Stalk harvesting or leaf

[Grundle]

Yeah, My wife complains every night about "the worm" in bed too....

My eyes are burning

 

[Brown Thumb]

I did some pile curring in a spare room last fall. One morning I heard a screem. The wife came in the living room and said one of them big green worms crawed in the bed with her. I ca'nt pile cure in the house and I do'nt recommed it to married folks.

WHY NOT IT SAVES ON THE COST OF bATTERYS.

 

[Boboro]

She a'nt in to insestiside

 

[Brown Thumb]

She a'nt in to insestiside

I am organic.

 

[Boboro]

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[Brown Thumb]

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No insectiside, other than soap. and a cold shower.

 

[BarG]

No matter if you stalk cure or prime, I recommend inspecting your leaves and plants closely for hornworm eggs and live worms before hanging.

 

[deluxestogie]

No matter if you stalk cure or prime, I recommend inspecting your leaves and plants closely for hornworm eggs and live worms before hanging.

That's excellent advice. Hornworms will hitch a ride into your shed, and continue to grow, and to devour the hanging leaf.

Bob

 

[Boboro]

An piss off your wife if you pile cure in the house.

 

[indianjoe]

Tis true bout those hornworms, I always inspect all of the leaves as they are hanging and usually find a few.

 

[BarG]

I think they'l lay eggs on primed leaves in the right conditions. I find moths fluttering around my hanging area at night. But I leave no lights on to attract them and make it worse.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

I try to time any sprays (such as Spinosad) for about 1-2 weeks before I harvest. That way, the worms are killed and any that hatch will die while in the barn.

 

[leverhead]

I wonder how a horn worm flue cures?

 

[Chicken]

good info,

on different ways to cure, CT. SHADE LEAF in here,

thanks guy's,

 

[Boboro]

I wonder how a horn worm flue cures?

Dont know about flue cure but the sun last SAT DRYED'M UP LIKE BUGGERS.

 

[BigBonner]

I wonder how a horn worm flue cures?

Black

 

[Rayshields]

I wonder how a horn worm flue cures?

Toasty...tastey...ummm good.

 

[BarG]

Black

The coolest thing about a dead hornworm is nothin but a horn hangin.

 

[squeezyjohn]

Could I jump in here with a couple of questions?

If I stalk cure in a shed - will there be a lower chance of it curing green than priming due to all the juices left in the stalk? I'm experimenting with different drying places available to me at the moment with some mature small bottom leaves that are covered in soil anyway.

Also - I'm enjoying the discussion about how different levels of ripeness in the leaf affect their strength (both of nicotine and of flavour). I'm mainly going to use what I grow for chewing tobacco and I've no idea what I'm aiming for beyond that I like a good spicy robust flavour - especially when it has a natural dried-fruit type taste (like raisins I suppose). I assume the flavours and strengths talked about here are when it's smoked. Anyone have any idea about the kind of time to harvest tobacco for good chew? I'll be air-drying if I can.

Cheers

Squeezy

 

[deluxestogie]

I'll just add a comment on a single aspect of the issue.

We are all generally aware that hanging the whole stalk allows some of the moisture from the stalk to slow the drying of the leaf. What is not often considered is that the purpose of the leaf is to provide nutrition for the stalk and roots. So, although stalk moisture moves into the leaf, sugars (and some other compounds, though not nicotine) are also transported from the attached leaves into the stalk.

So the character of the color-cured leaf differs between stalk-harvested and primed.

Bob