Shredding Tobacco By Hand - GYOtobacco@yahoo.com

After making the brick from my homegrown tobacco, I slice off shreds about 1-2 mm in width suitable for cigarette making. This tobacco was grown from SilkLeaf seed in 2009. I have plenty of other tobacco seed left to sell. Write GYOtobacco@yahoo.com for a complete catalog. Thanks -- Bob Kemp

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[lcjj7]

Once you've cut these can you just go straight to rolling them up? Or do you have to dry them more.

[bobkemp1]

@lcjj7 Hi - You need to be sensitive to the moisture content of tobacco. I cut tobacco very wet. Once it's cut, it will need to dry more before using. I use the microwave oven for 3 minutes at a time on 30% power to remove moisture until it's ready to smoke. Let it cool down after microwaving. If it ends up too dry, use a mister bottle to add more back. This will take a little experience until you can feel the proper moisture levels.

Bob

[jaralero]

Ok, so it's not a bright virginia, it's an old heirloom type (seedman dixit), have you ever tried growing -Yellow Orinoco-?: "one of the sweetest varieties available." ;D

[bobkemp1]

@jaralero Just to update, this year we did grow Yellow Orinoco and it's a really big plant! Huge leaves! We have some cure and it's a very sweet Virginia type tobacco with a very mild aroma. We will be growing plenty of this in the future. Bob

[srspower]

I have been thinking of doing this. The prices in the UK are ridiculous as in £7.50 for 25 grams of golden virginia.

But i have to ask, seriously, how does the resulting tobbacco compare to say golden virginia in quality?

[bobkemp1]

@CPTNmalinko666V2 Hi, there are 10 packs of cigs in a carton and 20 cigs in a pack. Bob ps. this begs the question - how many pecks of peppers did Peter Piper pick?....bk

[bobkemp1]

@Blomper123 Hi -- Usually you will then flavor it with a syrup for chew or drip on flavorings/sweeteners for dip and mix it up. One recipe I've tried soaks cloves in alcohol (use vodka, gin, everclear) overnight, then strain, add some drops of vanilla, whatever you like, and drip it on the dip. Best after being stored in the fridge for a couple of weeks... Bob

[bobkemp1]

@CPTNmalinko666V2 Hi - You can get around 3 oz. of dried product per plant, but some more and some less. It takes around 6 oz to make a carton. Hope that helps, Bob

[bobkemp1]

@Blomper123 Hi -- This is an unsatisfactory place to detail anything because they don't allow lengthy replies for some silly reason. Basically, you then flavor it with a syrup to taste and dry. Then let that sit a couple of weeks in the fridge before using. For dip, I put it through my meat grinder once damp, dry, then into a food processor, then sift to size, reprocessing as needed, then flavor. Thanks, Bob

[bobkemp1]

Hi - I don't know why this thing won't let me post URL's, but here's my Tobacco Talk forum if you have extended questions - tobaccotalk DOT myfastforum DOT or g thanks, Bob

[bobkemp1]

@Blomper123 @Blomper123 Hi - Curing tobacco is a matter of drying the green or yellowing leaves slowly so all the green goes away, then drying all the way until the mid ribs of the leaf have no moisture in them. The rest is fermenting, thanks, Bob