tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post4612320434847694914..comments2024-03-25T11:19:35.199-04:00Comments on The Small Hold - Will Not Go Down Without a Fight: The Small Time Tobacco HarvestPioneerPreppyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-78247728227728328262012-11-24T09:01:20.593-05:002012-11-24T09:01:20.593-05:00That is awesome! Maybe something I need to try whe...That is awesome! Maybe something I need to try when we get our property..along with my chicken coop of course. Jacked Up Glock Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08859265951050692498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-90140719143873765052012-11-24T01:19:11.628-05:002012-11-24T01:19:11.628-05:00Anon - From what I have read the fermenting proces...Anon - From what I have read the fermenting process is needed to remove the ammonia from the leaves. It is usually done by piling the leaves all on top of each other and allowing them to compost themselves. After a certain temperature is reached the pile is then turned and done again and so on until the temp stays below 110.<br /><br />All well and good if you have enough leaves to produce a pilePioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-10952392295059549992012-11-24T01:15:55.371-05:002012-11-24T01:15:55.371-05:00Odysseus - Ya that is rather funny. I wonder if th...Odysseus - Ya that is rather funny. I wonder if the nicotine based insecticides effect hornworms and the other bugs I saw all over the tobacco plants?<br /><br />Overall if I had more time I could have kept the plants better but I just didn't. Hopefully that will not be an issue next Summer.<br /> PioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-18842411293906990732012-11-23T18:50:47.509-05:002012-11-23T18:50:47.509-05:00hi.hope this goes through. cannot understand compu...hi.hope this goes through. cannot understand computery things. get the book 'rascal' by sterling north. he describes casing weather which tobacco growers wait for. it is misty weather in february. you get up in the middle of the night . all the tobacco is dry but the mist softens it enough to work with without crumbling. i've never heard of fermenting it. also the cherokee tribe inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-67278072248848230182012-11-23T15:49:11.848-05:002012-11-23T15:49:11.848-05:00Ironic on the bugs because concentrated nicotine i...Ironic on the bugs because concentrated nicotine is used as an insecticide.<br /><br />I guess the non-organic approach of spraying the $@$#@ out of the plants is called for.Odysseushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710666926746925370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-43991383557930312942012-11-23T15:33:56.281-05:002012-11-23T15:33:56.281-05:00Anon - I collected some seeds I also have a ton le...Anon - I collected some seeds I also have a ton left to plant with next year. The thing I am having the hardest part with right now is figuring out how I am going to ferment it in Winter.<br /><br />I am still working on that plan. I am contemplating some way of using my wood furnace at this point but that air may dry the whole process out over much. The whole experiment maybe a waste with such aPioneerPreppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09269878017447335944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8788289492661192400.post-28016366868473535712012-11-23T15:30:59.703-05:002012-11-23T15:30:59.703-05:00i grew a few tobacco plants this year too-just a f...i grew a few tobacco plants this year too-just a few..i wanted to experience the growing of them and the seed collecting first. our weather was okay and i did not have too much trouble with the bugs..the blossoms were great and i was able to collect lots and lots of seed from two varieties...i hope to replant next year-and then go on to the next step of curing some. like you i need a space for Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com