A couple of tips to make the leaves turn fully yellow/brown while hanging: -Don't fertilize after mid-July, some of the old guides I've read suggested that fertilizing too late in the season keeps the leaves green permanently. In these guides mid-July appeared as the absolute latest point at which any fertilizer should be used, I stop fertilizing around midsummer and have had nicely cured leaves with plenty of nicotine (in northern Finland) -Wait for the leaves to start turning yellow until harvesting, picking the bottom leaves first. They should start maturing easier if you follow the previous step. -Hang them outside under an outdoors canopy, this way the air circulates (preventing mould) while still letting some indirect sun on them (curing them but not too much). The moisture difference between night/day might also play a part in this, at least it prevents the leaves from drying too soon. If it's really damp and cold though (like it is for the last leaves) you shouldn't leave them hanging for more than 1-2 weeks because of the mould risk.

Also the reason why they dried green , was because you harvested the leaves too early... when the leaves start to turn yellow and almost cure on the plant , then you pick and hang the leaves up... you picked all those leaves and they were dark green... you interrupted the process of letting the chlorophyll , natural start to fade out of the leaves , and hence , the leaves would of turned yellow , and then would go golden brown/dark brown .. so you harvested them prematurely... and also the cutting of the stems on the leaves ???.... not supposed to do that too... as again your interrupting the natural curing/fermentation, it needs to juice in those stems , on the leaves .. to do its work , and dry naturally. Sad to see all that go to waste. Hope you take my advice and try again. watch Larry Hall's videos on Growing and Harvesting tobacco. I grow Tobacco aswell. Its a shame because your plants looked nice and healthy etc... Sam.

I pick it green all the time , tie it in bunches and hang it upside down in 1 of my sheds till yellow / brown then heat cure it , rehydrate it with sugar water and shred it . tastes great . some times I will then put some in a mason jar and put it in the steamer for 4-6 hours to get a more cavendish style tobacco. Heat curing after color curing helps caramelize the natural sugars in the leaf , making for a sweeter tasting smoke and takes away the harshness too

Best way to get rid of snails and slugs. Put half a jar of beer in random places. They love it so much they will do anything to get it. They get drunk on it and fall in it and drowned. I had loads of slugs and put about 6 half full jars of beer down. In 2 days every jar was full of dead slugs and snails.

I grow a variety of tobacco(LA Perique) which never yellows on the plant. They did cure well in stacks. It’s Feb. (Louisiana), they’re almost a year old. The plants never quit flowering. The bees are on them now. The Burley I grew (Ky21) yellowed on the stalk and cured beautifully with no issues. Good video.

You did so well then harvested premature. :( You wanna cut most of the flowers off the top save a few big ones for next seasons seeds, then wait for them to be yellow moist and almost browning. Once harvested hang in a more humid area where not so dry. You'll get it next time. My first time I tried taking my sprouts outside in 90 degree sunny weather and burned them up. Now got new sprouts and it's almost August.

I'm in the UK - I harvest my leaves green; there's not the heat and the sun here for them to ripen yellow on the plant. I think your leaves dried out too quickly once you harvested them. I take the green leaves and hang each one individually with a paperclip. If they dry out slowly enough they still do turn yellow and then brown. I think your leaves dried too quickly before the changes could take place! :) Don't bind leaves together, hang them individually!! Just my opinion!!

Thank you for posting this. Genuinely. Regardless of "success or failure" we can all learn. I am growing my first crop, and want to harvest already. I'm doing what most would swear against, letting them all flower. I want to enjoy this beautiful plant, as much as possible.

Have you tried wrapping them in towels and leaving them in a warm place, turning each pile twice a day for 3-4 days? This technique helps to yellow the leave before hanging ( 'twas something I saw on a KZfaq video) and is quite effective!! I am just a novice like yourself, this being my first harvest, I have tried a fair few different methods and this one was by far the most effective.

I've never had this problem yet (in UK) I always keep them in direct sunlight when growing/curing

great video on tobacco plants, i'd like to hear how your next season went, lol

Thanks for sharing this information. I’m growing my first crop, and might had done same mistake. Mycket bra!

Maybe because where you live it is too cold. I did some try here in Italy and they all turn yellow and brown.

Let the leaves turn gold with almost no green at all left on the leaf. I harvested some of my leaves at pale yellow with the edges of the leaves already brown. You want the plant to be green up until a certain age then stop fertilizalizing it and allow it to start going pale green to yellow. I stack the leaves in a pile of 30 stem to stem in pairs with the leaves facing out and place the stack wrapped in a bath towel. Every so many hours i take the leaves out and wave them air them out in small spread stacks of 7 and shuffle and spread them let them sit in piles in the open air for 15 -30 minutes than put them in one stack again and wrap them back in a towel. I leave them in the towel from 2 to 4 to 8 hours and air them out in intervals.

It is NOT necessary to wait for your leaves to turn yellow or brown on the plant , possibly desireable but not set in concrete .The commercial growers don't work that way (especially when the conditions are not favorable for the tobacco) and so when the decision is made to harvest many acres of tobacco they harvest the lot regardless of color. They do this because they know that when the leaves are taken from the fields and placed into their heated fermenters ALL leaves turn Brown in a few days anyway. This method is good for most virginia varieties used for cigarettes. The heated fermenter sheds remove the ammonia from the leaves and color the leaves brown. Futher darkening is usually the result of keeping the tobacco in a sealed dry environment after fermentation . Anyone can make their own fermenter using any old retired Fridge or vertical freezer with a crockpot in the bottom as the heat source. 42 days at 50 C will cure most tobacco to give a very pleasant sweet smelling , ammonia free smoke that doesn't burn your throat or give you a cough or send your head into a spin.

keep at it, this happened to me the first time. What i got wrong is that i didnt let the leaves yellow completely on the plant before i picked them. it was very disheartening to see all of that time spent wasted. Second season I did way better 80% of everything grew. What i did different is I picked bottom ones that yellowed first then I waited 2 weeks for the top ones the yellow before I pick also got a dehumidifier to prevent the mold =) hope this helps

have you tried agin and if you did how did it go

I think u may have harvested early

Hi, thanks for sharing. Now july 2019 but it might assist some. In uk, west mids, my 1st attempt at growing baccy. Phenominal results so far. Growing at allotment, in greenhouse and in raised bed at home. Greenhouse lost 2 huge plants, allotment lost 2 plants, raised bed lost one plant.No yellowing so far in greenhouse, 7 feet tall, all green, allotment,3 to 4 feet tall, nice harvests, raised bed, great harvests,put a roof over raised bed after huge amounts of rain,,,plastic sheets for free, good step, all thriving with air and heat but no rain,but obviously have to water. shoe box full of dried baccy so far,,,,,so i think around 2 percent of potential end product. Burley and virginia,,,,,,,,,,,turkish variety all failed,but 3 plants growing after another sowing. Oh, leaves of green plants over 30 inches,,,,,,,if they yellow!!!! I don't think baccy is meant to grow in greenhouses? From my meagre findings. Outside protected and staked,from winds seems to be my findings. I am amazed at their characteristics.. Interested to speak to other growers at home.

Learn to grow. What state. Where is ur air flow

Dude where do you live and how do you do it? Can you make an instructional video please?

Pic from bottom up, they ripen at bottom first

great content brother

Which month best for grow indoor tobbocco plant?❤

What watt led will do them

When I see someone doing so so many things wrong I can't continue to watch.

Great exercise in learning 😀

Don't do what you did. Look at your zone...and match the plant to the zone. Treat tobacco like a herb, you macerated the plant...why not grow outside?

If entire tobacco plants are cut at stalks will it grow back?

if it's green then it's unfermented tabacco correct?

the problem is twofold. as suggested by most people you picked too early. secondly you should never use a fan to dry the leaves. the leaves must cure not dry. keep them moist and at a higher temperature than room temperature... put a panel heater and a humidifier in the room and try keep some basic air flow not a gale force wind or fan. hope 2016 was better...

nyfiken att odla själv nu så tänkte nu om du kan avvara lite frön att starta upp med? och vad kostar det eller om du har tips på bra ställe att skaffa frön

Hej. Jätte bra videos på hur du odlar. En fråga, hur har du byggt ditt växthus? / Tom

o comon I came here with the hope that I would watch a tutorial how to grow tobacco but yeah.....

Omg, #1 ...Wait for loss of N. #2 No buds.#3 pick only some yellow on leaves. .Keep leaves supple and air moving.Stack at 30 days and cut with scissors.. Check daily when curing ..,Wait 1yr. Cal in Alberta Canada

Why do you clean with the brush the leaf?

If you cut the flower off you tend to get bigger leaves as the plant uses energy to grow them instead of the flower. You’ll always get a greater quantity of tobacco that way. Also you harvested them way to early bro, need to wait till they start to turn golden.

Stop feeding them nutrients a month before harvesting... The bottom leaves will begin to yellow on the plant... Don't slit the the leaf stems after plucking The harvest will turn yellow on the line slowly

Because not enough space in between leaves

Simple answer is you didnt leave the plant alone long enough untill they turned yellow

you went through all that effort to pick them green lol come on

If you're adding nitrogen, that'll stop the leaves going yellow and ready to harvest. I only add nitrogen when they are very young. Check out my plants on my video.

On the leaves it looks like it had a type of Mosaic Virus... could be wrong though.

I don't think this dude knew what he was doing and unless using it for snuff or something it would be impossible to roll that crunched up powder into cigarettes. And what's with brushing the leaves? I use to spray the leaves off but don't do that because any bugs or debree will fall off when they dry out.

i like it green

Hi

its to cold and humid use a heater and dehumidifier

Ok .. 25 gal net pots buried halfway

everybody is wrong. Go watch a Padron video or something. My guess is your temperature and humidity. gotta stay 70%, and 70 degrees F for Months.

Dude, do not harvest your leaves until they start going yellow. I am sorry about how your leaves worked out, that looked like a nice crop.

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Slugs love beer put small plates around your garden and overnight the beer attracts them and they drink themselves to death.

Your stuffing around with it too much just pack it give it a spray with the hose and hang it make sure there's a bit of your rolling on the leaves before you pull them off it really is easy don't overthink it

I'm shocked that snails were eating your tobacco. I was under the impression that the nicotine in these plants kept away all pests.

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You can learn what not to do with this video

Too much nitrogen.

I shit a bigger leaf. 25 gal net pots buried half way. No air flow. Baby leaves. So cute. To much yellow and droooooooooouuuuup

You should really know what you’re doing before you make a video

6:55 man i came here to learn something but this is ........u cant dry out leafs like that u need to control process not to dry out too quickly ....it gets more ''gummy'' and wont crush ....and dont crush it ....u need it moist a little and there is scissors for it to cut it into tiny shreds ...and u mustpackage it before it completely drys out or it'll crush ...no one wants to inhail dust it damages lungs ....less dust more guality tobacco .....cuban rolled not contain dust ....think

have you tried agin and if you did how did it go