Can you Air Cure all tobacco?

[Canuck]

Hey all;
I'm brand new here, in fact, I only decided to take up growing a day or two ago. I've done a truckload of research, and I'm excited to buy my seeds- it'll be an indoor grow, but you probably guessed that based on the time of year.

I'm just wondering, can you air cure all types of tobacco? The reason I ask is that on some websites I've seen, both selling seeds and talking about the curing process (like this page) say that some types are cured in a specific way. For example, on that Philip Moris page I just linked to, they say Virginia varieties are flue curred, Burley varieties are air cured, and Oriental varieties sun cured.
Obviously, I don't have the means to flue or sun cure, nor do I to fire cure. I've been looking since yesterday, but I have yet to find an answer, so I was hoping someone here could help me out.

Thanks for your time!

 

[Knucklehead]

They can all be air cured. Flue curing Virginia’s will give it a ”sweeter” taste but it’s not bad air cured.

Building a kiln/flue cure chamber is not all that hard or expensive. Check out the build threads before you totally abandon the idea. Kilning is the process of force aging already cured leaf and providing the conditions necessary for aging the leaf in a couple of months rather than a year or years of natural aging. Flue curing is a curing process starting with green leaf.

 

[deluxestogie]

Welcome to the forum, @Canuck. Feel free to introduce yourself in the Introduce Yourself forum. I agree with @Knucklehead that all tobacco can be air-cured. If you want specific varieties to taste like you expect them to taste, then you need to follow specific curing styles.

Have a look at the New Growers' FAQ and topics on curing in the Index of Key Forum Threads, both linked in the menu bar.

Bob

 

[POGreen]

Most welcome to the forum

 

[Canuck]

@Knucklehead, @deluxestogie, & @POGreen, thanks a lot! I really appreciate how welcoming you all are, and I look forward to exploring what you mentioned.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

@Knucklehead, @deluxestogie, & @POGreen, thanks a lot! I really appreciate how welcoming you all are, and I look forward to exploring what you mentioned.

Welcome from Edmonton.