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deluxestogie reacted to WillQuantrill's post in the thread How are leaves flattened before ageing and storage? with
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After extensive reading on tobacco product manufacturing my own opinion is that stem/midrib is a byproduct. Some claim leaving it helps... -
Couple small details I skipped over in previous posts, the most time consuming part of this process so far was actually "frog legging"...
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deluxestogie reacted to UmbriaFarmer's post in the thread Growing cigar leaf in central Italy: @UmbriaFarmer with Like.
Thanks Bob. Much obliged.
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deluxestogie replied to the thread Show us your homemade pipes!.Both a sitter and a nose burner. Creative! And, welcome to the forum, @Toad sage. Feel free to introduce yourself in the Introduce...
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here's my first pip made out of blue beech wood
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deluxestogie replied to the thread Growing cigar leaf in central Italy: @UmbriaFarmer.Probably, four weeks of continuous kilning at ideal conditions is sufficient for all the rapid, early enzymatic actions. Even at these...
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JWell, it's been awhile. Do to incautiousness on my part, I left all the seedlings previously shown in this log out in the sun too long...
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JMy one remaining Izmir-Ozbas plant was stalk-cut yesterday, and is presently sun-curing. All the others are now finishing-up in the...
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JHello from Athens-Greece, we have sun with few clouds and 71 'F here. A&G Mourtides. The view from the Cafe, take that you dump...
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deluxestogie replied to the thread Growing cigar leaf in central Italy: @UmbriaFarmer.I've never attempted to categorize phases of fermentation. There are multiple biochemical processes occurring simultaneously, in...
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deluxestogie reacted to WillQuantrill's post in the thread How are leaves flattened before ageing and storage? with Like.
I incorporate "light press" in my sorting procedure. So as leaf comes out of the kiln the shock of generally substantially lower...
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Sid.Stavros replied to the thread What Cigar are you smoking? (2026).Hello from Athens-Greece, we have sun with few clouds and 71 'F here. A&G Mourtides. The view from the Cafe, take that you dump... -
My one remaining Izmir-Ozbas plant was stalk-cut yesterday, and is presently sun-curing. All the others are now finishing-up in the... -
I've added this thread to our Index of Key Forum Threads, under "Curing: other". Thanks. Bob
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I'm starting this thread as an evolution of my grow blog this year. It gets confusing to me when a grow blog goes far past the...