handling wrappers after fermantation

[nystuga]

Hello you all! This season was my sixth year on the happy baccy growing hobby. Build myself a fermentation camber in the second year, do my own flue cured, fermentation and thats all "in hand".(kind of)
But my question being: when the leaves come out of fermentation chamber, how to you guys handle the wrapper leaves? Mine are pretty moist and I smooth them out, cut the middle vain out about to 5 to10 cm.
But if you leave them "afterdry" too much, they very easily break, perhaps cause too quick afterdrying? But if packed back them too moist to plastic bags, they very easilly mold. I wanna hold my wrapper elastic
instead of dead dry, how do you guys do it?

 

[deluxestogie]

My approach has been to leave the stem in the finished wrapper leaf, and then allow the leaf to dry down to low case (dry, but does not crack when handled). I then bag the leaf in a vapor-proof bag, and store the bag inside a box or plastic tote, to protect it from damage. When I wish to use a leaf for wrapping a cigar, I remove 1 or 2 leaves, mist them with water, then allow them to come into high case within a separate plastic bag for 24 hours (or more if needed).

[In the US at the moment, many folks are busy or traveling for our Thanksgiving holiday, so responses to your question may be slow.]

Bob

 

[burge]

My thought is to seal them a vapour proof bag.

 

[GreenDragon]

It is difficult to store whole leaf in an elastic state as it will mold due to too much moisture. I store my leaf tobacco as dry as I can just short of being crumbly. When I want to roll cigars I take out a quantity of leaf and rehydrate (case) them to a pliable state. These will keep well for a week in the refrigerator until you are ready to roll.