Will fermenting green, dried Rustica leaves turn them brown?

[Mazdaman]

I’ve been harvesting small, mature Rustics tobacco leaves that are green and have dried green. Will fermenting these turn them brown, eventually? Thanks.

 

[Juxtaposer-]

I would be interested in seeing “candela” rustica being used. It is possible that these would suit your needs well, even perhaps preferably. Regarding your options for eliminating the chlorophyl I must leave this to others to say.

 

[Rotgut]

Last year I shredded rustica leaves that had dried green, put them in glass jars and fermented them in my oven at 50°C for about a month. All of them turned brown but none of it is good tobacco for smoking. The smell of cat piss doesn't seem to go away if rustica doesn't color cure properly.

 

[deluxestogie]

I grew N. rustica only one season. It was the Sacred Cornplanter variety (seed saved in a museum). Any of the leaves that dried green prior to color-cure were vile. I aged them—vile. I fermented them in my kiln for 2 months—vile. I cooked them into Cavendish—vile.

Bob

 

[johnny108]

Sun curing really helps keep them from drying green.
It’s easier if stalk harvested and sun cured on the stalk.

 

[StoneCarver]

This makes me curious how eastern woodlanders cured their tobacco prior to colonization. Leaf cure, stalk cure, sun cure, something else entirely?