs gqtobaccos do small sample packs if you want to try a variety of tobaccos. Hope this helps.