Grow Log 2021 @Saintanthonysfire

[Saintanthonysfire]

Looks really like chewing. Insects would not leaf stalk bits behind. Rabbits love to chew on pretty much everything luckily i only have slugs as pests and they seem to don't like tobacco that much.Try billys ghost pepper oil i also think it will help.

I’m guessing it’s rabbits, I’ll have to turn the game cams back on. I think they are really tiny rabbits tho. I understand early in year when the tobaccum which was planted right along the raspberry and current bushes got hit. They could hop out and back in. The rustica are in the center of the garden, idk why don’t attack the other plants! I think I got them addicted to nicotine lol.

 

[deluxestogie]

You can purchase an inexpensive trail camera for $25.

Bob

EDIT: Just now saw your latest post.

 

[Saintanthonysfire]

Even tho I’ve given up on the rustica patch I took some more photos of more recent pest damage. This one is real interesting. Anyone have a guess what the heck did this?!

 

[Knucklehead]

Even tho I’ve given up on the rustica patch I took some more photos of more recent pest damage. This one is real interesting. Anyone have a guess what the heck did this?!

That’s just weird. I have no clue but would love to see a photo of the critter so we’ll all know.

 

[Saintanthonysfire]

That’s just weird. I have no clue but would love to see a photo of the critter so we’ll all know.

Ugh, your gunna make me weed the rustica patch and put up a game cam arnt u? Really that’s been the only reason I haven’t set them back up, I don’t feel like weeding lol.

 

[Oldfella]

Ugh, your gunna make me weed the rustica patch and put up a game cam arnt u? Really that’s been the only reason I haven’t set them back up, I don’t feel like weeding lol.

Yep!!! You're going to have to weed and put in some cams in. Although in hindsight, removing the weeds may solve the problem. Do you have baccy eating snakes in your area? Or maybe
Oldfella

 

[Saintanthonysfire]

Yep!!! You're going to have to weed and put in some cams in. Although in hindsight, removing the weeds may solve the problem. Do you have baccy eating snakes in your area? Or maybe
Oldfella

My father is convinced I have whatever it is hooked cuz they ain’t touching anything else in garden. When they pushed the damn cages out of way earlier this year I couldn’t believe it.

 

[deluxestogie]

I say it's Puxsutawney Phil, the rascal!

Bob

 

[Saintanthonysfire]

Really happy with how well the drying process is going. Sucks that even the iPhone 12 max pro camera doesn’t do the colors justice. some of the tips look a bit gray from all the dead aphids that infested some of the tops after hanging. Just hung up the last 10 plants.

So when are the stems going to brown? The leaves have all pretty much turned at this point but most of the stems are still solid green and some have been hanging for close to two months.

 

[Saintanthonysfire]

Hey now that it’s below freezing every night and all the plants seem to be dried, can I replace the shed screen with the shed doors? Thanks.

 

[Saintanthonysfire]

How would yall suggest moving the dried leaves to the kiln? Do you spray them down to make them more pliable so they don’t break?

I’ve seen people add moisture to the drying room when it gets warmer, but it’s pretty cold here and I don’t see that working in the drying shed.

 

[Knucklehead]

How would yall suggest moving the dried leaves to the kiln? Do you spray them down to make them more pliable so they don’t break?

I’ve seen people add moisture to the drying room when it gets warmer, but it’s pretty cold here and I don’t see that working in the drying shed.

Mist with water and give them a few hours to become pliable enough to handle.

 

[deluxestogie]

For leaf already stored in bags, I just move them to the kiln as is, and leave the bags open. For leaf hanging in my shed, I simply wait for two or three consecutive days of higher humidity (like several days of rain) to bring them into case naturally. (The weather wunderground.com 10-day forecast graph can display an RH curve, so I can pick an advantageous day and time of day.) With strung leaf that is crumbly dry indoors, but needs to go into the kiln, I usually mist it ahead of time, before moving it.

You can certainly mist them for handling, if you need to. If your kiln is providing its own moisture (e.g. Crockpot with water), then the humidity will be fully dependent on that.

Bob

 

[Saintanthonysfire]

For leaf already stored in bags, I just move them to the kiln as is, and leave the bags open. For leaf hanging in my shed, I simply wait for two or three consecutive days of higher humidity (like several days of rain) to bring them into case naturally. (The weather wunderground.com 10-day forecast graph can display an RH curve, so I can pick an advantageous day and time of day.) With strung leaf that is crumbly dry indoors, but needs to go into the kiln, I usually mist it ahead of time, before moving it.

You can certainly mist them for handling, if you need to. If your kiln is providing its own moisture (e.g. Crockpot with water), then the humidity will be fully dependent on that.

Bob

Right on. Yeah I converted a fridge into a chamber with humidity controller and humidifier along with heating and cooling. Do you think winter will provide enough humidity on its own or will I have to artificially hydrate them? I guess this upcoming week will prolly be the last week of highs up to 50s. I guess I can wait and see.

 

[deluxestogie]

Search your exact location on wunderground.com, and look at the RH curve on the 10-day graph.

 

[Saintanthonysfire]

Search your exact location on wunderground.com, and look at the RH curve on the 10-day graph.

Looks like today is going to be the highest at around 90% before dropping back to 40s beginning of week and back up to 70s by end of week.

Do you believe those numbers are high enough to make leaves pliable for transport given the colder winter temps, since humidity is relative?

 

[deluxestogie]

Here in the Blue Ridge of Virginia, I usually need a 3-day average humidity of at least 70%, to bring dry, hanging leaf back in to case.

Bob