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So far, so good! Info some reasonably high winds recently have damaged some lower leaves - I forgot again to add some protection to the edge of my polykeg pots, and a little bit of slug damage, but that has seemed to ease off now.
Topped the first load of plant's that were transplanted two and a half weeks before. Might of been a bit too keen on the topping as rather than the flower heads being on a clear stalk, I pinched them off whilst still inside the top set of leaves.
Interestingly I have one plant that is going great guns, so tempted to let it flower to gather seeds as it's stalking ahead of all the others by quite a way.
Hopefully a few weeks off priming, but keeping an eye on the weather as I guess anything that's already lemon yellow could be primed incase of high winds and loosing them completely.
Topped the first load of plant's that were transplanted two and a half weeks before. Might of been a bit too keen on the topping as rather than the flower heads being on a clear stalk, I pinched them off whilst still inside the top set of leaves.
Interestingly I have one plant that is going great guns, so tempted to let it flower to gather seeds as it's stalking ahead of all the others by quite a way.
Hopefully a few weeks off priming, but keeping an eye on the weather as I guess anything that's already lemon yellow could be primed incase of high winds and loosing them completely.
Another week of good weather, and good growth. Gave them all another feed, and weather the coming week is looking good too, although wind predicted, so I'm thinking I might use the fact that they're in pots to group them all tight together, to hopefully stop as many leaves as possible flapping about the place!
Quick question, considering I've given a liquid feed yesterday, I'm guessing I shouldn't be priming leaves like this?
(second image) , but for my future reference, with this being a mix of ytb and nostrano del brenta, would you prime leaves like this? Do they continue to develop nicotine? I'm guessing they won't be growing anymore, but what's the positive/negative of priming when they've got to this stage? Cheers all!
Quick question, considering I've given a liquid feed yesterday, I'm guessing I shouldn't be priming leaves like this?
(second image) , but for my future reference, with this being a mix of ytb and nostrano del brenta, would you prime leaves like this? Do they continue to develop nicotine? I'm guessing they won't be growing anymore, but what's the positive/negative of priming when they've got to this stage? Cheers all!
Like yellowing tree leaves, once a tobacco leaf begins to yellow, it's no longer taking up nutrients, and is no longer growing. Advantage of priming such leaves at this point is that they will be out of the weather.
Bob
Bob
Brilliant, cheers yet again bob. Given the coming wind, I'll grab them whilst I can then! Have a good day
So, coming to an end outdoors for the first part of this grow. The first 12 plant's to be potted on have been primed, stalks cut down to about 4" and a double fertilizer dose given, going to let them do a sucker crop and after not being fed for 4 weeks, reckon they could use it, we'll see!
The other 50 odd have had bottom leaves primed as they've been ready, and topped regularly starting from about 3 weeks ago. We've some good weather for the next 5 days, and I'm away this weekend, so hoping to prime the rest on Monday next week, and then cut the stalks down and let them do a sucker crop also.
So now, mindset has definitely shifted to curing, but so far with this cross having a mainly white burley heritage, is proving extremely easy!
Famous last words...
The other 50 odd have had bottom leaves primed as they've been ready, and topped regularly starting from about 3 weeks ago. We've some good weather for the next 5 days, and I'm away this weekend, so hoping to prime the rest on Monday next week, and then cut the stalks down and let them do a sucker crop also.
So now, mindset has definitely shifted to curing, but so far with this cross having a mainly white burley heritage, is proving extremely easy!
Famous last words...
Had a spell of good weather here in the UK, just before a couple of weeks of rain, so took the plunge on harvesting everything. I was mostly 10 or so days over technical harvesting time, but wanted strong as possible tobacco, and given the weather went for it!
At the moment I've run out of hanging space, but I hope once thing's have colour cured some of the earlier harvested will be dry enough to box, so I can spread out a bit.
No idea of green weight, as I don't have any scales, and leaf size is limited as I was growing in containers, but overall I'm very happy!
I am going to go for a sucker crop, as the weather here in the south does stay pretty warm until October time, so I'll see what I get.
This was triple the amount of plants I did last year, and so I'm saving seed and going to aim to double next year, putting me at a target of 100 plant's.
One of the strangest things to happen this year was a single random plant. Last year I left a ytb and a nostrano del brenta to flower. Just for fun I thought I'd see what happens with cross pollination. I collected the brown buds from only the ytb plant. This spring, seed trays out and sprinkle seed from a paper envelope stored in a plastic box. I then thinned maybe over 1000 seedling's, and took the strongest, potting up 120 young plants. I then selected the biggest 54 to be potted on. In all of that, somehow, one singular plant this year turned out to be something completely different, and I'm amazed and the statistics behind this, so decided to let it go to flower as well as a good specimen ytb, to see what I get next year!
Now, on to curing!
At the moment I've run out of hanging space, but I hope once thing's have colour cured some of the earlier harvested will be dry enough to box, so I can spread out a bit.
No idea of green weight, as I don't have any scales, and leaf size is limited as I was growing in containers, but overall I'm very happy!
I am going to go for a sucker crop, as the weather here in the south does stay pretty warm until October time, so I'll see what I get.
This was triple the amount of plants I did last year, and so I'm saving seed and going to aim to double next year, putting me at a target of 100 plant's.
One of the strangest things to happen this year was a single random plant. Last year I left a ytb and a nostrano del brenta to flower. Just for fun I thought I'd see what happens with cross pollination. I collected the brown buds from only the ytb plant. This spring, seed trays out and sprinkle seed from a paper envelope stored in a plastic box. I then thinned maybe over 1000 seedling's, and took the strongest, potting up 120 young plants. I then selected the biggest 54 to be potted on. In all of that, somehow, one singular plant this year turned out to be something completely different, and I'm amazed and the statistics behind this, so decided to let it go to flower as well as a good specimen ytb, to see what I get next year!
Now, on to curing!
Oh, and largest leaf this year was this guy (container growing really impacts on size!)
The Haroo ln
Haroon
Thats a cracking grow mate, great job! Are you keeping a humidifier in that room for curing? Brace yourself for the back end of this storm that we have started to get now, its supposed to be raining here in the northwest for the next 2 ish weeks. UK weather..... Wish we could have a longer summer like we used to when I was a kid!
cigarillofingers
Have a go roller
The storms have hit here in South Yorkshire! BBC says all the rain and Met Office says no rain so it's a look and see job.
I'm impressed by your collection of clothes maidens and putting them to work better than drying your pants and socks! Will you be fermenting the leaf or are you just storing and aging?
I'm impressed by your collection of clothes maidens and putting them to work better than drying your pants and socks! Will you be fermenting the leaf or are you just storing and aging?
Yea I hear you on that! Not going to put a humidifier in, I'm lucky with the flat I'm in being a relatively new build, so last year and the first harvest bits this year colour cured perfectly. Stays pretty consistent on indoors humidity, outside is definitely different!
And yea, weather looks pretty rubbish for a couple of weeks, maybe we'll get a last gasp of summer afterwards?!
Where I live there's a uni so I was keeping my eyes open for when the students all finished, as they've a habit of dumping anything they don't want anymore out on the pavement. But yea lucky for me I got myself 3 clothes maidens perfect for hanging tobacco!
Still unsure of the choice on next steps. Since January 2024 I've switched from being a Rollie smoker of 20+ years, to home grown cigarello's but now an extremely happy pipe smoker.
I love nightcap and Irish flake tobacco, so thinking after colour cure, maybe doing some rope twists with a mix of my leave and maybe some shop bought Latakia mixed in maybe. I grew all the same variety this year, which definitely limits me on thing's, but thinking a 70% carrotte/flake with 30% cigar would be good for an end goal.
But I'm also not entirely sure the best course of action with this white stem burley!
cigarillofingers
Have a go roller
Where do you get your shop bought Latakia from? I've been looking and the only one I've found is the Gawith shag cut, not pulled the trigger on it yet but fancy some for some blending!
I was a Golden Virginia smoker of 20 years and converted to the pipe and cigars and now I wonder what I got out of it!
Good thing is you can experiment with blends and casing and pressing/carotte's
I'm in Cornwall, and there's one single tobacconist left! It's around and hours drive away normally, but it's still tourist season, so actually ends up taking around 2 hours to get there. But yea, it's the same gawith shag cut, I love it and would love to try some others Latakia in the future.
It's quite amazing, as through all I've learned the last 18 months on this forum there seems to be quite a few blends with names attributed with Cornwall - Penzance, Cornishman, Cornwall mix etc, but at the moment only one single traditional tobacconist left, and only lonely me growing! The town I live in was pretty much built off the back of what were called packet ships, which were the light freight boats moving "packets" of goods around, namely tobacco. My parents basement even still has a strong room store with racking that allows airflow for piling small bundles of tobacco up!
Finally got around to processing this year's growth. Time's flown, but I've got my main crop all colour cured, dried, flattened and sorted into mushroom crates. Humidity is starting to worry me here, so going to have to have a think about aging situation, but should be able to figure something out.
Now, the waiting! I suppose it gives me time to work out what to do with it all, considering I've only grown a single variety and thinking it's going to be a bit bland on my pipe!
I don't have any scales, but at 60% humidity I've got roughly 2.8kg, with central stems, and I'm also trying to squeeze in a sucker crop.
Thanks again for everyone's help and advice.
Now, the waiting! I suppose it gives me time to work out what to do with it all, considering I've only grown a single variety and thinking it's going to be a bit bland on my pipe!
I don't have any scales, but at 60% humidity I've got roughly 2.8kg, with central stems, and I'm also trying to squeeze in a sucker crop.
Thanks again for everyone's help and advice.
StoneCarver
Well-Known Member
Lovely leaf, well done.
Cheers buddy, container grow so they are all on the small side, but I'm happy overall!