ProZachJ's 2024 Grow Log
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Progress report on some of my wet vacuum packed Perique (var) P1 and P2. The majority of these were originally packed on 8/3/24 and then on 10/26/24 taken out, unrolled and aired for a couple hours, re-wetted, and then vacuum sealed again. The color change is noticable vs the one roll that was vacuum sealed dry and vs the three that were originally sealed wet on 6/10 and have gone through the airing process two times.
Here is some P1 Perique that I put into a carotte for 6 months. I think I was a bit shy on moisture content to get all the fermentation I'd like but I've got plenty more still wrapped up where I added more water. It still has some lightly fruity / plumy smell so hopefully it will end up tasting good after it airs out.
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Here's what it looked like going in
ProZachJ's 2024 Grow Log
A few of the best leaves from Southern Beauty first priming. Nice even color and good sized. Winning.fairtradetobacco.com
This made for an excellent smoke all on its own. Very sweet, almost hard to believe it's strait tobacco with no added flavors. Definitely not SJP, but absolutely a keeper. Glad I have a bunch more of it wrapped up. I've tried blending it with some of my other varieties but so far with very. limited success. In the case of this preparation and both Texas Cuban and Staghorn I think I'm enjoying them alone more than the blends I've come up with using them. Next on the agenda is to sample some Little Dutch.
I currently have a good amount of options in that space... Samsun, Izmir, Lemon, Bright, Ripe
I tried 1:1 with Bright and it overwhelmed the flavor and added bite.
2:1 with Izmir was a better balance
I'll keep experimenting with these simple blends to get a feel for it.
