I grow and make my own pipe tobacco from my garden. I too use a pasta shredder. I wouldn't trade my pipe tobacco for any store bought tobacco in the world. The only chemicals my tobacco has in it are the ones it started out with naturally. My pipe doesn't gurgle like the tobacco is half water. Just a nice smooth smoke. I grow Prilep, Virginia, and Burley. I made my own long stem pipe from cherry wood. I have no complaints, none so ever. I air cure all my tobacco and love it.

I made a small wooden box/cube. I had one piece cut a bit smaller so it can slide into the cube like a plug. I put leaves inside and a bunch of leaves still had vanilla color on them and moist with juices. I then slide the wood plug piece in and stacked 70 pounds worth of bricks on top of it and let it sit under pressure for 8- 12 hours. I then take the soggy brick of Tobacco out of the box and gently seperate the leaves, open them up wave em around like an old hand held fan and lay em out an hour. Then repeat. Some leaves take 8 hours and some take 3 days before the strange cleaning rag mop smell is gone and they smell and taste like Tobacco.

If you nailed it, I can't believe you don't have more subscribers. I just bought a few mg. of Tennessee Burley seeds, and after 1min42seconds of this video, I'm looking forward to our journey together. Instant subscriber, almost a year old pipe smoker. I have already made a few briar pipes.

nice, great idea with the pasta shredder. I'll have to scoop one up, this is my first year growing so I have plenty of time to acquire one. I'll watch more of your videos to get a better idea of what I need to do.

Love your videos. So informative, easy to watch, and relaxing.

I'm on the way. I'm harvesting my yellows now. My goodness, my plants look amazing. I cannot freakin wait to get it aged and fermented!

That looks amazing

I know how long to cure them now. Thank you for this video.

So far i understand the tobacco fermentation process in 2 ways. 1) put the dry cured tobacco in a home made "kiln". You can use an old fridge or make one from isolation material. Put a crock pot in it and fill it with water. Let the tobacco ferment at a constant temperature of 50°C with a humidity level of max 70% for 4-6 weeks 2) leave the dry cured tobacco leaves in a macon jar for minimum 6 months to a year with 70 % humidity

Thanks for the information. are you spraying anything prior to the canning?

turbo yeast for bakery you will save so much time and the flavor and the smoothness is on another level no need to wait for 6 month would love to see you try it on a small batch and give me your thoughts on it a pinch of yeast + sugar + 1ml citric acid or i just use 1 drop of lemon juice in 50ml water spray bottle then mist all the cured leaves with the solution put in a vaccum bag and store it in warm place for a week to ferment you will be amazed the citric acid aids in clean even burn and also makes the smoke less harsh on the throat i personally do the same except i add to the solution carob / cocoa / licorice extract in the coffee machine in a reusable pod i make a 50 ml shot and add it to the yeast sugar citric solution the reason behind this blend is that i love the flavor of Marlboro reds in my personal view they are the definition of cigarettes in terms of flavor and smoothness

Hey man, thanks so much for your videos. I don’t understand WHEN the fermenting happens? I currently have a bunch of dried leaves in jars about two months into the aging process (yes I watched your video about how to avoid mold so far so good thank you very much), is it fermenting during the year in the jar? Is it fermenting when you sprinkle the water on it and put it in the sun?

Some spieces have to be fermented. Burley and virginia can be smoked dryed or fermented. But many others realy need a fermenting process to get stuff going.

I've been smoking loose tobacco by the pound for about 13yrs now. Shortly after I started, I discovered a way to moisten tobacco by stuffing a slice of wheat bread in the bag if it was too dry.

i dont smoke tobacco but i really want to grow it. i like growing cannabis and this seems similar in some ways.

Bro i have dark brown dust on the lead. Is it mold or normal?

So after its dried you just stick it in some jars for at least six months?

Where do i find that cheap cutter?

Hello, I am brand new to the subject but am going to get into growing tobacco due to historical research. Just to make sure I understand your point-- are you saying that storing it in the airtight containers for 6 months to a year or more ferments the tobacco? Instead of using the "hurried" techniques like flueing etc? Also, just curious-- where is your accent from, I can't place it. Thanks for your time.

Can you tell me how I can reduce the hardness of tobacco?

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Great video. Thank you. How do you know when the hanging dried leaves are ready to put in a jar for further aging? What if they are already dry but are still green? They already smell delicious hanging only about a month since harvesting. I just need to know after harvesting when each stage ends before the next stage begins. Help!

hi and sorry for my english, i wanted to ask you for advice, i am growing tobacco in pot, to make cigarettes for personal use, plants grow well, i wanted to know how to dry the leaves at home properly, then chop them and make cigarettes out of it, could you tell me the whole procedure to get a snuff to smoke?

When does the ammonia leave the tobacco? Is it during the curing or fermentation? Do you aerate the tobacco in the jars? Where do you keep your jars, is it at a warm place? Thank you for sharing your experiences 🙏🏽😄

Is it absolutely necessary to ferment it? What would happen if you just dried it and crumbled it up? Legit question.

Sadly it's against the law to grow it in Australia.

Talks to much