Robncars
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I could use the fresh ones from 1 row and save the second row to store.....
I could also cut the pipe with a sawsall and keep half a row to store... couple ideas
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I could also cut the pipe with a sawsall and keep half a row to store... couple ideas
Could you harvest each onion singly by digging from the side? The soil might still be loose.
Robncars
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Starting at one end and working your way down is possible. I used a mini excavator to dig my garden up. So its loose soil 3' down. Very loose. Then run a small tiller over it to chop it up better.
Robncars
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So for fun I have been putting the bigger/damaged leaves and piling them. Under a rock as an experiment in sun drying.
I had just reorganized the pile with some fresh leaves in the middle.
The top leaf had gotten brown and brittle but a little water softened it up. I put it on the bottom and moved a green new one on top.
They are mud lugs so its just an interesting idea in sun curing
I had just reorganized the pile with some fresh leaves in the middle.
The top leaf had gotten brown and brittle but a little water softened it up. I put it on the bottom and moved a green new one on top.
They are mud lugs so its just an interesting idea in sun curing
ChinaVoodoo
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I would say it's an interesting way of curing. Technically the sun only penetrates the top couple leaves in the pile. But, you will be getting much more heat than in a pile indoors.
I've just been spreading mine out on the bottom of a big clear plastic tub. Not that it happens down here often but if our humidity drops the plan is just to cover most of the top of the tub with plastic wrap. Eventually I would like to get 2 large screens framed, set that on the grass, and just put the leaves in between the screens and flip them once a day.
Your humidity is probably pretty low where you are so just hanging them in the sun might be a little dicey. Your pile method may turn out to be a little extra work in rotating them on a regular basis.
Your humidity is probably pretty low where you are so just hanging them in the sun might be a little dicey. Your pile method may turn out to be a little extra work in rotating them on a regular basis.
Robncars
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It was just an off the wall idea that I had come up with those yellowed leaves were towards the bottom. Interestingly enough
Don't get me wrong, I wasn't knocking your idea. I think it's a good way to keep, them from drying green or blowing away, it just may get a little labor intensive keeping track and rotating them once you get a fair number sun curing at once. I'm in the same boat right now trying to figure out what works well in my area with some small batches before I have to scale up.
I've got a handful of orientals and Florida Sumatra that I'm probably going to be looking at as an "oh crap" situation this fall when I'm wanting to sun cure them and we are starting our rainy season
Another method of sun curing in mesh tubes invented by a Turkish company. Similar to my sun curing in bud bags.
fairtradetobacco.com
New System for Stringing
Although there're few stringing machines (manual or electric powered) a Turkish company invented a new machine for stringing tobacco leaves. It does not require any type of yarn and does not work with needles, it just uses air to fill the leaves into a netted tube. Just wilt the leaves after...
Ha 2014 was the original post. It seems like the wheel has to be reinvented every five years or so by us newbies (2020 no longer qualifies as a year) asking the same age old questions over and over again. I think maybe that's why @deluxestogie seems tired sometimesAnother method of sun curing in mesh tubes invented by a Turkish company. Similar to my sun curing in bud bags.
New System for Stringing
Although there're few stringing machines (manual or electric powered) a Turkish company invented a new machine for stringing tobacco leaves. It does not require any type of yarn and does not work with needles, it just uses air to fill the leaves into a netted tube. Just wilt the leaves after...
Robncars
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I usually try to locate a previous post on a newly asked question, in order to link to it. Then I run up against the marginal functionality of the XenForo search engine. "It's here...somewhere, if...if only I could...nope...nope...Ah! There it is." @Knucklehead has always been more adept at locating older posts. Then again, many new questions are easily answered by just looking in the WLT Wiki or the Index of Key Forum Threads. Sometimes, it's a question that was answered in another thread only hours earlier. But having read every single post on this forum since the dawn of
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Robncars
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Anybody going to have seeds for next year. Im looking for a dark flue cure for next year
Like Bob said, northwood seeds would be a great place to look. I'm impressed with them. Probably one of the cheapest prices your going to find online starting at $3.50 and $3 flat rate for shipping. They have one the biggest varieties of seeds you're going to find and the guy running the place, Paul, is part of the FTT forum. He knows what he is doing so you are not going to wind up with a bunch of seed mixes, like I found out the hard way, is all too common when you buy off eBay from private sellers. The germination rate from the varieties I bought from him a few weeks ago were all 90% or better.
Are you looking for chewing tobacco types? Small stalk black mammoth may be a good all purpose variety. Maybe some other people have suggestions for a good dark flu variety.
No idea how these are but they sound fun and most seem to have growing seasons that may work for your area.
Alpine
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I’ve heard of dark air cured, dark sun cured, dark Virginia but dark flue cured sounds like an oximoron to me... will you please share some infos about it?
pier
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I interpreted it as he was looking for a variety that cures darker colored and is possibly used for chewing tobacco since he has that going on a different thread.
Oldfella
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Maybe he means Dark Fire cured. I just Googled it and that's all I can find. Didn't spend long, I'm playing with my kiln.
Cheer's Oldfella
Robncars
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Ok ok. Im looking for chewing tobacco types. I was just seeing if anyone was going to have seeds before I went shopping.
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