Damn, dude. Good for you! I grew up in Eastern North Carolina where flue cured tobacco is (was) King. I've spent many a day "priming" tobacco and can back you up when you talk about it being labor intensive. Mechanical pickers and bulk barns came along and took a little of the grunt work out of it. The folks up in the mountains used to grow some burley, but I'd never seen the curing process until now. Love me some burley in a pipe.

Excellent video, very informative.

Holy cow sir, I've been watching tobacco videos for the last 2 days and your plants are without a doubt the biggest. Whatever you're doing, you need to write a book on it. I'm starting to get into tobacco growing due to historical research, and I will be following your channel for this topic. By the way I live in West Virginia and spend time in Florida (will be growing in both places). So I take heart that if yours do that well in PA, mine should do fine in WV!

Thank you so much for taking the time to patiently explain everything. Your burley plants look beautiful beyond belief What I really want to know is how delicious does that lovely Burley smell while it’s hanging in the TabaccoShack curing for 6 months? Im betting it’s a fucking heavenly aroma.

Freakn A bud I had some 7.5" ers Unfortunately I lost my first few curing attempts this yr my shed is too closed off and it's been humid lately I also got mold doing the rubber band thing so I have 2 5 tier wire racks now it works for my shed system, i stack the leaves as they move down the rack becoming drier and they ferment into golden papery treats 😂😂✌️✌️ I as well am harvesting as the leafs yellow. I see you harvested when they are still green I'm assuming you harvested when the bottom leaves started to yellow???? Yes mold is an issue !! And on weed at this time of year that's why I bring my plants in at night in the air conditioning as the buds fatten up, I've lost great lookn plants to mold n rot. Great to hear how long to wait to try my tobacc smoke !!!! Really enjoyed this video sir, this is one of my new hobbies !!

Cool Micheal.

I use a long strong big eyed needle that I made myself from a piece of a stainless steel tig welding rod, with the help of a hammer and a dremel tool, but one can also buy them somewhere afaik, and then I hang all the leaves, one after the other on a robust thread. Because if I would hang them in clusters here in my climate zone in Germany, the leafs would just start to mold where the rubber band is located. Oh, and the right ventilation is also very important to avoid mold issues. Good luck man✌️

Awesome stuff

I realize this video is 2 years old but how did you manage such massive leaves? Mine are barely half that size at ripe.

love the video and info dude you could be the Tommy Chong of tobacco

Thanks for passing on your experience. I grow Virginia baccy in New Zealand, but struggle to ferment the colour cured leaves. I’ve watched the commercial guys and they stove the relatively green leaves in sheds with temperature and humidity controls. Does anybody get a good result using simple methods? Or should I grow Burley? I’m getting the Burley is easier to process vibe. PS my Virginia tastes acrid even after a year. No mould or green leaf issues to account for it, but possibly drying too quickly.

BIG tobacco! 🙀 🌱

How did you ferment it?

Have you tried smoking the leafs from the flowering plant? If yes, is there a taste difference?

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Wash?

Honestly since I've switched to a herb vaporizer I can actually sense how horrible smoking feels. Never again. Just want to share that there is a better way. But then again does the Lord even approve of this habit.